Understand Sensory Loss Sensory impairment is when one of your senses such as sight‚ hearing‚ smell‚ touch‚ taste and spatial awareness are no longer normal. A person does not necessarily have full loss of a sense to be sensory impaired. Dual sensory impairment is when a combination of both hearing and sight is impaired. The combination of two sensory impairments intensify the impact of each other which usually means the person will not benefit fully from the services of deaf people or
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Put simply‚ the Two-Step Flow Theory is about how KEY PEOPLE affect other people. This hypothesis was first introduced by Paul Lazarsfeld‚ Bernard Berelson and Hazel Gaudet in a 1944 study which focused on the process of making decisions around the time of a Presidential election campaign called ‘The People’s Choice’. The expected result was that the mass media’s messages would have a direct influence of people’s votes however the researchers were surprised to find out this was infact not
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There are many factors that can attribute to causing sensory loss. The main one is ageing as age brings about hearing and sight deterioration because as we get older our senses start to diminish and gradually increases as time goes by‚ this tends to generally affect individuals at around the age of 40/50 . We can also identify that accidents ‚ illnesses can also attribute to loss ‚ such as a pregnant individual may have picked up and infection such as rubella or used drugs and alcohol in excess
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service user family and multi disciplinary team. This provides me with the opportunity to establish service user’s individual ability‚ needs and most importantly preferences in relation to communication needs and develop a plan of action to provide for appropriate support that meets the service user communication needs and methods‚ in most cases‚ the professional are involved by way of a referral being made Shaw has a prescribed form for completing assessments for both new and existing service users
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-207 1.2 – Explain why it is important to work in a why which imbeds personal centred values. It is important to work in this way‚ because I will allow the staff team‚ as well as the service user to have consistency. It allows all people to understand the approach that will be used‚ and allow for consistent planning to be in place. All future planning should have the service user at the centre. 1.3 – Explain why risk-taking can be part of a person centred approach. Risk taking can be part of
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Level 3 unit 31 Understand sensory loss 1 Understand the factors that impact on an individual with sensory loss 1.2 analyse how societal attitudes and beliefs impact on individuals with sensory loss Any type of sensory loss can cause people to experience the ways in which society treats them differently. People often believe that any type of sensory loss also reduces people’s capacity to understand. Individuals may feel a loss of independence‚ as carers‚ family members‚ or members of the
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critical‚ if not the most critical aspect of team dynamics is communication. Effective or ineffective communication can lead to a team being extremely efficient and successful‚ or inefficient and a terrible failure. “Ineffective communication can be a source of discontent in a team” (Newson‚ 2006). The purpose of team communication is to enhance team performance; therefore‚ it is each team member’s responsibility to ensure effective communication. “Communication is an observable aspect of coordination‚ and
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Introductory awareness of sensory loss Outcome 1: Understand the factors that impact on an individual with sensory loss and steps that can be taken to overcome these There are a range of factors‚ both negative and positive that can occur with an individual with sensory loss. A positive factor can be that the individual will gain a lot of support to help them deal with their sensory loss and how they will be able to move forward. Negative factors are that the individual won’t be able to perform
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criteria | Questions | 501 | 1 | 1.2 | Explain how to support effective communication within own job role | AnswersWithin my job role as a Social Work Assistant for Older People it is important to have good communication skills to develop positive relationships and share information with people using services. I also need to be able to communicate well with client’s families‚ carers‚ colleagues and other professionals. I use several different forms of communication within my job role.Interpersonal
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Introductory awareness of sensory loss (SS MU2.1) Outcome 1 When people have any sensory loss‚ then their mobility and communication are greatly affected. This can lead to increased loneliness and even isolation in some cases. People with any kind of sensory loss can have difficulties in finding employment. Even though the Equality Act and the Disability Discrimination Act mean that employers cannot discriminate‚ it is hard to convince an employer that a sensory loss does not necessarily mean
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