Nursing homes and assisted living Introduction Nursing homes‚ skilled nursing facilities‚ care homes‚ convalescent or rest homes deliver residential care in a place of residence for persons who need constant nursing care because of difficulties to carry out normal daily activities. Such residents consist of the elderly and young adults with mental and physical disabilities‚ occupational‚ rehabilitative and other physical therapies after an illness or accidents (Simon and Genner‚ 45). Other nursing
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Description of problem to be solved TASK 1 Scenario: ABC Care Home is situated in London and caters to care needs of vulnerable people. The service users come from diverse ethnic and religious background and have varied physical and medical needs. (You may choose the category of service users you work with). Assuming you are a care worker working in this Care Home providing care services to the service users: 1.1 Explain how principles of support are applied to ensure that service users
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The characteristic of Community Care Center Plan Precisely‚ even ‘care’ is written in Community Care Center‚ neither professional long-term care nor life care is offered by Community Care Center. Relatively‚ the elderly feel concerned is the core characteristic of Community Care Center‚ bases on the concerned feeling‚ encouraging the elderly out of their closed doors and mind‚ to participate in community-based club activities which offered by Centers. Four official services‚ health promotion‚ food
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Identify reports into serious failures to protect individuals from abuse. This is a recent report of evidence of neglect at Partridge Care Centre‚ which is a residential nursing home specialising in looking after people with a range of neurological
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TASK B YOUR WORK ROLE Bi) Describe the terms and conditions of your employment as set out in your contract of Employment or employment agreement. * To provide staff support‚ demonstration and instruction of care activities‚ particularly in relation to the induction of new staff. * To enhance and promote the clients quality of life * Participate in the rota‚ to ensure senior care support is available at all times. * Responsible for the ordering and distribution of prescribed medication
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Should elderly people be neglected? Recently‚ a report has stated‚ to many people’s amazement‚ as many as 30% elderly people live below the poverty line in Hong Kong. An increasing number of the elderly in the territory have received social security assistance from the government. In the absence of adequate savings and regular income‚ little difficulty is there in understanding why the elderly more rely on the government. There are some difficulties that the elderly have to come to grips with
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With the changed medical environment and the advancement of medical technology‚ the proportion of older people in developed countries‚ such as USA and UK‚ is higher than in developing and undeveloped nations. As a result‚ these governments have attempted to find an efficient long-term care to reduce social and medical costs. In the past‚ families needed to be responsibie for the elderly. However‚ in the late 20th century‚ due to the change of social environment‚ most families tried to find another
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3. “ The elderly should live in old folks’ home. ” Give your opinion. You should write at least 350 words‚ illustrate your opinion with examples. Caring for the aged has recently been one of the main concerns among many individuals in today’s society. More and more individuals are choosing to send their elderly parents to old folks’ homes instead of living under the same roof as them. The debate has heated among the community today. There are people that agreed to this statement as well as opposed
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The ACAT Assessment Process We chose to undertake the ACAT assessment as one of the learning task because‚ most of us in the group do not know or understand what an ACAT assessment is. For me‚ as I am doing my placement in an aged care community centre‚ I learned that it is the most fundamental and important step or a starting point for older people to access government-subsidized aged care services (myagedcare‚ 2015) which helps to determine the advice‚ information and assistance
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M1 -Describe how practitioners should apply values of care in health or social care service In this task I will describe how practitioners should apply values of care within a health or social care service. Care values are standards that should be met within a health and social care setting; they are designed to improve the quality of care which is given to people. Promoting care values within a care setting. The care values which are applied in a health care setting consist of; maintaining confidentiality
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