1. Preamble This is a small qualitative study carried out by the Centre for Ageing Studies (CAS)‚ Temasek Polytechnic‚ to uncover the perceptions of older Singaporeans on living in a purposefully built Assisted Living Facility (ALF). This study provided insights into the lifestyle needs‚ preferences and motivations of potential residents and their stakeholders towards the planning and building of such a facility in Singapore. The research team from CAS for this study comprised: Wei Kong‚ MA Industrial
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Besides‚ according to the Code of Practice for Residential Care Home Chapter 4.3 – Restriction to the Premises of RCHE “4.3.1 No part of an RCHE shall be located in any premises where building works have been carried out or structures Note 1 have been built without the approval and consent of the Building Authority”. For RCHEs located in New Territories Exempted Houses‚ please refer to paragraph and 4.3.2 unauthorised building works in or in relation to the premises of RCHEs may constitute a risk
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Unit 3 P1 - Explain potential hazards and the harm that may arise from each in a health or social care setting Relating to the physical environment; If you were in a care setting e.g. Residential home‚ and the ventilation stopped working‚ or was not working as it should do. For example if some of the residents had an illness that could be passed on through air‚ then the probability is that all the residents and also staff would end up with the illness this is an acquired infection. Equipment;
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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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STONEBRIDGE RESIDENTIAL CARE HOME ACCIDENT/INCIDENT REPORT FORM Date of Accident: 2nd may 2013 Date Reported: 2nd may 2013 Time of Accident: between 9:45am – 10am Time Reported: 10:30am Specific Location: the location of the accident happened in Stonebridge Residential Care Home‚ in the garden at the front of the care home. Reporter Name: Sadie Goody Phone Number(s): 01728456321 Position: Care assistant Witness Name: There was no person present to witness the
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Priorities and Responses Fire can be a very dangerous thing and is very unpredictable‚ this is why it may cause panic in the if you are at the scene of one. The first step in when a fire is happening is too let everyone in the building know what is going on‚ you do this by raising the fire alarm for everyone to hear‚ and then for someone to ring emergency services. Although it may cause panic and distress it must be done so people start evacuating the building. However the health care professional
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EV 50 Unit No 515 Name Date 17/02/2014 Criteria: 1.1‚ 1.2‚ 1.3‚ 1.4‚ 1.5‚ 1.6‚ 2.1‚ 2.2‚ 2.3‚ 2.4‚ 3.1‚ 3.2‚ 3.3‚ 3.4‚ 4.1‚ 4.2‚ 4.3‚ 4.4‚ 4.5‚ 4.6 Introduction (What you are going to cover in this document) I am going to cover group living for adults. criteria There are various groups living for adults and each have a positive and negative impact. Group living can be beneficial for adults who are unsafe to live on their own and for individuals who are lonely
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For many of us we have a place that we go to‚ to rest‚ relax‚ and sleep a place that’s filled with memories‚ laughter‚ tears‚ and family a place we call home. Then we have the people such as the elderly that is forced or persuaded to believe that their place of comfort where they shared in memories with their family and love ones in their home is no longer suitable to meet their demanding needs due the illness and capabilities. So‚ their love ones take them on a tour to this place that tries to imitate
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My passion and enthusiasm for the Nursing course was developed when my family underwent a drastic change. It was summer 2006 when my mother left the midwife profession in the Philippines in exchange for a job here in England. At that time‚ I was matched to take either Hotel Restaurant Management or Nursing in a University but I took the former than the latter. When I joined my siblings in University‚ unconsciously they seemed to be a great influence in changing my course preference. They were both
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A Marketing Plan for a Nursing Facility Name Institution A Marketing Plan for a Nursing Facility The new marketing director is at task to establish a reliable mechanism for the establishment of a market plan for the full service assisted health facility. The clients for the healthcare facility for the ageing are unsatisfied with the services provided to the company. The company does not understand the needs of the old generation. Meanwhile‚ the demand for the services at the nursing home by the
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