Communication is the imparting or exchanging of information by speaking‚ writing‚ or using some other medium. With in all health and social care settings workers have to talk to service users. It’s important that they are communicated to in the correct way to way and they are made to feel accepted and respected. Verbal communication Verbal communication is getting across a message‚ idea‚ or feeling through the use of mouth. Verbal communication is the main way of communicating face-to-face. The
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Unit 5 Principles of Safeguarding and Protection in health and social care 1.1‚ 1.2 Physical Abuse Physical abuse is abuse involving contact intended to cause feelings of intimidation‚ pain‚ injury‚ or other physical suffering or bodily harm.. Physical abuse includes... * Hitting / slapping / kicking * Pushing * Pinching * Force feeding * Burning / scalding * Misuse of medication or restraint * Catheterisation for the convenience of staff * Refusing access to
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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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strained social service sector contributed to the growing number of vulnerable populations? The rise in prevalence of chronic conditions is a tricky situation to get a handle on because these conditions have no cure‚ though they can be treated. Chronic conditions play a major role in health as 7 out of 10 deaths each year are linked to these conditions and is much more prevalent for minorities and poor. Prevention is possible‚ but it requires a lot of effort and management and a health lifestyle
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Discriminatory Practice in Health and Social Care Malaika Stafrace 331896m P2: List and describe FOUR different discriminatory practices by the staff that might take place in this residential care home. There are many ways how a person can be discriminated the four that I am going to speak about are overt and covert abuse‚ bullying‚ abuse and prejudice. Overt and Covert abuse: Overt discrimination is a discrimination which is clear‚ it is obvious that they doesn’t want to hire or provide
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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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UNIT 10: Promote Equality and Inclusion in Health‚ Social care or Children’s and Young Peoples settings 1. Understand the importance of diversity‚ inclusion and equality 1.1. Explanation of diversity‚ equality and inclusion a) Diversity refers to the fact that we are all different. All the people are unique in their own way. Some of people are male or female‚ some are tall‚ some short‚ some people have dark skin‚ some light. People differences also could consist of their reading level‚ athletic
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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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should be for my height… I really don’t care.” However‚ her employer thinks that she should care. Ms. Raymond’s employer told her that if she didn’t lose weight‚ either on her own or through a wellness program‚ her premiums on her insurance plan would be increased by fifty dollars a month. However‚ is this practice legal? According to the same article on Observer.com‚ “Penalizing employees for pounds is perfectly legal. Under provisions in the Affordable Care Act‚ 2014‚ employers can charge employees
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Medicare was instituted because the elderly needed financial assistance with many health related issues associated with aging. Medicare helps to insure that the elderly receive the care they need regardless of social class and income. The health care program not only helps the elderly‚ but it also provides insurance for the poor to ensure their physical well-being. Medicare is for those 65 years of age who are eligible for social security and have paid in to Medicare. Medicare consists of two types of
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