Communication skills are used within care settings to engage within a better conversation. They consist of physical attributes which make conversation and discussion more effective by conveying interest in what the carer/professional is saying. My first example of a communication skill is body language. Body language is the conscious and unconscious use of physical bodily positioning in order to convey attitude and emotion. Open body language would consist of sitting with a straight back with hands/arms
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1. Understand the factors that impact on an individual with sensory loss 1.1 Analyse how a range of factors can impact on individuals with sensory loss Impact on communication Sensory losses can affect on normal living in a variety of ways. These can be hidden disability which can ultimately result in social isolation and frustration due to not being able to communicate efficiently. In case of hearing loss‚ day-to-day activities such as hearing a doorbell‚ using the telephone‚ watching
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Health & Social Care NVQs Legislation England Legislation Information (England) Introduction In this document you will find an overview of some of the Government Policy and legislation which has an impact on workers in health and social care settings. You will be able to identify the legislation that most affects the work you do‚ and will have a broad understanding of the International‚ European and UK Government policy that has an impact upon the way we must work. Plans for genuine partnership
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The World Health Organization (2011) defines social determinant of health as conditions of everyday life in which people are born‚ grow‚ live‚ work and age. It includes the system and circumstances that are beyond the control of an individual. With reference to my study about Chelsea‚ lack of family support is a problem. She is home alone mostly. Occasionally children come to visit but stay for couple of days and leave. She has always loved the company of her family and felt depressed when the husband
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Unit 1 Promote communication in health‚ social care or children’s and young people’s settings 1.1 Identify the different reasons people communicate: To share thoughts; To share information; To express feelings; To share ideas; To build relationships; To create effective communication; To gain reassurance and acknowledgment; People communicate in order to establish and maintain relationships with others‚ to give and receive information and instructions‚ to understand and be understood
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Evaluating the strategies used in health and social care environments to overcome barriers to effective communication and interpersonal interactions. Sensory Impairment: Sensory impairment could be a barrier to effective communication they can prevent service users and health care professionals from communicating correctly‚ this is because they interfere with a service user’s ability to send‚ receive and understand a message. According to Collins Education sensory impairment is the key issue why
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Effective Communication Paper Beverly Faison HCS325 September 24‚ 2012 Walter Ornsteen Home health agencies provide the care that allows patients to recover in familiar surroundings. An organizational model‚ also called an organizational structure‚ defines an organization through its framework‚ including lines of authority‚ communications‚ duties and resource allocations. A model is driven by the organization’s goals and serves as the context in which processes operate and business is done. The
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and process that affect the overall distribution of disease and health. Health care and public health systems are the social determinants of health and they are mostly responsible for health inequities. Health inequities link closely with social determinants of health. Public Health recognizes that individual-level interventions must occur along with approaches that address community and societal levels of social determinants of health. As part of the President’s Teen Pregnancy Prevention Initiative
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Effective Communication Why is it important to communicate effectively? As nurses‚ it is our job to reassure and provide precise and correct information to our patients and their relatives. We need to be able to know how to communicate in relation to the circumstances. To be sure we are communicating in the most appropriate way possible we need to be aware of what we are dealing with first. If we know the circumstances in which we are dealing with we have a better chance of delivering our
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Outcome 1 Understand the legislative framework for the use of medication in social care settings The learner can: 1. identify legislation that governs the use of medication in social care settings The Misuse of Drugs Act 1971 (and later amendments) The Misuse of Drugs (Safe Custody) Regulations 1973 (and later amendments) The Health and Safety at Work Act (1974)‚ COSHH The Mental Capacity Act (2005) The Access to health records Act (1990)‚ The Data Protection Act (1998) plus equality legislation
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