Discrimination Discrimination‚ nowadays it is a word which common meaning is "the unjust or prejudicial treatment of different categories of people‚ especially on the grounds of race‚ age‚ or sex".1 However this word has a couple more meanings than the one mentioned at the beginning of this essay. I think that the proper formal meaning of this word is to recognize the differences between two or more things. I believe that this definition is the essential one for discrimination taking in account
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composition Assignment overview In this assignment you will demonstrate your knowledge and understanding of health and safety in social care settings. You will use case studies to show your awareness of the legislative framework‚ identify hazards and assess levels of risk. You will demonstrate your awareness of the use of care or support plans and risk assessment in social care. You will investigate topical issues‚ examine incidents and make assessments of the appropriateness of the actions taken and
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into two categories: physical determinants and social determinants. These determinants are factors that contribute to a person’s overall state of health‚ and include biological‚ socioeconomic‚ psychological‚ social‚ and behavior factors. Typically‚ the physical determinants are broken down into biology and genetics‚ such as sex and age‚ individual behaviors‚ such as alcohol and drug use or unprotected sex‚ social environment factors like discrimination or income‚ physical environment‚ like where a
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Adult What is a definition for an adult? A fully developed person from a malignity owned‚ or when a person over twenty-one. I claim that an adult don’t have a specific definition‚ and I think that is nothing about age‚ appearance‚ and relationship. How to show you are an adult? Around five years ago‚ when I was working in a computer’s company‚ I felt I was an adult. Five years ago‚ I was working in a pretty good company‚ and I was working harder than other peers; in addition‚ I worked more than
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PWCS 024 Safeguarding and Protection in Health and Social Care. Complete the table below and give 4 possible signs or symptoms for each (PWCS 024 1.1‚1.2) Type of Abuse | Signs and symptoms | Physical Abuse | Signs – bruises‚ cuts‚ burnt‚ broken bones‚ open wounds…Symptoms – withdrawn‚ aggressive behaviour‚ emotionally disturbed… | Sexual Abuse | Signs – bruises‚ vaginal or anal bleeding‚ infections… Symptoms – withdrawn‚ agitated‚ angry‚ aggressive‚ nervous‚ humiliated… | Emotional/psychological
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1991 - 1999 : Raising the Profile of MAICSA e-mail print With these epochal and momentous events behind it‚ MAICSA entered the decade of the nineties stronger and surer of itself. A series of memorable events marked the chairmanship of Mardzuki Abdullah who served for two years from 1990 to 1991. The year 1991 witnessed the first convocation ceremony for ICSA graduates held on 27 July. It was officiated by Datuk Dr Fong Chan Onn‚ the Deputy Minister of Education. It was a historic and personally
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Description Within my college course iam doing my placement in an elderly care home. The unit I’m in tends to be more frail elderly clients. Due to the data protection act 1998 I will be changing names of the clients nursing staff and location to safeguard their confidentially. It is also complies with the NMC 2012 “you must respect people’s right to confidentiality” (NMC2012). Within the home there is an elderly gentleman called Alec‚ Alec has osteoarthritis and uses a wheelchair his mobility
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What are the main causes of health issues in women and young girls? How can they be stopped? 2. What countries have more or less discrimination based on gender? How can that be improved? 3. Has your country implemented any policies to help better women’s health? 4. Do you think that establishing gender equality would improve women’s health? 5. What challenges would your
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A social care manager is a lead professional in a service. A manager is a role model for all the staff. The skills‚ knowledge and values that drive a managers work also set the standard. A manager has a statutory role and a wide range of responsibilities but above all they are the heart of the service. Social care managers are the people who get on with turning the services vision and purpose statement into real practice on the ground. To do this well means putting the people who use the service
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to understand the development and needs of an individual? To answer this question I will use the Case Study of John. John is a twenty-five year old adult who identifies the following as his key issues: low self-esteem‚ low self-confidence‚ excessive alcohol consumption and occasional recreational drug use‚ depression and anxiety; particularly social anxiety with members of the opposite sex. To begin understanding the development and needs of John I will explore the generally accepted lifespan through
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