Engage in personal development in health‚ social care or children’s and young peoples setting (SHC 32) 1.Understand what is required for competence in own work role 1.1 Describe the duties and responsibilities of own work role. In my current role as a senior care assistant it’s my duty to maintain standards of care within the organisation by following guidelines set out from the organisations that inspect and govern the home. As a senior/shift leader it is my duty to ensure that staff
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have influenced social care provision P5 explain the role of workforce development in the social care sector P6 explain 2 examples of multi-disciplinary working in social care. M1 assess how a care worker can contribute to providing a positive experience for users of social care services D1 evaluate the requirements of social care workers in relation to the provision of a competent workforce in social services P1 explain the requirements for the two different careers in the social sector Social
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SeniorCare@Home Business Plan Online Service and Training for In-home Senior Care Johnny July 19‚ 2013 Mission statement To meet the market growing demand for non-medical and skilled nursing in-home care‚ primarily to exploding market of those over the age of 60. SeniorCare@Home provides online and training service both for the elderly and workers who intend to work on senior care. Key Market: Seniors / Home Care & Service Contribution: Information‚ opportunities and training
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Hospice care: the differences between home and a facility. Com 155 February 24‚ 2013 Hospice care: the differences between home and a facility. There will come a time where the selection on how to spend the last days of your life will need to be addressed. The most common option to consider is hospice care. Hospice care will ensure the most thorough comfort when you are no longer able to care for yourself and your body begins shutting down. Hospice care can be carried
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We should not put our families in nursing home Purpose To persuade my audience why they should not put their family members in a nursing home. Introduction Do you have a disable or elderly family member that can not do for themselves? We as people need to think about where we place our family members as far as nursing homes and facilities. Many of you may not have any disable
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Top Ten Problems the Elderly Face With Transportation Add to my favorites Print Jan 17‚ 2011 | By Walt Pickut Top Ten Problems the Elderly Face With Transportation Photo Credit Jupiterimages/BananaStock/Getty Images You might be called elderly if you are older than 60‚ by some definitions‚ and your physical abilities might start limiting your freedom to go where you want to go when you want to go there. For instance‚ according to a 2011 report by statisticians at Caregivers Library‚ there
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In-home Care In-home care is more convenient for the elderly‚ so they can continue to live at home and have the care givers come to them. There are many different companies that will provide the in-home care. It is an alternative that is‚ more cost effective then nursing homes. Many have elderly family members‚ who are unable to take care of themselves. The toughest choice is trying to decide who is going to provide the care they need. According to the article “Public Policies Should Help the
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Assisted living Facility When I was younger I visited my mom’s job with her because she needed to pick up her pay check. She worked at a nursing home. When my mom and I first walked through the hhhuuuge entrance the first thing I noticed was the smell. It was horrible; a mix of old people‚dinner‚ and dirty diapers. When mom left to go get her check I went to sit in the front room with some of the old women that lived there. They were all really old and had so many wrinkles it looked like someone
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Social Security Act (1935) With a dramatic increase in life expectancy and decreases in mortality rates‚ many old People live their later lives with chronic illnesses and disabilities. As a result‚ long-term care is becoming an important part of service to the elderly population. The US General Accounting Office (1994) reports that more than 12 million Americans need long-term care and 55% of them are people aged 65 or older (Binstock‚ Cluff‚ & Mering‚ 1996). Accordingly‚ the government
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Sadly to say many people in our elderly population have been treated just as badly‚ if not worse‚ some were abandoned by their families‚ and some were violently abuse. As adults the transition into old age can be difficult for some people. Frustration‚ lack of responsibility and dependence can make the process of aging undesirable to look after them. This reason makes me disagree that not poverty alone had made a stomping ground at their present situation. We may not have the luxuries that other
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