Training Physicians in Geriatric Care: Responding to Critical Need Greg O’Neill Patricia P. Barry As the nation’s older population grows‚ the U.S. will require a well-trained workforce of health care providers with expert knowledge in geriatric medicine. Compared with younger adults‚ older Americans use a disproportionately larger share of health care services provided by physicians‚ nurses‚ pharmacists‚ physical therapists‚ and other practitioners. While people over age 65 represent 12 percent of the
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Safeguarding the Welfare of Children and Young People Know about the legislation‚ guidelines‚ policies and procedures for safeguarding the welfare of children and young people including e-safety Identify the current legislation‚ guidelines‚ policies and procedures for safeguarding the welfare of children and young people including e-safety Current legislation The current legislation for safeguarding the welfare of children and young people is the Working Together to Safeguard Children 2006 Act. This Act
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MGMT6 Management Decision Chapter 4 Responding to Tragedy On April 5‚ 2010‚ an explosion at the Upper Big Branch coal mine in Montcoal‚ West Virginia‚ killed 29 workers. Over the next several weeks and days‚ as nationwide attention turned to this tragedy‚ it was discovered that the mine’s operating company‚ Massey Energy‚ was cited for numerous safety and regulatory violations. One month prior to the accident‚ the mine was written up more than 50 times‚ with 12 of those notices relating to
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with children‚ young people and adults 1.1 Describe how to establish respectful‚ professional relationships with children and young people. To enable you to establish a respectful relationship with children and young people you need to maintain your professional distance at all times and remember you’re there to educate them not to be their friends. You must let the child know you’re interested in them and make time for them‚ each and every one of them. It’s important that children don’t
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Unit 02 – Safeguarding the welfare of children and young people 1. Using the headings provided‚ briefly describe the key points of each of the following guidelines and legislation. (1.1) and analyse how these guidelines affect the day to day work with young children (1.3) The Children act 1989 The aim of this act is to simplify the laws that are already in place‚ which protect children and young people in the UK. It was seen as a “serious shake up” of children’s rights and protection‚ and also
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Adult Education Written Assistant 1 Introduction This assignment should demonstrate the importance of supporting the rights of all children and young people to participation and equality of access and also the importance and benefits of valuing and promoting cultural diversity in work with children and young people. 1.2 Describe the importance of supporting their rights of all children and young people to participation and equality of access. All pupils have the right to a broad and balanced
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just because. In a study examining 20‚000 kindergartners and their parents‚ researchers found that 80 percent of Hispanic parents admitted to spanking their children. Parents should only spank their children to discipline them‚ to teach them what is wrong. There should be limitations of course. One of the limitations should be with younger children one should only use one’s hand‚ and the spanking should never leave any marks beyond redness of the skin. Another limitation would be the age you spank your
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I am responding to Hannah Kniphfer; Hannah chose to perform the poem Megan Married Herself for her performance of poetry. Hannah kept the introduction short and concise‚ she mentioned that the poet was famous for writing poems about acceptance‚ hope‚ and depression. Her choice of attire for this performance was a short all black dress‚ black boots‚ and heavier makeup than she would have normally worn. As she spoke the first few lines of the poem she threw dead rose petals on the ground with every
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supporting very young children‚ this is not in the place of a formal education but works well alongside one. It allows the young children to play with their peers and `learn through play`. It’s been found that this type of learning is very important in young children The early years foundation stage is a framework for learning and development for children from birth to when they leave reception. Foundation stage take place when children are ages between 3 and 5 years old this includes children that are
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welfare of children and young people- The children act 1989-The main concepts of this act are parental responsibility‚ the welfare of the child and partnership and cooperation from all associated services. In summary the act states that the mental and physical well-being of the child is above all else and appropriate steps need to be taken to ensure this. The protection of children act 1999- The act created a system for identifying persons considered to be unsuitable to work with children. This
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