with one another. Late-life depression is a major medical‚ social and economic concern for the elderly population. There are many factors that can cause late-life depression. It can be caused by inherited traits‚ certain medications you take‚ an illness (especially an extended one)‚ or a stressful life event. Things like death of someone close to you‚ moving to a new area‚ or experiencing a natural disaster could each be contributing factors to feelings of depression. After years of planning‚ dreaming
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factors have a much greater impact on things such as; the area you live in and how long life expectancy in that area is. Sociologist often see disability and ill-health as socially constructed whereas‚ the medical model see it as “disability with illness.” Can the way people live there lives have an affect on their health? The author of this assignment seeks to discuss all areas and compare them against the arguments of the biologists. Firstly what is disability and ill-health? Disability can be
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HSC 027 - CONTRIBUTE TO HEALTH AND SAFETY IN HEALTH AND SOCIAL CARE LEVEL 2 DIPLOMA Outcome 1 – Understand own responsibilities and the responsibilities of others relating to health and safety in the work setting 1 Identify legislation relating to general health and safety in a health or social care environment Legislation relating to general health and safety: relevant‚ up-to-date legislation from the Health and Safety Commission and Executive (HSC/E)‚ including local‚ national and European
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feel if you had a serious illness or disease and everyone had access to your personal information? Personally‚ I would be distraught. Confidentiality is using discretion in keeping secret information. Without confidentiality in a medical office anyone can be entitled to the patients’ personal information. The importance of confidentiality is very high‚ what someone’s medical history is should be between them and their physician. Although everyone does not have an illness or disease‚ it is still
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Health Care and Insurance Date: November 28th‚ 2012 Acute Hospital Care Acute care is medical treatment at a hospital which is short-term. Acute care is a level of health care in which a patient is treated for a brief but severe episode of illness‚ for conditions that are the result of disease or trauma‚ and during recovery from surgery. Acute care is generally provided in a hospital by a variety of clinical personnel using technical equipment‚ pharmaceuticals‚ and medical supplies. According
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questions. I’d paraphrase back to Tim to make sure I had everything exactly right‚ reflect some of his feelings and summarise when necessary. I’d also ask him questions about his time in hospital‚ his drug overdose‚ any drug usage now‚ any family mental illness and find out as much as possible about his depression and state of mind now. Q2. Describe what factors you would take into account that may have impacted on the appearance and behaviour of the client in relation to counselling services to be delivered
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of her daughter alone at home. Her daughter’s name was Lynn Gilderdale. Lynn was born September 20th‚ 1977. By the age of fifteen‚ she had become paralyzed from the waist down. It started out with flu-like symptoms that turned into a respiratory illness and led to excruciating pain and muscle weakness‚ anemia and seizures. Lynn became bedridden and unable to eat so she had to be placed on a feeding tube. The doctors finally diagnosed her with myalgic encephalomyelitis. This poor girl lived in her
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Thank you to Madeline Coward for a great question regarding Assessment 1. I hope this helps everyone to prepare for asessment 1. This is my response to Madeline: Here is an outline of the four dimensions of the nursing metaparadigm: *Person This paradigm refers to the sick individual not as a “patient‚” but as a “subject‚” a person in the full sense of the word. This includes families and social groups that have come to define the person as such. This person is unique and autonomous‚ and
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How society views and defines health is determined by a range of factors and sociological perspectives. There is statistical evidence available about how common illnesses are in the UK. There are a number of contrasting definitions of health‚ illness and disease. According to the world health organisation "Health is a state of complete physical‚ mental and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity".
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health‚ but also some factors which are external and uncontrollable causes us to feel sick and acquired illnesses to some extent. Background of the Study One of the most popular illness that can be found in hospitals is what we call pressured ulcer‚ some uses bed sores or scientifically known as decubitus ulcer. This illness is caused by the unrelieved pressure to the skin which cuts off the circulation to the area. This can be developed as an upshot of prolonged period of immobility. Moreover‚ literatures
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