understand and meet the nutritional requirements of individuals with dementia
CT236- Principles for implementing duty of care in health, social care or children’s and young people’s setting.
1. Explain what it means to have a duty of care in own work role.
-Person centred care.
-Working within policies and procedures
-Working within rules and regulations
-Giving each individual their own privacy/dignity.
-Making the individuals have their own independence, try to get them to do things themselves if they are capable of doing it.
-Team work, working part as a team or within a team.
-following the guidelines.
2. Explain how duty of care contributes to the safeguarding or protection of individuals.
Having a duty of care should guarantee the safeguarding of each individual in my care. Risk assessments; carrying out and reviewing risk assessments for all of the activities we do and places we go ensures that thought and concerns is given to how we do things every day, this way I ensure risks concerning equipment and activities are minimised and therefore reducing the risk of any injury or harm to the individuals and myself . Recognising potential hazards and eliminating them, this could include infectious diseases too.
Policies and procedures having clear rules and boundaries.
Conforming to legislation by adhering to laws such as health and safety and safeguarding. Understanding signs of neglect/abuse. Making observations and assessing individuals. Training and development ensuring that my training with regards to first aid and safeguarding procedures are up to date and regularly retested or reviewed to ensure that I am refreshed with everything.
3. Describe potential conflicts or dilemmas that may arise between the duty of care and an individual’s rights.
In out care setting the individuals have got dementia so they may not have the ability to judge what is good for them and what is not. In those cases it is our responsibility and job as carers and as a team to provide them what we judge is best for them in some other
1. Explain what it means to have a duty of care in own work role.
-Person centred care.
-Working within policies and procedures
-Working within rules and regulations
-Giving each individual their own privacy/dignity.
-Making the individuals have their own independence, try to get them to do things themselves if they are capable of doing it.
-Team work, working part as a team or within a team.
-following the guidelines.
2. Explain how duty of care contributes to the safeguarding or protection of individuals.
Having a duty of care should guarantee the safeguarding of each individual in my care. Risk assessments; carrying out and reviewing risk assessments for all of the activities we do and places we go ensures that thought and concerns is given to how we do things every day, this way I ensure risks concerning equipment and activities are minimised and therefore reducing the risk of any injury or harm to the individuals and myself . Recognising potential hazards and eliminating them, this could include infectious diseases too.
Policies and procedures having clear rules and boundaries.
Conforming to legislation by adhering to laws such as health and safety and safeguarding. Understanding signs of neglect/abuse. Making observations and assessing individuals. Training and development ensuring that my training with regards to first aid and safeguarding procedures are up to date and regularly retested or reviewed to ensure that I am refreshed with everything.
3. Describe potential conflicts or dilemmas that may arise between the duty of care and an individual’s rights.
In out care setting the individuals have got dementia so they may not have the ability to judge what is good for them and what is not. In those cases it is our responsibility and job as carers and as a team to provide them what we judge is best for them in some other