Respecting and Promoting Dignity

Personal dignity is about being treated in a way that respects you as an individual and your life.

If people feel their identity and value as a human being is not respected, it can stop them from enjoying life and living comfortably during a period of care.

Simple things can be done to promote dignity and eight factors have been identified by the Social Care Institute for Excellence. These are:

  • choice and control
  • communication
  • eating and nutritional care
  • pain management
  • personal hygiene
  • practical assistance
  • privacy
  • social inclusion

Promoting dignity

This involves small but thoughtful actions that to a person in care, can mean a lot.

Dignity is one of the areas that requires audits and we have a basic tool to adapt and edit if you find it useful.

Dignity audit tool