UNDERTAKE AGREED PRESSURE AREA CARE 1.1 Pressure sores also known as pressure ulcers are injuries to the skin and underlying tissue‚ they appear when an area is under too much pressure for long periods of time‚ due to this pressure the blood flow id disrupted‚ and the area doesnt get irrigated‚ therefore the nutrients and oxygen do not reach the skin cells‚ the skin then breaks and the pressure ulcers form. Epidermis - is waterproof has no blood supply(avascular)‚ the epidermis is constantly
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Outcome 1 1. Diversity-means acknowledging that people can be different because of their culture‚ race‚ disability. Equality-means equal rights for people regardless of what factors they might have that are different. Equality states that because they are human they must be equal/ Inclusion-is bases upon the idea of allowing everyone equal access to a service regardless of gender‚ disability‚ religions ETC. Discrimination-treating a person or group less favourably than another in the
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want to tell them. We communicate to pass on information‚ whether it is to chat with a friend‚ pass on information to a college or engage a service user through their given form of communication. In a social care setting communication with a service user is an integral part of their care. If a service user does not understand what is being said to them or vice versa it can lead to misunderstandings and serious problems. It will also affect the wellbeing of the service user and can lead to
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BTEC Health and Social Care Level 2 Unit 11: The Importance of Diet on Health Linda Banjo. Discuss how the component of a balanced diet contribute to an individual’s health at different life stage As individuals we all go through different stages in life and having a balanced diet at every stage is very important due to the body’s requirements in order for the body to perform very well. As infants our diets depends on breast milk because it supplies the child with all the necessary nutrients and
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and family as its all private and confidential. 1/2 Relationship in health and social care setting comes in three types policy making‚ adminidtrive and the hand on staff working relationship. 2/1 Enable you to know your job role and responsibility. If you have had no training you could ask your team leader or manager to show you are ask for full training‚ so you don’t put yourself or other at risk of injury. 2/2 there are care plans in place which I read for the needs of the client and commotion
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Diversity and rights in health and social care M3. Discuss difficulties that may arise when implementing anti-discriminatory practices in health and social care settings. In this task I have been asked to talk about difficulties that may occur in regards to anti-discriminatory practices in a health and social care environment‚ I will be discussing the topics namely‚ Socialisation‚ Culture‚ Past events‚ Health and Language & Communication. Anti-discriminatory Practices This is valuing individuals
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the Public Health Dept of the local Primary Care Trusts (City and County). We are the Leicester‚ Leicestershire and Rutland Chlamydia Screening Programme funded by two separate PCTs. These hold the funding for all manner of public health services‚ depending on evidence of need and national direction. The purpose of the NCSP is to reduce case of Chlamydia and transfer cases of Chlamydia. For Chlamydia‚ each year the national target and local budget are looked at to determine the level of service
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Describe the social‚ economic and cultural factors that will impact on the lives of children Look at the factors below how will could they affect a child’s life; * Education; poor education could effect future goals and aspirations * Disability; unable to access certain services or activities * Poverty; poor health and hygiene‚ lack of activities and experiences being accessed * Housing; poor health‚ unable to develop fully. * Offending behaviour; convictions‚ effecting social ties and
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Marginalisation‚ means being pushed to the margins of society‚ this means that you are unable to participate in the health and care services that are available. In health and social care no one should be marginalised no matter what their background is circumstances‚ sexual orientation on health status. * Disempowerment means that a group of people are discriminated‚ by the health professions it could be the nurses in the hospital discriminating against the group of people; this also means that
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Unit 13 –Dementia Awareness 1) 1.1. Explain what is meant by the term ‘dementia’ Dementia is a set of symptoms that affect the way people think and interact with each other. It is not a disease‚ but can often be linked to a disease or damage done to the brain. Short-time memory‚ mind‚ speech and motor skills are affected. Certain forms of dementia cause a change in the personality of the individual. A person suffering from dementia will lose certain skills and knowledge they already had. This
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