Hodges' Model: Welcome to the QUAD: Quotidian Care

Hodges' model is a conceptual framework to support reflection and critical thinking. Situated, the model can help integrate all disciplines (academic and professional). Amid news items, are posts that illustrate the scope and application of the model. A bibliography and A4 template are provided in the sidebar. Welcome to the QUAD ...

Saturday, September 21, 2019

Quotidian Care

Hodges' model #h2cm -
Is this your 'daily' paper?
Is care integrated on a daily basis
(or any other basis)?

individual
|
INTERPERSONAL : SCIENCES
humanistic ----------------------------------------------- mechanistic
SOCIOLOGY : POLITICAL
|
group - population
Quotidian: fancy word for daily, ordinary
Quotidian: is this 'ordinary' care truly personalised then according to the person's choices?
BEING - dressed & washed, content
Don't get lost in a preoccupation with tasks and what 'quotidian' means here.
A smile a day*
My name: my day, my night

Quotidian IS night & day
Basic Nursing Care
Hygiene, Skin, Activity, Mobility
BEING: Getting Dressed & Washed, content
Quotidian Malaria: paroxysms occur daily
being ALIVE..
The Handover
That apple* - balanced diet ...

 Basic Social - Personal - Care 
Social Visits, Relationships
Quotidian: OR "Not seen you in Ages!"
Social Activities, community
The Daily, Weekly Routine
Our time :together - our day, our night

Quotidian: (Reports?) By the Book
Work policy
Health and Safety
Are you/we overworked today?
Was there NO work today: ZERO hours?
The (Comprehensive) Record


*It's the attitude and effort that counts and knowing you're not alone.