PURPOSE AND ROLE OF RESEARCH IN HEALTH & SOCIAL CARE Research is wide and diverse. It may focus on people (eg. why men are more aggressive than women) on the structures of society‚ (eg. the family) or may study hidden structures (eg‚ memory). The word "research" has several meanings: 1. Research is a systematic‚ formal rigorous and precise process employed to gain solutions to problems and/or to discover and interpret new facts and relationships. (Waltz and Bausell‚ 1981‚ p.1). 2. Research
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Social Security & Health Care Outline 1. Social Security a. Introduction: Social Security: What is it? b. History of Social Security i. Pre social Security era 1. Greek 2. Medieval European 3. The “Poor Laws” ii. Early American Social Security 4. Colonial 5. Civil war 6. Great Depression c. Modern American Social Security iii. When was it established?
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crime has been alleged‚ suspected or committed by a parent/carer: If practitioners suspect or have been told by a child that their parent/carer is possibly committing a crime or is committing a crime‚ it depends on the seriousness of the crime as to how practitioners should deal with it. Crime can consist of many things such as; theft‚ benefit fraud‚ fraud‚ prostitution‚ dvd piracy‚ murder‚ drug taking etc. It depends on the seriousness of the crime as to whether practitioners breach confidentiality
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individual with love‚ affection and kindness even though the other person treats you with disrespect. It is important to be non-judgemental and non-discriminatory because you may not understand what they have gone through. In healthcare‚ you have to be responsible because you will be responsible for the well-being of the patients. in health and social care‚ appropriate terms must be used at all times. it is important that people from different cultures and religion are not offended by your language
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Explain the role of effective communication and interpersonal interaction in a health and social care context. The role of effective communication is very important in a health and social care unit as‚ without it‚ it will be very hard to communicate with the clients. But also communication is the process of sharing information‚ thoughts and feelings between people through speaking‚ writing or body language. Effective communication extends the concept to require that transmitted content is received
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technologies to support nursing practice in area of administration‚ education and research (Hebda‚ Czar & Mascara‚ 2005). This paper will be used to discuss the use if informatics in my clinical area of home health and discuss ways‚ if applicable‚ in which it could possibly be improved as well. Streamlining Paperwork/Communication Informatics can both streamline and hinder the paperwork that goes into home health and the communication amongst clinicians with regard to the care patients receive. The positive
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fall. The referral was made to social work for transition planning and emotional support regarding hospital admission. Before meeting with Mr. L I reviewed his chart for medical and social history which revealed that he had a previous stroke and been managing well at home for the past 80 years. I thought this would be a great way for me to build a report with him and utilize the strengths based perspective to guide my intervention. This approach reminds the social worker to build on the individual’s
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Confidentiality Confidentiality is an important principle in health and social care because it functions to impose a boundary on the amount of personal information and data that can be disclosed without consent. Confidentiality arises where a person disclosing personal information reasonably expects his or her privacy to be protected‚ such as in a relationship of trust. The relationship between health and social care professionals and their patients/clients centres on trust‚ and trust is dependent
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communication by good eye contact‚checking hearing aids are on. when people are listening make sure that they are listening make sure that they re concentrating and that there is no background noise. Explain how people from different backgrounds may interpret communication methods in different ways and how this could affect relationships in your work setting? people from different places say things differently and may not understand what you mean for instance a person suffering from dementia can hear
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Communication between care workers and service users is essential for promoting and maximising the rights of users of health and social care services. All patients and users of our service should be kept informed about their treatment. They should be able to talk to you or the workers making decisions about their treatment. It is your responsibility to overcome any problems with communication that may arise‚ not just in giving users information in a format that they can understand‚ but also in giving
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