went to St Georges Residential Home‚ while I was there I witnessed 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
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resources to maximise the level of work performed. There are two models Social Model-of disability which views discrimination and attitudes and surrounding environments. it helps focus directly on the person as an individual not on their medical or disability condition. It helps concentrate on endeavouring the client has as much independence as possible. Medicine Model- is a model which focuses on individuals within the day centre that has an impairment ie mental health issues. We have many clients
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Two of the most important pieces of health and safety legislation affecting educational establishments across the UK are the Health and Safety at Work‚ etc Act 1974 and the Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations 1999. These set the standards that must be met to ensure the health and safety of all employees and others who may be affected by any work activity. Other regulations also exist to cover work activities that carry specific risks‚ for example lifting and carrying‚ computer work
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January 19‚ 2010 Mental Health: Deficiencies in Treatment of Depression Depression is defined as a feeling of sadness‚ feeling blue‚ unhappy‚ and miserable or down in the dumps. True clinical depression is defined as a mood in which feelings of sadness and anger interfere with your everyday life for an extended period of time. The news article dated January 12‚ 2010 in the New York Times‚ Titled; Mental Health: Deficiencies in Treatment of Depression reports that antidepressant drugs used for the
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1.1 & 1.2 - define the following types of abuse and the signs and symptoms associated with each. Physical abuse The term physical abuse is applied to the act of a person/s causing physical pain or injury to another person. The types of abuse that could be put into this category are: · Hitting · Slapping · Punching · Kicking · Pinching · Biting · Burning/Scalding The signs of physical abuse could include unexplainable marks to the skin including bruising‚ grazing‚ blisters from
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Careers With-in Health and Social Care There are many careers with-in the Health and Social Care Sector which require different levels of experience and qualifications. Below is a list of some of the careers and their explanations and levels of experience and qualifications you need before you can carry out these roles. The list I have provided is not exhaustive and there are also many other careers that you can do within the Health and Social care sector but I hope it gives evidence that I have
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UNIT 8-Psychological Perspectives This assignment will explain three different psychological perspectives and these are: Behaviourism‚ psychodynamic and social learning. In this assignment this will include the main theorists and apply how and why they work. (P1): Explain the principal of psychological perspectives. Behaviourism Behaviourism can also be seen as the learning theory. This was introduced by John Watson in the early 1900’s. This was mainly his thoughts and ideas. When it comes
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of Care in Health and Social Care in Children and Young People Settings Understand how duty of care contributes to safe practice 1 Explain what it means to have a duty of care in own work role Duty of care is defined simply as a legal obligation to : Always act in the best interest of individuals in care and others Not act or fail to act in a way that results in harm Act within own competence and not take on anything not believe we can safely do As a care worker‚ we owe a duty of care to the
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Assignment 201 Principles of communication in adult social care settings Assignment composition Assignment overview In this assignment‚ you will complete tasks to demonstrate your understanding of the importance of communication in adult social care settings‚ and ways to overcome barriers to meet individual needs and preferences in communication. You will also address the issue of confidentiality. Tasks There are two tasks to this assignment. A Short answer questions B Poster
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individual patients/clients. Identify opportunities for health promotion and make best use of these either directly or through referral to other professionals or agencies. Contribute to the implementation of a programme of health care and health promotion that has been designed by a registered practitioner. Recently in the care home I reside in‚ an elderly patient became concerned about her weight gain. As a new patient to the care home she had undergone relevant tests and her weight and
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