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Why is it important to understand life stages relevant to the person with care needs?
Knowing the relevent personal data, espescially medical data is very important for the care giver in planning supportive care and treatment for the patient.
Adequate knowledge regarding different life stages helps the care giver in prompt assessment of the persons/ patients. He can easily recognise the change in normal pattern or rhythm, which helps him to manage situations correctly. He will be able to actively take part in the patient management and tratment planning.
A human being is undergoing through different stages of life. Eachone is different and important for each person. Physical, social, mental development of a person in each stage differs from eachother. Thease changes and developments also affected by many external factors such as living conditions. Also care needs of a person is different in each stage. So, when dealing with a person who needs care, it is very important and helpful to know the life stages relevent to the person , in planning and implementing care for him.