Unit 8: Contribute to Health and Safety in Health and Social Care Unit code: HSC 027 QCF level: 2 Credit value: 4 Guided learning hours: 33 Unit summary This unit is aimed at those working in a wide range of settings. It provides the learner with the knowledge and skills required to carry out their work safely. This is a mandatory unit in both the Level 2 Diploma in Health and Social Care (Adults) for England (QCF) and the Level 2 Diploma in Health and Social Care
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Foundations of Health and Social Care Amanda Reddin Word count = 2182 In this essay I am going to show the importance of caring in nursing‚ and how it promotes high standards of care. Caring can be described in many ways‚ such as showing empathy‚ compassion and respect. Most caring theories incorporate all of these qualities. Every patient has complex individual needs and each patient interprets high standards in a different way. As a student
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variety of capacities from cultural talks to immersion experiences for non-international students. It was almost hard to choose where to get involved thus‚ I attended more then two events however‚ IUPUI Day of Caring and ACRIEMA were the most impactful. I chose to go to the IUPUI Day of Caring because I wanted to have
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Burnes (1906) explains that elderly abuse or neglect refer to an intentional act which is physical‚ sexual‚ emotional‚ financial abuse‚ or neglect‚ occurring in a relationship of trust. Researchers‚ and clinicians recognize elder mistreatment is a big problem associated with major consequences‚ including shortened survival‚ and societal costs. It is important to understand the signs‚ types‚ and prevention of elderly abuse or neglect. As elders become weaker and weaker‚ they lose their ability to
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Senior Citizen or in another word is Elderly. The elderly represent a people who can benefit a technology from a health application or even playing games online through mobile phone or desktop. But from the technology these days we can see that most of the applications or even the hardware are most towards young generations which shows that the attention towards the elderly has not been considered at all. In this paper the authors were focusing on how the elderly consume their mobile phone games. This
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I decided to write my paper on elderly nutrition. I have chosen this topic because I believe nutrition is important at all ages now‚ especially in those of the elderly. Fattening foods are around more now than ever‚ so the problem of obesity is getting out of control. Obesity as we all know causes heart attacks and other such medical problems. People are not noticing the problem anymore until the worst happens. "Everyone thinks that heart disease always happens to someone else‚ until
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Critical Points A. Why do the elderly develop driving disabilities? 1. Loss of Body Functions a. Vision loss accounts for up to 90 to 95% of the info needed to maneuver in traffic. (Wilson) b. Research shows that the average person’s hearing and reaction time deteriorates at about
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Substance Abuse and the Elderly Substance abuse in the elderly exists just as in any other population. Many seniors develop substance abuse problems due to circumstances or situations due to the aging process. A report by the Center for Substance Abuse Treatment/Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration indicates that 17% of adults age 60 and older are affected by alcohol abuse and abuse of legal drugs. The report also states that a third of those seniors who abuse substances did
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The Homeless and Elderly Population BSHS 301 February 8‚ 2010 The Homeless & Elderly Population As we seek pleasure‚ we often forget our purpose in life. We feed our egos as we like‚ but there is one thing that humans don’t know is that all of us have access to opportunities like those who think they have everything in life. But unfortunately not all of us are capable of seeing the poverty in our society. Not all homeless people chose to live in the streets or shelters‚ especially
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neglect of the Elderly ABUSE AND NEGLECT OF THE ELDERLY ENG-126-1103A-10 COLORADO TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY ANTOINETTE J. WILCOX 07/31/2011 Abuse and Neglect of the Elderly Every year tens of thousands of elderly adults in the
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