of Life and Dementia Care . Credit Value : 2 This unit must be assessed in accordance with Skills for Care and Development’s QCF Assessment Principles. Learning Outcome 1 : Understand considerations for individuals with dementia at end of life Assessment Criteria 1.1. Outline in what ways dementia can be a terminal illness Dementia is brain atrophy. It’s a degenerative disease‚ which is progressive‚ and for the time being‚ incurable condition. Dementia is a terminal
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65 years and over‚ and 3 in 10 people aged 85 years and over have dementia (Department of Health and Ageing‚ 2013). Over 320‚000 Australians are living with dementia. Dementia is now the second leading cause of death in Australia with no existing cure. Moreover‚ deaths due to dementia have increased approximately 137% over the past ten years‚ with nearly 11‚000 deaths recorded in 2013 (Australian Bureau of Statistics 2014). Dementia is described as a ‘loss of self’ (Cohen & Eisdorfer‚ 1986) or a condition
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(P1)- Explain the concepts of equality‚ diversity and rights in relation to health and social care. In this essay for P1 I will be explaining the theories of equality‚ diversity and rights within the health and social care sector. I’ll give examples of the different health sectors and a few examples of what people are discriminated against and how the discriminating practise is valued how it affects the workplace. Working in health and social care sector it is important that every individual
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Explain /discuss issues of equality and diversity and ways to promote inclusion with your learners Equality is the need to provide all learners with equal opportunity. It is the duty of the teacher to ensure all students feel valued‚ are given the same rights of access to learning resources and are given equal help and support to develop their full potential without showing any favouritism. All students must be treated fairly without discrimination regardless of gender‚ marital status‚ sexual
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Promote Equality and Inclusion in health‚ social care or children and young people’s settings What is meant by Equality‚ Inclusion and Diversity? Equality: Equality of opportunity‚ giving each person opportunities which are equal to others in society regardless of race‚ gender or disability. Inclusion: A process of identifying‚ understanding and breaking down barriers to participation and belonging. Diversity: A wide range of characteristics and backgrounds‚ including social and cultural
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There are a number of bases of discrimination which are * Culture * Disability * Age * Social Class * Gender * Sexuality * Health status * Family status * Cognitive ability As a health and social care professional it is part of your role to understand the bases of discrimination and to make sure you don’t discriminate a individual in any sort of way as it can have a negative effect on the individual leading to further problems. Culture A person’s culture is
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NCFE Level 2 Certificate in Equality and Diversity Unit 4: Living in diverse communities Assessment You should use this file to complete your Assessment. • The first thing you need to do is save a copy of this document‚ either onto your computer or a disk • Then work through your Assessment‚ remembering to save your work regularly • When you’ve finished‚ print out a copy to keep for reference • Then‚ go to www.vision2learn.com and send your completed Assessment to your teacher via your My
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Summery of Integrity Equality & Diversity (summary of findings‚ analysed in the context of the my own teaching practice) Integrity in the Classroom Maintaining integrity can be accomplished by good teachers. One of the key strategies to implement is to learn how to speak so that the students will actively listen to you‚ and how to listen so that they will actively speak to you as the teacher. Integrity means that you do as you say‚ not simply telling the students to act one way while you act
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Promote equality and inclusion in health‚ social care or children’s and young people’s settings. 1.1 Explain what is meant by: • Diversity - Each person is individual and unique - Encompass respect and acceptance - It is about understanding each other and moving beyond simple tolerance - “Differences between individuals and groups of people” Diversity is about respecting individual differences these can be: ethnicity‚ physical abilities‚ gender‚ age‚ religious‚ beliefs‚ sexual orientation
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Understand the process and experience of dementia (DEM 301) Level: 3 Credit value: 3 UAN: J/601/3538 Unit aim This unit provides the knowledge of the neurology of dementia to support the understanding of how individuals may experience dementia. Learning outcomes There are three learning outcomes to this unit. The learner will: 1. Understand the neurology of dementia 2. Understand the impact of recognition and diagnosis of dementia 3. Understand how dementia care must be underpinned by a person
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