Introduction Throughout this assignment I am going to be looking into the health and social topic of communicable and non-communicable diseases. I will be investigating into various aspects of two specific diseases. A high level of knowledge will be demonstrated with a detailed description of both communicable and non-communicable diseases as well as an understanding of epidemiology. I will then find a communicable and non-communicable disease example and describe the biological basis of each disease
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CU254 1.1‚ 1.2. Bacteria Bacteria are single-cell organisms‚ they are living things that belong to a group of their own‚ and therefore they are not classed as animals or plants. They are usually only a few mm in length‚ can be spherical‚ rod or spiral shaped‚ contain a cell wall and normally exist together in millions. Bacteria can only reproduce asexually and does not contain a nucleus. Bacteria can be beneficial‚ but it can also be pathogenic (cause disease in humans). Examples of diseases
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working Page 6 – 9 Section 3: Understanding your role in the wider care sector Page 9 – 12 Section 4: Career pathways in the care sector Page 12 – 15 Section 5: Issues of public concern in the care sector Page 16 – 17 Assessment Questions Page 18 – 29 The assessment questions will cover all the criteria for the ERR unit: Understand employment responsibilities and rights in health and social care of the Level 2 Award in ERR. Where criteria have been covered is outlined in the table below:
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find out more about the topic and the cause of obesity. The fact that obesity has made deadlines news in recent years. There are a lot of misconceptions about obesity such as overweight is caused by a sow metabolism. There have been a lot of beliefs and myths about obesity in society today and he above myths is on of them. According to Donnellan (1998) ‘ ‘people who are overweight have told their doctors that they eat no more and sometimes even less that their friends but they still get fat. He argued
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CU2546 - The role of a Health and social care worker Performance Criteria 1.1 Difference between working and personal relationship The difference between a working relationship and a personal relationship is that:- A working relationship has boundaries‚ professional codes of conduct‚ employer policies and procedures‚ you should be friendly but have a different approach you should treat the customer with equality and you would know your role and responsibilities and you should not share personal
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Develop professional supervision practice in health and social care or children and young people’s work settings. Task Impending changes to supervision‚ and performance management . What is a supervision ? A supervision is a regular meetings with an independent person with training‚ skills‚ and knowledge to help you to reflect on your work practice with a goal towards improvement. Professional supervision happens outside of the workplace and is a confidential relationship. At
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responsibilities of others‚ relating to health and safety in the work setting 1. Identify legislation relating to general health and safety in a health or social care work setting. Legislations/codes of practice relating to general health and safety in a health or social care work setting are: The Health and Safety at Work Act 1974; Riddor 1995‚ COSHH (Control of Substances Hazardous to Health); Manual Handling operations regulations 1992; Health And Safety (First aid regulations 1981);
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happy to talk to you. There will need to be some sort of relationship established before someone will feel comfortable to talk to you about their personal issues. For example in a profession like counselling‚ the service user will need to meet and become acquainted with the counsellor before they will feel at ease and ready to open up. In some health or social care settings‚ such a counselling‚ you may have a mentor whom you see if you
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IN HEALTH AND SOCIAL CARE Standards & Guidelines for Resolution & Learning 1 April 2009 SUMMARY Complaints in Health and Social Care: Standards and Guidelines for Resolution and Learning replaces the existing HPSS Complaints Procedure 1996 and provides a streamlined process that applies equally to all health and social care (HSC) organisations. As such it provides a simple‚ consistent approach for staff who handle complaints and for people raising complaints across all health and social
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the legislation are to make sure all the authorities make equal provision to support children‚ young people and their families. It has a general duty to safeguard and promote the welfare of children within the area. This act aims to resolve disputes between parents and their children. The Act also includes the support of children with disabilities who‚ when they reach the age of 18‚ come under the NHS and Community Care Act 1990. The Children Act also helps those who have custody over the children
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