Unit 4: Principles for implementing Duty of Care in Health‚ Social Care or Children’s and Young People’s Settings Learning Outcome 1 1.1 It is very important for me to have a duty of care within my work role. To have a duty of care means that‚ within my role as a Domiciliary Care Team Leader it is my duty to provide the best possible within all aspects of my role: as I am responsible for the welfare of myself and of others. For example: maintaining confidentiality‚ reporting concerns and allegations
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HEALTH AND SOCIAL CARE PRACTICE PRINCIPLES OF SUPPORT For an Old Care home there are some underlying principles of support that need to be applied to ensure that the patients and people living in the care home are looked after for in a dignified way. These principles are: - Respect for privacy and Dignity – This principle ensures that the old people have a right to lead their life in their own dignified way that they choose to. They dress up in the way they want to‚ eat the way they want to and
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Unit 5: Working in Partnership in Health and Social Care or Children and Young People’s Settings Unit code: M2c 1 Understand partnership working 1.1 Identify the features of effective partnership working The policy of person-centred care has become a mainstay of efforts to reform health care in the UK. Government policy is now built around this core concept‚ a major aspect of which is enabling individuals to participate in decision-making about their care at every level. By concentrating
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The Social Model of Health When discussing ‘models of health’‚ it is imperative that we understand the meaning of health‚ illness and disease as they vary between different groups within society : ‘Health’ is being able to function normally within usual everyday routine. ‘Disease’ is the subjective experience of loss of health‚ such as the reporting of symptoms. ‘Illness’ is an umbrella term used to refer to the experience of disease plus illness. The social model of health looks at how society
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Health promotion and disease prevention are processes that enable individuals to improve their health. Health promotion seeks to increase an individual’s control over their health by addressing behavior under the control of the individual. Disease prevention is associated with medical and public health activities to prevent diseases. Health promotion and disease prevention have been utilized in the U.S. health care system for many of years and extensive research has been done on which preventive
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and Young People’s Health and Safety 1. Know the health and safety policies and procedures of the work setting 1.2 Identify the lines of responsibility and reporting for health and safety in the work setting. In my work setting the responsibility of ensuring that the health and safety is suitable is down to the manager mainly. Although all members of staff should always be aware and checking as well. If a member of staff does find something that is not complying to health and safety then said
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service provision as well as social preparation. In the same way‚ it is dependent on practitioner providing good service. It is vital for nurses and other practitioners to form a partnership; through acknowledging the social‚ psychological and cultural heritage of the patient. The way a person sees themselves is dependent on factors such as their personal meaning‚ beliefs and values. Through forming a partnership with the patient‚ it will be easier to provide services and care that are well suited to
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CU298P Principles of Safeguarding and Protection in Health and Social Care Credit: 3 Level: 2 GLH: 26 Aims This unit is aimed at those working in a wide range of settings. This unit introduces the important area of safeguarding individuals from abuse. It identifies different types of abuse and the signs and symptoms that might indicate abuse is occurring. It considers when individuals might be particularly vulnerable to abuse and what a learner must do if abuse is suspected or alleged.
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The burn unit clinical team consisting of physicians‚ nurses‚ pharmacists‚ and infection preventionists at a tertiary hospital‚ part of a large healthcare system in the mid-Atlantic area‚ recognized an upward trend in CLABSI‚ despite the success in reducing CLABSI in other units in the hospital. While formal research was not conducted‚ efforts to reduce the infections throughout the hospital were associated with evidence based practice initiatives recommended and published by the CDC (2011)‚
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Hospitals are vital segment in health care and are under constant pressure to deliver high quality care and be cost effective. Strategic planning involves participation of many stakeholders with the goal of trying to meet or exceed expectations of the stated objective. The planning process involves three elements: preparing and a strategy‚ carry out the strategy‚ and the control and assessment phase. The purpose of the evaluation stage is to calculate the difference between anticipated expectations
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