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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Aspects in Wound Care Financial Aspects in Wound Care Wounds in nursing homes are extremely expensive. Wounds can affect the quality of life for a patient and the bottom line of a nursing home. In order to decrease costs and increase quality of life it is necessary to treat wounds early on with the most effective means possible. Included in this paper are two articles discussing wound care costs. The first is written by Diamond (2010) concerning benchmarks in wound care and the second
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Task 1 (A01) Using a variety of research methods write an in depth account about the different types of communication as found in Chapter 2 –Communication in Care settings. This must include strengths and weaknesses and examples of how they can be used in any Health and Social care context. Written communication. Oral communication. Computerised communication. Special methods to include Braille‚ makaton ‚ hand alphabet‚ sign language Task 2 (AO1) Discuss how communication
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normal process and body goes through several changes in whole life. Palliative care is a kind of health care. It is offered to those whose illness cannot be cured. It helps people to live as well as possible while they manage their illness. This assignment discusses the principles of chronic‚ complex and palliative care. It will also looks at the assessment and management strategies in chronic‚ complex and palliative care. Furthermore‚ this will look at case study of 70 year old man diagnosed with
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Challenges for professional care of advanced dementia The research purpose of this study was clear‚ as it was intended to report on the challenges for health professionals in caring for people with advanced dementia living in long term care facilities. This study used a qualitative methodology based on action research. “Action research collects information from key stakeholders and provides ongoing feedback to participants‚ thereby facilitating change that improves practice.” (Chang et al.‚ 2009
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Substandard Patient Care of Health Care Delivery Substandard patient care is a term often used to describe health care agencies failure to meeting in an appropriate manner the health care needs of the community served. Substandard patient care of health care delivery may include a poor organizational behavior style‚ which can interfere with compliance requirements and regulations that govern the health care practice and services delivery. A country’s public health system has as a main function
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Security Act of 1965 to provide coverage for medical treatment for qualified individuals and their families. Medicaid is a program that is jointly funded and managed by the federal and state governments that reimburse hospital and physician for providing care to qualified patients who cannot afford medical expense. To qualify for Medicaid he or she must be a United States or resident citizen which‚ includes low income adults and their children‚ people with certain disabilities and senior citizens. “Medicaid
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Personal centred care means that the patient is an equal partner in their planning of care‚ and that his or her opinions are taken into consideration and respected. Whilst planning and delivering the patients care their consideration and involvement needs to be a part of the process (REF). There has been a significant amount of research that has looked into what is important to patients and how to provide excellent personal centred care to ensure the patient receives the best care (REF2). Within personal
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Professional Development Paper 3 Michelle Turner Aspen University Health Care Systems N502 Dawn Deem October 4‚ 2014 Professional Development Paper 3 Given the increasing longevity of Americans and the costs of providing long-term care‚ anticipation of the costs should be a major element of every family’s financial planning. Current information suggests however‚ that very few families or individuals give this consideration. What factors might impede this advance planning? What measures might be effective
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