Guide to qualifications and standards in adult social care 2014/15 This guide details all the current adult social care qualifications recommended by Skills for Care. The qualifications have been developed in partnership with employers‚ people who need care and support‚ carers‚ learning providers‚ sector experts‚ awarding organisations and other key organisations within the adult social care sector. Skills for Care strongly believes that‚ when delivered well‚ these qualifications
Premium Learning disability Diploma Mental disorder
MarketOptimizer.org adds report “Vascular Dementias Global Clinical Trials Review‚ H2‚ 2014” to its store. Vascular dementia or "multi-infarct dementia" is dementia caused by problems in the supply of blood to the brain‚ typically by a series of minor strokes. Vascular dementia is the second most common form of dementia after Alzheimer’s disease (AD) in older adults. Multi-infarct dementia (MID) is thought to be irreversible and it is caused by a number of small strokes or sometimes a large stroke
Premium Alzheimer's disease Psychiatry Stroke
Introduction Spiritual care is an integral part of human life and a vital aspect of holistic care in nursing homes (especially with patients who have dementia). A number of studies have investigated the thoughts of spirituality and religiosity‚ however‚ few studies have been done to describe how nurses provide spiritual care in clinical practice. Dementia‚ according to Ødbehr‚ Kvigne‚ Hauge‚ and Danbolt (2015)‚ is characterized as memory impairment‚ impaired communication‚ and orientation‚ leading
Premium Informed consent Data collection Nursing
Thomas Sikkema Professor John Schneider PHI 102 6 April 2015 The Ethics of Care The Ethics of Care is defined as the feminist approach on the view that men and women approach morality in very different ways: with men stressing principles‚ and women stress more on emotions when making a moral choice (John Schneider‚ Lecture: Ethics of Care). The main proposals of the Ethics of Care were presented by Carol Gilligan‚ a psychologist who focused on how women differ in how they approach ethical issues
Premium Ethics Morality
reflective account (II) During my role as health care assistant in the care home setting where I work I spent a considerable amount of time on a one to one basis as a key worker with a particular resident. For the purpose of this reflective account the resident shall be referred to as Mrs S. Mrs S had vascular dementia as her dementia progressed her challenging behaviours increased. Mrs S spent a great deal of her day walking around the care home. On good days this was not an issue. However on
Premium Memory Long-term memory Causality
WITH DEMENTIA WHILST MINIMISING RISKS 1 UNDERSTAND KEY LEGISLATION AND AGREED WAYS OF WORKING THAT SUPPORT THE FULFILMENT OF RIGHTS AND CHOICES OF INDIVIDUALS WITH DEMENTIA WHILE MINIMISING RISK OF HARM 1.1 The key legislations are Adult and Incapacity Act 2000‚ Mental Health Act 2007‚ Disability Discrimination Act 1995‚ Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups Act 2006 and the Mental Capacity Act 2005. Human Rights Act. These are all core principals of legislation regarding an individual with dementia. Policies
Premium Decision making Hygiene Risk
Person-Centered Care Cindy Carney HCA 333 Dr. Vivian Greenway July 29‚ 2013 Long-term care is not really something someone thinks about until they are faced with the challenge of finding a quality long-term care facility to care for their aging or ill family member. Most of us have probably known someone who is in a long-tern facility‚ and most of us would never want to be placed in one due to the impression that we have about them as being dreary‚ dirty‚ smelly‚ and where you go to die.
Premium Activities of daily living Nursing home Nursing
In today’s society work is most likely to be associated with paid work. We always tell people about our paid employment‚ the work where we receive a regular income. So the work we do can play a role in defining our identity and how we see our self. Your employment can also play a major role in terms of; determining a person’s level of income‚ defining a person’s status‚ social class and a person’s Life chances. For example those in upper class enjoy greater life chances than those in working class
Premium Sociology Industrial Revolution Capitalism
Understand the nutritional needs that are unique to individuals with dementia 1.1 - Describe how cognitive functional and emotional changes associated with dementia can affect eating drinking and nutrition: Cognitive: if cognitive ability is impaired a patient could forget to eat‚ or think they aren’t being fed at all as well as forgetting to drink etc‚ they may also leave cookers or other hot things on as they have forgotten they have put them on‚ Functional: They may not be able to feed
Premium Nutrition Eating Food
1. What is Palliative Care? (150 words) Palliative Care is a care provided when someone is living with‚ and dying from a fatal chronic condition where the primary goal is maintaining quality of life. It provides special supportive care for anyone who is suffering a life-threatening condition approaching the end of life. Palliative care is for any age‚ those with cancer or any other terminal diagnosis‚ people of any ethnic or cultural background‚ whether they may live in the countryside or the
Premium Patient Health care Hospice