The Tragic Story On April 15‚ 1975 at 2:00 am‚ the Quinlans received a phone call from Newton Memorial Hospital telling them that their daughter‚ Karen Ann‚ had been brought to the hospital. She was unconscious‚ and had slipped into a coma. Her state steadily deteriorated and very soon her coma was diagnosed to be irreversible. She was shortly thereafter transferred to St. Clare’s in Denville. Her condition was deemed a “persistent vegetative” state from which she would not recover. Unlike the
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Five thousand deaths may be due to negligence. Red flags for nursing home negligence were listed on five thousand death certificates of nursing home patients in nineteen ninety nine. These include starvation‚ dehydration‚ or bedsores as the cause of death. Thirty incidents of aggression can happen in one eight hour
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COM 102-037/Mrs. Grisolano Research Paper April 29‚ 2013 Hoarding: Buried Alive Until a few years ago‚ a lady who was known to collect cats would have been called “the crazy cat lady.” Houses that were filled with endless amounts of stuff were referred to as “cluttered‚ filthy‚ or a pen sty.” As of today‚ those expressions have been replaced with the coined terms: “hoarder or compulsive hoarding.” What is hoarding? “Compulsive hoarding
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Nursing Job Descriptions The many faces of the professional nurse The title of Nurse has many applications in modern medicine. Each specific type of nurse has a different set of responsibilities: Registered nurses (RNs)‚ Nurse Practitioners‚ head nurses or nurse supervisors‚ Licensed Practical Nurses (LPNs)‚ nursing home nurses‚ Home Health Nurses‚ and nursing aides. While there are many shared tasks‚ these nursing professions require special skills and different levels of patient interactions
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Unit Title: Unit sector reference: Level: Credit value: Guided learning hours: Unit expiry date: Unit accreditation number: Principles of safeguarding and protection in health and social care HSC 024 2 3 26 31/05/2015 A/601/8574 Unit purpose and aim This unit is aimed at those working in a wide range of settings. This unit introduces the important area of safeguarding individuals from abuse. It identifies different types of abuse and the signs and symptoms that might indicate abuse is occurring
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Death is the ultimate rejection for human beings and one that must be faced by all at some point. In some countries‚ such as the Netherlands‚ death can be a choice over long-term pain and suffering. In the United States‚ Oregon has a Death with Dignity Act that allows for physician-assisted suicide. With more life-prolonging treatments and life support equipment‚ decisions about when to let someone die become increasingly complex. Who should be making choices about our death‚ the government‚ our
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Unit 11 Safeguarding adults and promoting independence. ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Task 1 P1: Describe forms of abuse which may be experienced by adults. Provide 5 types of abuse (e.g. Physical‚ Psychological‚ Sexual‚ Financial‚ Neglect) Forms of abuse in adults can include: • Physical - Such as: Hitting‚ Pushing‚ Hair-pulling‚ Pinching‚ Inappropriate restraint‚ Shaking‚ Misuse of medication‚ or Scalding. •
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Nutrition Paper Vegetarian Foods To understand vegetarian food and the problems that might come nutritionally from them‚ you first you must understand the diets. Pescatarian Diet Abstain from eating all meat and animal flesh with the exception of fish. In addition to fish and/or shellfish‚ a pescetarian diet typically includes all vegetables‚ fruits‚ nuts‚ grains beans‚ and also permits eggs and dairy They believe that eating fish and fish oils is essential for optimal health because of the
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Andrew Ebratt Mr. Coulombe English II Legal Suffering The Percent of public who support euthanasia for the terminally ill or on life support is approximately 86 percent. Despite this‚ euthanasia or assisted suicide is only legal in four states in the US: Montana‚ Vermont‚ Washington‚ and New Mexico. Because of the illegality of euthanasia in most places‚ it is a wide spread crime in most cases outside these states‚ although‚ these terminally ill patients are suffering terribly without cure. An
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Learner Name Workplace address Qualification title and level Unit name and number Unit 4- Principles of safeguarding and protection in Health and social care Answer Please use this template when answering the knowledge worksheets. If you choose to use another template then please ensure that you include all of the information included in this document. photocopy/print as many sheets as required. Q no: 1. Abuse is: about a person inappropriately using their power over another
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