Introduction to Duty of Care in Health‚ Social Car or Children and Young Peoples Settings UNIT 5 1.1 Being a support worker means I have a responsibility of duty of care‚ which I am to adhere to at all times. This responsibility is a legal obligation as part of my job role. If these standards of care are not met I can put the service user/s in jeopardy of harm. The duty of care should be my self acting in the best interest of the individual at all times which should not be detrimental to the
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clinical experience with the community mental health population shaped and reinforced my theoretical orientation. Through completing staffings‚ intake assessments‚ group and individual therapy‚ I observed one primary theme that resonated with Person-Centered Therapy (PCT). Specifically‚ many of these individuals lacked support‚ as they were often homeless‚ their family’s were difficult to contact‚ their case managers were often unavailable‚ and obtaining and transportation to get to their clinics
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acute care services is ascending as the population ages (Peek et al‚ 2007‚ Traynor‚ Brisco & Coventry‚ 2005‚ McCormack‚ 2002). As reported in McCormack’s (2002) research‚ the older people‚ represented 12.5% of the population‚ is 30% of all hospital discharge and 46% of all hospital bed days. Wherefore‚ the largest users of health care are older people with chronic complex diseases and disability contemporarily (Peek et al‚ 2007). Improving the care quality for older person in acute care setting
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Defining Social Problems In defining a social problem it is important to first distinguish between personal and social problems. The reason behind the importance of differentiating the two types of problems is because the definition determines the causes of the problem along with the consequences of the problem and how to cope with the problem. Causes and solutions of personal problems lie within the individual person and the individual’s surrounding environment. The causes and solutions of
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In the healthcare professions‚ it is imperative to keep up to date with current health care‚ expanding research‚ and ways in which patient care and treatment outcomes can be improved. This is especially important in the nursing field‚ in which the main focus is holistic and patient-centered care. There are constant research studies being conducted which introduce new ways to treat and approach patients. Three articles that talk about prevalent healthcare issues in modern society are: The Primary
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Be able to work in a person-centred way 2.1- Work with an individual and others to find out the individual’s history‚ preferences‚ wishes and needs I should refer to any previous files held with regards to that person Social workers/agencies/person involved in placing the individual into our care should provide as much background info as possible‚ (psychical‚ mental‚ social and emotional health‚ medical history‚ behavioural history‚ personal interests so forth)- myself and the rest of my staff
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Unit 7 Implement Person Centred Approaches in Health and Social Care 1.1 Understand person centered approaches for care and support Person centred values is a theory developed by Carl Rogers that trusted the innate tendency (known as the actualising tendency) of human beings to find fulfilment of their personal potentials. An important part of this theory is that in a particular psychological environment‚ the fulfilment of personal potentials includes sociability‚ the need to be with other
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Person Centred Care Person Centred Care is a major skills acquired by a healthcare providers.Which main target is individual traits of character in doing health care provision. Treat every person as a unique human being disregard his/her age‚ culture‚ sex and race.Acknowledge‚ respect‚ and take into considerations the choice that every service is entitled to. Set some standards for practice but not so precise to deny the specific application demands of each individual uniqueness. Guidelines
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Social workers use the bio-psycho-social model to explain the development of a person and their growth and maturity. The biological explains the physical aspect of an individual. During my dad’s teenage years‚ he was athletically built. He excelled in soccer‚ making him swift and agile. Now that he is older and a parent‚ he is not as quick as his feet as he used to be. He still continues to play soccer‚ however‚ now that he has become more brittle‚ he has broken a leg and needed surgery on his knee
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Outcome 1 Understand what dementia is | Evidence Date | | | | | | | The learner can: Evidence Reference | | | | | | | 1.explain what is meant by the term ‘dementia’ A chronic or persistent disorder of the mental processes caused by brain disease or injury and marked by memory disorders‚ personality changes‚ and impaired reasoning | | | | | | | 2. describe the key functions of the brain that are affected by dementiatemporal
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