increased risk of complications and the need for extra equipment and staff. http://news.aol.co.uk/bigstorynews/fat-pregnant-women-burden-on-nhs/article/20070307070509990004 (17/04/08). The study found out that obese pregnant mothers need more one to one care‚ which can have an impact on waiting tomes for the patients. This also means that the NHS will have to spend a lot of money for these services. I chose this topic because my younger sister she overweight. By comparing the information
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Health and safety in health and social care 1.1 ‘The legislation relating to general health and safety in social care work settings: The Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations 1999 Reporting of Injury‚ Disease and Dangerous Occurrences Regulations 1995 (RIDDOR) The Health and Safety at Work Act 1974 (HASAWA) Food Safety Act 1990 Control of Substances Hazardous to Health Regulations (COSHH) 2002 Personal Protective Equipment at Work Regulations (PPE) 1992 Manual Handling Operations Regulations
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employer in relation to the following areas * Data Protection – All private information inside the care home should not be discussed outside the facility * Grievance – Follow the procedures on the handbook about making an Informal/Formal discussion of a grievance * Conflict Management - * Anti-discriminatory practice – Treat every resident and staff equally * Health and safety – Health and safety act 1974 should be practiced inside the facility * Confidentiality – Any Information
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explained. It will look at how the understanding of this study‚ individuals/ citizens and social care practitioners can use from the sociologists theories and from being in society as they know it. It will explain the reasons why as human beings living within the social world‚ act differently in different circumstances and why not everyone holds the same beliefs and values. Defining Sociology According to Giddens “Sociology is the study of the human social life‚ groups and society‚ its subject
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Research Methods in Health and Social Care Critical review of quantitative research Majid‚S.Foo‚S.Luyt‚B.Ahang‚X.Theng‚YL.Chang‚YK.Mokhtar‚IA.(2011) Adopting and evidence-based practice in clinical decision making: nurses’ perceptions‚ knowledge ‚ and barriers. Journal of the Medical Library Association 99(3) PP229-236. This essay will be a critical review on the study conducted by Majid et al (2011). The article which is titled ‘Adopting evidence-based practice in clinical decision making: Nurses’
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A guide for social care workers How the environment promotes well being To promote good wellbeing through the environment that service users live in is really important as it includes the surroundings that they live in and also the personal property of the service users. Some examples of how to do this are; Consulting with the service user on how they would like their room to be decorated and where they want their own personal belongings. Ensuring that any cultural needs are met whether this
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Unit 3- health and wellbeing Definitions: Health and wellbeing meanings come in three forms-holistic‚ positive and negative. Health and wellbeing’s meaning cannot be fixed because health means different things to different people‚ and your intellectual thinking of health can change from day to day; depending on your experiences you go through. Literally the word health comes from an old English word meaning “the state of being hale‚ sound or whole‚ in body mind or soul”. This tells us that our
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Unit 2: equality diversity and rights in health and social LO2: discriminatory practice in health and social care Objectives: All learners should be able to define basis of discrimination. All learners should be able to explain basis of discrimination Most learners should be able to demonstrate discriminatory practice Some learners should be able to describe effects of discriminatory practice. Basis of discriminatory Culture A person’s culture is important to them and identifies
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D2 In this essay I will evaluate the usefulness of psychological approaches to health and social care. For the Humanistic approach I will assess the usefulness of a care assistant in a care home treating the whole person and in a hospital a nurse’s ability to ensure a patient’s physical‚ intellectual‚ emotional and social needs have been met (P.I.E.S). For Social Learning theory I will evaluate a nursery assistant in a nursery capability of being a positive role model and in a hospital a nurse’s
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Identify what standards influence the way adult social care job roles are carried out (AC1.1)? As a care worker there are standards that influence the way my role is carried out. The General Social Care Council (GSCC) outlined the Codes of practice that health and social care professionals must follow. We have a duty of care to provide our service users and you must meet the required standards. Health and Safety at work Act (1974) – The understanding of the health and safety act and putting it to good
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