Reflective account 6 Description Throughout this reflective account i will refer to the individual I was working with as Gloria. I have not used her real name throughout this piece to protect her identity and to ensure that I am maintaining confidentiality. “You must respect people’s rights to confidentiality” (NMC 2013) Gloria is a 74 year old lady who lives at the residential care home at which I am currently on placement Gloria is under the Adults with Incapacity Scotland Act 2000 due to a diagnosis
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Reflective Account 4 Description I am currently on placement within an acute setting of a general hospital. The ward in which I am a student is a haematology ward which is defined as ’the branch of medicine that deals with diseases of the blood and blood-forming organs’.(World net web‚ 2013) Within the ward patients can receive a wide range of treatments such as chemotherapy‚ bone marrows‚ platelets and all blood related disorder medicine. Throughout my time in the ward I have been exposed
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HNC Social Care Booklet of Assessments This document contains all the assessment information you will need for the HNC Social Care. They are collated in chronological order with the lecturer responsible (where this is known) identified on the assessment. It is up to the learner to ensure that the assessment is handed in by the deadline. The assessment schedule will be posted on the moodle site. All work should be word processed and include appropriate references both in main
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In this report I’m going to describe the five stages of the life cycle and the anticipated development processes in which occur throughout each stage. I will also look at a service user whom I have cared for in the past and describe the needs associated with their own development. I will also describe how my knowledge and understanding of TWO contrasting psychological perspectives will inform my practice in the workplace. The human life cycle is the various points along an individual’s life when
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Social Policy To gain a better understanding of Social Policy we need to look at its definition: Social Policy is the study of social services and the welfare state. In general terms‚ it looks at the idea of social welfare‚ and its relationship to politics and society. The principal areas relate to Policy and administrative practice in social services‚ including health administration‚ social security‚ education‚ employment services‚ community care and housing management; Social
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old age has kicked in and can become depressed through this. Loss can be categorised to be physical or abstract meaning physical to be something the individual can measure or touch for example this is losing a partner or family member‚ whereas abstract the loss here are in the individuals social interactions for example freedom‚ not being able to go or do anything like go outside on their own. It just shows that the many ways we lose something can trigger grief within us. Two models of grief
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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 which each individual progress. This is an ongoing process from birth until death and consists of five stages according to age: infancy‚ childhood‚ adolescence‚ adulthood and older adulthood. At each stage five strands of development occur: social‚ physical‚ emotional‚ cognitive and cultural
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EXAMPLE OF A REFLECTIVE ACCOUNT FROM WHICH TO DEVELOP AN ACADEMIC POSTER Introduction Recently I have been studying on a Masters course and have been studying about leadership and management in health. I have little practical experience of leadership and management of health projects or services. It is important that I reflect on my learning as I hope to develop my skills and experience of management and leadership once I leave the university. Greenwood( 1993) suggests that reflection is about
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Promoting choice‚ well-being and the protection of all individuals in a health and social care setting Task A1 Case study of Mr Ali 1a In order to gain as much independent information as possible‚ apart from Mr Ali himself‚ I would approach 3 specific groups of people: • His daughter who of all people will know him best‚ knows what his likes and dislikes are‚ knows what makes him happy or upset‚ and have his best interests at heart. • His home carers and wardens who are involved
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(Reflective account of presentation) Compasses‚ maps and GPS were all used in combination together so that we could direct and navigate ourselves to our destination. Obviously the compasses were used to let us know what direction we were facing and what bearing we were taking‚ the maps were used so we could position and realise ourselves in relation to our destination in terms of distance‚ where we were and how far until we reached our intended location. What mostly determined what we were
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