Unit 13 –Dementia Awareness 1) 1.1. Explain what is meant by the term ‘dementia’ Dementia is a set of symptoms that affect the way people think and interact with each other. It is not a disease‚ but can often be linked to a disease or damage done to the brain. Short-time memory‚ mind‚ speech and motor skills are affected. Certain forms of dementia cause a change in the personality of the individual. A person suffering from dementia will lose certain skills and knowledge they already had. This
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HNC Social Care Booklet of Assessments This document contains all the assessment information you will need for the HNC Social Care. They are collated in chronological order with the lecturer responsible (where this is known) identified on the assessment. It is up to the learner to ensure that the assessment is handed in by the deadline. The assessment schedule will be posted on the moodle site. All work should be word processed and include appropriate references both in main
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Introduction: It is‚ precisely‚ in the modern art gallery of the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City‚ that Jackson Pollock’s painting‚ Number 28‚ 1950 hangs. On a wall of its own‚ neither too big nor too small‚ it would seem completely normal in relation to the art surrounding it. But the painting has an interesting quality; to some‚ it appears as a vague‚ brown‚ mess of paint‚ to others‚ as a mystical movement of color contained on a canvas. The techniques that Pollock utilizes to create
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Unit 054 Principles for implementing duty of care in health and social care or children’s and young people settings Outcome 1 Understand how duty of care contributes to safe practice Part One Explain what it means to have a duty of care in own work role. The key points as outlined in the text book‚ surrounding my duty of care at work include helping children as they develop: * The ability to foresee and cope with potential dangers. * More robust immune systems. * Empathy. * Communication
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INSTRUCTION: Answer ALL questions. THE STRESS OF CARING The Scenario Parkway Nursing Care is an organization facing a massive change. The company was founded in 1972 with just two nursing homes in Phoenix‚ Arizona. The company was very successful‚ and throughout the 1980s it continued to turn a consistent profit while slowly acquiring or building 30 more units. This low-profile approach changed forever in 1993 when venture capitalist Robert Quine decided to make a major investment in expanding
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Assignment 302 Principles of personal development in adult social care settings Task A Ai) Create a guide for the new social care worker about how to reflect on their practice. The guide must include the headings listed with an explanation of each. As part of our job role it is important to carry out reflective practice especially because we work with vulnerable adults and our effectiveness will have an impact on them and their care. Reflective practice means thinking about and evaluating
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included in food‚ or remove anything from food or treat food in any way this could damaged to the health of people eating. It should be served to the quality which consumers would expect their food to be‚ that all food is labelled so you know when the date is and what food it is. My placement used the food safety act‚ by using posters and ways to cut the food with what borders. They made the people in the kitchen do training often‚ they had to wear appropriate clothing in kitchen at all times and hair
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How legislation‚ policies and procedures relating to health‚ safety and security influence health and social care settings Health and safety at work act 1974 (HASAW) - This act provides general guidance about health and safety. The duty of the employer is to make sure health and safety of their employees and show that they have taken all attainable steps to do this. The employer should also give training and safety equipment‚ employers should carry out regular checks and improve and put in place
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Unit 4222-305 Promote person centred approaches in health and social care (HSC 036) Level: 3 Credit value: 6 UAN: Y/601/8145 Unit aim This unit is aimed at those working in a wide range of settings. It provides the learner with the knowledge and skills required to implement and promote person centred approaches. Learning outcomes There are seven learning outcomes to this unit. The learner will: 1. Understand the application of person centred approaches in health and social care 2. Be able
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INTRODUCTION Risk communication is an integral part of the risk analysis process and has been defined as an interactive process for exchanging information and opinions between risk evaluators‚ risk managers and other interested parties. Risk communication is the process by which information and opinions regarding hazards and risks are gathered from potentially affected and interested parties‚ and by which the results of the risk assessment and proposed risk management measures are communicated
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