Define the term ‘Duty of Care’ The duty of care is a general legal duty on all individuals and organisations‚ to avoid carelessly causing injury to persons. It requires everything to be done to protect health and safety of others at the workplace. Health and social care organisations have what is called a duty of care towards the people they look after‚ this means that they must do everything they can to keep the people in their care safe from harm. It is not only the care establishment that needs
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“publicly insured” category (Medicaid)‚ and the medically uninsured‚ are at similar risk for delayed or non-existent required medical care. Establishing a free‚ 24 hour accessible Shelby County Primary Care Clinic would eliminate patient medical care delay‚ and result in large scale overall savings in projected annual medical care costs. (So You Want to Start a Health Center?‚ 2011) The advantage of free and charitable medical
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Assignment 209 Ai. Identify two laws or pieces of legislation that relate to the recording‚ storage and sharing of information in an adult social care setting. The Data Protection Act 1998 The Freedom of Information Act 2000 Aii. Explain why it is important to have secure systems for recording and storing information in a social care setting. All information is to be kept up to date and accurate and stored securely in a locked cupboard or computer with passwords so only certified people can
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Standards Can Be Used To Help A Social Care Worker Reflect On Their Practice. Standards are guidelines line to follow when performing any tasks/actions‚ these standards are there to ensure the task/action is completed to the required standard. If you are not meeting the required standards then you know when reflecting on the task things have to be improved to meet the requirements.Aii)Notesa) It’s important to receive feedback on your performance as a social care work so people can tell you what
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Keswick House Nvq 3 Unit ref:-Y/501/0598 Administer medication to individuals and monitor the effects 1- Understand legislation‚ policies and procedures relevant to administration of medication. Legislation: Health and Social Care Act; the Medicines Act and The Misuse of Drugs Act. Guidelines could include the Nursing Midwifery Guidelines for the management of medicine administration - registered nurses have to abide by this set of guidelines and for paid carers‚ the General Social Care Council’s
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1.2 establish the level and type of support and individual needs for personal care It is necessary to ensure a service users treatment is both caring and beneficial. As individuals‚ we have choices that we can make independently‚ but those in a care environment may have that choice taken away and support services need to ensure that they are offering the best possible care. Their needs include choice‚ respect and dignity‚ privacy‚ confidentiality and independence and we must ensure that we respect
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pay‚ talk‚ etc‚ they would get the resource over the patent would could not (100). Compensatory Justice- The distributions of resources to those who could not previously access them. For example‚ a poor person could lack medical care in the past but now is eligible for care due to this concept (100). Utilitarian ethometrics- The principle which seeks to creates the greatest amount of happiness‚ good‚ or benefit for the greatest amount of people (100). Egalitarian- a principle which seeks to provide
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Unit 201 Understanding employment responsibilities and rights in health‚ social care or children and young people’s workforce. Outcome 1 1.1 The aspects of employment covered by law are: The disability discrimination act. 1995 Health and safety at work act. 1974 Equality act. 2010 1.2 The main features of current employment legislation are: Wages: The act determines methods of wage payment and establishes the right for you to not suffer from unauthorised wage reductions. Hours: Your employer
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AYESHA ALI 57363420 HEALTH IN EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION (PRS 1023) ASSIGNMENT NO.2 SEMESTER 1 ASSIGNMENT UNQUE NO.576086 Answer 2: When buying indoor and outdoor equipment‚ there are numerous safety criteria’s that needs to be taken in account for the following:- Baby and toddler unit There should be no parts smaller than a ping pong ball‚ no sharp or rough edges nor any such parts that are broken off They should be washable and hygienic They should be safe and durable. One must check
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SHC 21 - Communication People communicate in different ways to show and mean different things. People can communicate to show feelings or emotions‚ even communicate to give opinions or to inform you. Verbal communication is where you tend to use words to describe what you think or feel‚ sharing ideas and hearing other people. Non verbal is where no one talks but you could give people hand gestures to communicate. Formal talk is where you tend to talk with more respect whereas informal you
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