Chapter 1 Psychology in health and social care Key topics ll Relevance of studying psychology ll Schools of thought in psychology ll Psychology in practice: people and practice ll How to make effective use of this book ll Introducing the ‘psychosoap’ family Introduction Our purpose throughout this book is to offer ideas from psychology that can be applied to your work in health or social care. Our objectives are to enable you to: ll apply evidence-based
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1.1 & 1.2 To start this unit I will be discussing about the differences between bacteria‚ viruses‚ fungi and parasites. Bacteria: These are tiny microorganisms‚ they cannot be seen with the naked eye. They exist on virtually every living thing or object in the environment i.e. dirt‚ water‚ caves‚ trees‚ dead animals‚ and within everybody living on earth. Its nutrition is from its surroundings. We carry bacteria in the body‚ mainly in the intestines‚ on the genitalia or on the skin. Bacteria can
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Social Security & Health Care Outline 1. Social Security a. Introduction: Social Security: What is it? b. History of Social Security i. Pre social Security era 1. Greek 2. Medieval European 3. The “Poor Laws” ii. Early American Social Security 4. Colonial 5. Civil war 6. Great Depression c. Modern American Social Security iii. When was it established?
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topic of advocacy in health and social care. Use these articles in conjunction with the module materials to discuss how advocacy can increase the power of service users when engaging with health and social care services. At some point in people’s lives‚ they will find themselves in a situation where they may need to participate in decision-making about their care and this essay looks at how advocacy can increase the power of service users when engaging in health and social care services. It will
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In any health and social care setting communication is extremely important. The way we communicate with people depends on the situation and the environment; there are different types of health and social care settings some of these include‚ residential nursing homes‚ hospitals‚ doctor’s surgery and schools and many more. There are a huge range of people that use these services and we call these the service users‚ each service user has different needs that must be met. Health and social care professionals
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London School of Business & Management BTEC Levels 4 & 5 HND Business Centre No 79829 Unit No & Unit Title Course Title Unit 16: Managing Communications‚ Knowledge and Information HND Business Year 1 ( BTEC Level 4 ) Lecturer’s Name Dr Knowledge Mpofu Assignment Title & Type Improving Heathrow Airport - 3rd Runway Plans: Individual Assignment Assignment Title MCKI Assignment Date Set 24th September 2014 Due Date 09th January 2015 Semester / Academic
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trends of health and ill health among different social groupings. I will talk about each pattern and trend in its own paragraph‚ Social class‚ Gender‚ Ethnicity‚ Age and Geographical location. I will talk about the links between these to health issues. I will back these up through the use of evidence such as statistics. I will then conclude what I have found out. Firstly I will talk about each pattern and trend. Social Class Social class helps to deter the reasons for individual’s health and ill
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Health & Social Care NVQs Legislation England Legislation Information (England) Introduction In this document you will find an overview of some of the Government Policy and legislation which has an impact on workers in health and social care settings. You will be able to identify the legislation that most affects the work you do‚ and will have a broad understanding of the International‚ European and UK Government policy that has an impact upon the way we must work. Plans for genuine partnership
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of work it is in. For example working in a health and social care environment will most definitely require you to have strong communication skills‚ because you’re not just dealing with yourself and/or immediate work colleagues; you are made to deal with a whole variety of people of different ages and backgrounds that will be seeking your help or the reciprocal. With having good communication skills‚ this allows people that work in the health and social care sector to have better interpersonal skills
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have to make sure they understand what we are saying and respond to it accordingly. The communication cycle has 6 steps. The stages involved in this cycle are: 1. Ideas occur 2. Message coded 3. Message sent 4. Message received 5. Message decoded 6. Idea understood Dr Bruce Tuckman published his Forming Storming Norming Performing model in 1965. He added a fifth stage‚ adjourning‚ in the 1970s. The progression is: Forming The leader has a high dependence for guidance
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