Safeguarding a vulnerable older adult This essay will discuss the older adult whose illness referred them to palliative care and onto safeguarding. I will first explain what safeguarding a vulnerable adult on palliative care is and explain my scenario and discuss what had happened and what could have helped the patient who was at the end of life care. The Department of Health‚ (2011) defines Safeguarding as a multi-disciplinary work that works together to minimise and manage risks to vulnerable
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Short Essay: Policy-Making in the Federal System Obama’s Care “Medicaid – not Medicare Frances Johnson POL: 201 American National Government Instructor‚ Carol Parker July 12th‚ 2012 During the 2008 federal campaign‚ Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama placed comprehensive health care reform at the centre of his platform. In the light of the growing problems facing the US health care system‚ the time seemed ripe for another attempt to control
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UNIT 14 SAFEGUARDING ADULTS 1.1 There is a difference between safeguarding adults and adult protection‚ safeguarding is everybody’s responsibility‚ and includes actions to stop and reduce the risk of abuse happening. Protection is a vital part of safeguarding and promoting welfare‚ it is the process of protecting an individual who is either at risk or a risk as a result of abuse or neglect. (The broad definition of a ‘vulnerable adult’ is; a vulnerable adult is a person over the age of eighteen
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TDA 2.2 Safeguarding the welfare of children and young people 1.1 When working with children and young people there are many legislations‚ guidelines and policies in place that ‘safeguard’ them including E-safety. These acts are constantly evolving and amended to improve the lives and safety of every child. The United Nations convention on the rights of rights of the child (UNCRC)‚ (1989) although not legislation provides a full list of comprehensive rights ALL children should expect. These rights
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It is imperative that the school staff are able to identify any concerns they may have regarding abuse or neglect and know how to correctly act upon this information and which other agencies need to be told.The school should also offer updates for child protection training to all of the staff and should also provide policies and procedures regarding child protection and safeguarding. The school nurses also play an important part in the safeguarding of children and young people as they have regular
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strengthening of sub-national government on their development policy agenda. Decentralization is an important part of the transition strategy for many former socialist countries. Some industrialized countries are retuning their fiscal decentralization (Canada) while others have introduced major new initiatives in recent years (Japan‚ Spain). In this paper‚ we consider the costs and benefits of fiscal decentralization‚ trends in the practice of decentralizing budgets‚ and the policy interventions
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Local Employees‚ Local Pay? William O’ Dell‚ vice president for human resources at LeBert Graphics (LG)‚ a fast growing software development firm headquartered in Boston’s Route 128 technology belt‚ was visiting the firm’s first overseas subsidiary‚ LeBert Graphics Bangalore Ltd. (LGB). The visit had been going well‚ but a recent lunch with his good friend Ashok Rao had left him troubled. Rao was one of many Indian expatriates who had migrated to the United States in the 1980s. He had been
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financial realities of the industry‚ and the inherent health concerns associated with these activities‚ it will become evident that food animals clearly deserve to be treated more humanely. As hopefully the preceding paragraph has highlighted‚ most individuals would consider it deplorable for a beloved family pet to be treated in the aforementioned manner. Why then has society seemingly deemed it acceptable for farm animals to be handled as such? The most oft-argued rationalization for this mistreatment
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P.M.S. RENUGA‚ M.A.‚ M.PHIL‚ (Ph.D) LECTURER‚ JAY SHRIRAM GROUP OF INSTITUTIONS‚ 61‚ GURUNATHA GOUNDER STREET‚ TIRUPUR-4 99948-40111 Protecting the Endangered Species: Marine Awareness in Tim Winton’s Shallows The earth is surrounded by two-third of water in the form of oceans‚ lakes‚ rivers‚ seas and ponds. The oceans are blessed with an amazing diversity of marine mammals. Today‚ the marine mammals face threats because of man’s greed. We believe that the first creature created
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of World Trade Organization in Protecting Intellectual Property Rights Authors 1. Satyendra Narayan Singh Assistant Professor GNIT‚ Greater Noida. Mob. 9654151872 2. Alok Mohan Assistant Professor‚ RBMI‚ Greater Noida. Mob. 9717047774 Abstract Now a days protection of Intellectual Property Rights has become a very essential aspect for every country because so many Intellectual Properties are of national interest. Copyright‚ patents‚
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