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Diffrence between support and care. Part one

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so this post is going to look a bit different because it's a very broad topic to do and this is the difference between support and care there is a subtle but fundamental difference between support and care and we see that in support there are several different approaches to support the first being, passive support and this can work for some but not for others and it is suggested that passive support is a much better approach to support and passive support is where a support worker does things for a person and not with the person and this in some cases can be a good thing as the person might not have the capacity to be able to do things for themselves but they are able to watch and learn and this is passive support.    Active support is when a person does things with a support worker and the client is very ready to learn and engage with the support worker, and it is such a subtle but vital difference to know the difference and to know what a support worker can and can't do a