In this piece of work‚ I shall aim at a critical review of literature relating to reducing a fall in order people with a mental health problem. I shall critically analyse the strengths and weakness of the various strategies that have been used such as a complementary therapy in reducing falls in older people with dementia. In this assignment‚ I shall reflect upon my experience from my practice placement‚ where I was involved in the reduction of fall as a therapeutic intervention in order to minimise
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and interdisciplinary as well as multiprofessional and interprofessional perspectives on professional work (Bleakley‚ Boyden‚ Hobbs‚ Walsh‚ & Allard‚ 2006). In health care‚ interprofessional practice means that patient care is a joint effort by professionals‚ whose tasks‚ interaction and collaboration need to be synchronized (Baker‚ Day‚ & Salas‚ 2006). Interprofessional collaboration has also been characterized as shared aims‚ interdependence‚ a collegial and equal relationship between the
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What is World Health Day? World Health Day is celebrated on 7 April to mark the founding of WHO. Each year‚ the Organization selects a key health issue‚ and encourages people from all ages and all backgrounds to hold events that highlight the significance of this issue for good health and well-being. World Health Day provides a unique opportunity for communities from across the world to come together for one day to promote actions that can improve our health. Most of us live longer and healthier
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lead. Even though these individuals Values‚ Assumptions‚ Beliefs‚ and Expectations (VABEs) are unobservable‚ they are essential in knowing your employees’ behaviors. I have learned to indentify personal VABEs within my own experiences and in everyday life. The first situation that occurred where I was able to identify my personal VABEs took place a couple of weekends ago. I was at a bar with a large group of my friends celebrating our mutual friend’s 21st birthday. We were obviously drinking alcoholic
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Public Protection: Civil Mental Health Legislation. Edinburgh: Dunedin Academic Press. Fisher‚ J. A. (2006). Procedural Misconceptions and Informed Consent: Insights from Empirical Research on the Clinical Trials Industry. Kennedy Institute of Ethics Journal‚ 16(3): 251-268. Flint‚ C. (1991). "Continuity of care Provided by a Team of Midwives. The Know-your-Midwife Scheme"‚ in S. Robinson & A. M. Thompson‚ Midwives Research and Childbirth. London: Chapman & Hall. Health and Disability Commissioner
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Government of India‚ National Mental Health Programme (NMHP) has certain objectives to be met. The programme was launched in the year 1986 and was reformulated in National Health Policy 2002. The original objectives included the following – (i) To ensure the availability and accessibility of minimum mental healthcare for all in the foreseeable future‚ particularly to the most vulnerable and underprivileged sections of the population; (ii) To encourage the application of mental health knowledge in general
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The population of Latinos in the U.S. continues to increase. In 2014‚ Latinos accounted for 17.4% of the population (U.S. Census Bureau‚ 2015). Many Latinos are dealing with mental health disorders‚ such as depression. To help the well-beings of Latinos‚ counselors need to understand treatments based on depression. Additionally‚ one has to understand the cultural factors within the population of Latinos. Recently‚ Kanter et al. (2015) depicts a need for more research in order to improve treatment
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The implementation of electronic health records (EHRs)‚ is one strand of the national programme and successful implementation would result in compliance with both NPfIT and the need to improve services whilst cutting costs. The implementation of an information system into any large organisation will present numerous challenges‚ data security‚ data migration‚ information sharing and timely staff training to name a few. 2.0 Responsibility A community mental health trust at which I was previously
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World Health Day is celebrated on 7 April to mark the anniversary of the founding of WHO in 1948. Each year a theme is selected for World Health Day that highlights a priority area of public health concern in the world. The theme for 2013 is high blood pressure. Hypertension (HTN) or high blood pressure‚ sometimes called arterial hypertension‚ is a chronic medical condition in which the pressure in the arteries is elevated. This requires the heart to work harder than normal to circulate blood through
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without addressing the basic health issues” said Gro Brundtland. World Health Day is celebrated on 7 April to mark the anniversary of the founding of The World Health Organization (WHO)‚ which is a specialized agency of the United Nations (UN) that is concerned with international public health. Each year‚ the Organization selects a key health issue‚ and encourages people from all ages and all backgrounds to hold events that highlight a priority area of public health concern in the world. The theme
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