fall. The referral was made to social work for transition planning and emotional support regarding hospital admission. Before meeting with Mr. L I reviewed his chart for medical and social history which revealed that he had a previous stroke and been managing well at home for the past 80 years. I thought this would be a great way for me to build a report with him and utilize the strengths based perspective to guide my intervention. This approach reminds the social worker to build on the individual’s
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Healthcare Law‚ Policy‚ and Advocacy‚ 5390 LaToya C. Hicks 01/26/2010 Module 1 Health Policymaking in the U.S. by Longest Chapter 1 Discussion Questions 1. Define health. What are the determinants of health in humans? Health is defined as the “state of complete mental‚ physical‚ and social well-being that is necessary to live a meaniful and productive life. Health determinants are the physical‚ behavior along with biological‚ social factors that affects a person’s health. 2. Define public
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Explain the role of effective communication and interpersonal interaction in a health and social care context. The role of effective communication is very important in a health and social care unit as‚ without it‚ it will be very hard to communicate with the clients. But also communication is the process of sharing information‚ thoughts and feelings between people through speaking‚ writing or body language. Effective communication extends the concept to require that transmitted content is received
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Institutional Frameworks The Occupational Health and Safety (OHS) Act sets out the laws about health and safety requirements affecting workplaces‚ work activities and the use of plant and substances. Besides that‚ the OHS Act is an essential framework in the workplace to cultivate good safety habits in all individuals so as to stimulate a strong safety culture in the workplace. The Act establishes a framework for people by preventing or minimising their exposure to risk. One of the key features of the OHS
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Every play setting needs to have policies and procedures to help them guide the actions of all individuals involved in the play setting. They ensure the well-being of all families‚ children‚ staff and everyone who is connected to the setting. When policies and procedures are well thought out and implemented they provide common understanding and agreement on how things should be done at the play setting. Policies and procedures help new staff and families to familiarise themselves with the play settings
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Legislation/policy/best practice guidance | Summary | Safeguarding Vulnerable groups Act 2006 | Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups Act 2006 restricts contact between children and vulnerable adults and those who might do them harm. | Mental Capacity Act 2005 | The Mental Capacity Act 2005 prevents people who lack mental capacity from being mistreated or wilfully neglected. | Deprivation of Liberty safeguards | This is guidance for PCTs‚ Local Authorities‚ hospitals‚ and care homes to support
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how important and how effective communication can be in terms of a health care setting. In extreme cases it could be a matter of life and death. For example if a senior carer is giving tablets to a service user and they don’t watch them taking them this will affect the service user in terms of health and medical reasons. All these service users need is some company. Environmental factors effecting communication – Factors like setting‚ which room the service user and the carer is in if it’s a noisy
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The world is full of people who needs health care‚ unfortunately the health care has become an area of human life with a lot of inequality between people and social classes‚ many people around the world have fought for the equality in this ambit here we´re going to develop this topic. Health care is a necessity of human life‚ the term public and social health was created around the 16th century; there has always been a preference because of the cost of this service. Anyway in the last two centuries
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Health and Safety in the Workplace Bradley Whitaker Mid Continent University Human Resource Management DL17/M14 Professor J. Gordon February 13‚ 2013 Health and Safety in the Workplace Health and Safety play a very important role in the workplace today. Many organizations take the responsibility of their employees’ safety and health seriously due to the various affects that could stem from a lack of providing a safe work environment. During the 20th century our nation has become a world
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