defined health as: ‘1) the state of being free from illness or injury; 2) a person’s mental or physical conditions’. The same dictionary defined wellbeing as: ‘the state of being comfortable‚ healthy or happy‘. Both health and wellbeing combined together can be defined as the sum of physical‚ mental‚ social and emotional part of a person. These are the ‘resources’ for health according to WHO’s 1986 Ottawa Charter‚ (Earle‚ 2007). It’s also inline with the health definition of the World Health Organisation
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Communication is a very important aspect of health and social care. There are four very important things that need to be taken into consideration to make sure communication with anyone is successful. The four key aspects are to prevent misunderstanding‚ meet individual needs‚ build a relationship‚ and developing self-esteem. Any misunderstanding can be prevented by clear speech‚ appropriate language‚ matching verbal and non-verbal communication‚ checking understanding and asking questions. A good
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PATCH 1 Health and Social care in Britain during the medieval periods was only available through local parish churches‚ where it was believed to be a Christian duty to undertake the ‘Seven Corporal Works of Mercy’ (Jones 2006).The provision and entitlement of care varied between the many different areas causing many of the poor to migrate to the more generous areas (ibid). This increased the levels of begging and crime creating concerns about social disorder after the reformation of
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UNDERSTAND HOW TO WORK IN AN INCLUSIVE WAY. 2.1 Describe key legislation and codes of practice relating to diversity‚ equality‚ inclusion and discrimination in adult social care setting. • Human Rights Act – was an Act passed by law in the UK in 1998. This Act means that everyone can defend their own rights within the UK court of law. • Equality
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responses when dealing with two particular incidents or emergencies in a health or social care setting. M3: Discuss health‚ safety or security concerns arising from a specific incident or emergency in a health or social care setting. D2: Justify responses to a particular incident or emergency in a health or social care setting. Emergency: Earthquake An emergency is an unexpected situation that poses immediate risk to health‚ property or environment. Emergencies require immediate and direct actions
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|P |K | |ELEMENT:1.2 | | | |Explain how health and safety is monitored and maintained and how people in the work setting are made aware of risks and | | | |hazards and encouraged to work safely. | | | |
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1 Developing effective communication in health and social care LO1 Understand effective communication and interpersonal interaction in health and social care contexts of communication forms of communication interpersonal interaction communication and language needs and preferences LO2 Understand factors that influence communication and interpersonal interaction in health and social care environments theories of communication environmental factors affecting communication barriers to communication
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accreditation number: Understand health and safety in social care settings PWCS 27 2 4 40 31/08/2015 R/602/3179 Unit purpose and aim This unit is aimed at those who are interested in‚ or new to‚ working in a social care setting. It introduces knowledge and understanding of areas of health and safety required to work in a social care setting. Learning Outcomes The learner will: 1 Understand the different responsibilities relating to health and safety in social care settings Assessment Criteria The learner
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communication is important in adult social care setting 1.1 identify the different reasons people communicate People communicate in different ways to help social interaction. Communication is not just though words it can also be though touch‚ facial expressions and body movement as well as written electronic messages. 1.2 Explain how communication affects relationships in an adult social care setting Relationships are important within a social care setting as residents need to feel that
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College London HND Health and Social Care Management Principles of Health and Social Care Practice John Egharevba INTRODUCTION This essay is about the principles of practice in health and social care. It is going to discuss how it is applied when dealing with person-centred care with users of health and social care services‚ and it will also analyse how policies‚ legislation‚ regulation and codes of practice are applied in health and social care settings when providing care for service users
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