abuse – typically occurs in care homes‚ hospitals and prisons it can be any of the following :- neglect‚ sexual abuse and financial abuse. Self neglect – self destructive behaviour is a set of extreme actions and emotions including self harming or alcohol abuse or drug abuse. Neglect by others - is a passive form of abuse in which a person is responsible to provide care for a person who is unable to care for himself or herself‚ but fails to provide adequate care. 2.Identify the signs or symptoms
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key influential factors. Health and social care practitioners of somewhat with all the people I need to understand how individuals adapt to life during old-age. What is disengagement theory Planning and Henry would process the disengage is meant theory as a way of explaining different behaviour and development in old age. They would suggest that when people reach their 60s they begin to disengage from active role in society for a variety of reasons: • Ill health • retirement from
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two people or more is known as transferring information by speech‚ behaviour‚ visuals‚ signals and writing. Communication is very important in a health and social care setting; this is because the patient/service and the care assistant need to understand each other clearly in order for the service users need to be met and they can have the best possible care possible. This may sometimes be hard to achieve as there are also communication barriers. Many people struggle with some ways of communicating
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Describe physical‚ intellectual‚ emotional and social development for each of the life stages of an individual. Through every life stage we experience physical‚ intellectual and social and emotional development. Physical development is when the appearance of the body changes. Intellectual development is the mental process of knowing‚ for example problem solving. The social and emotional development is when your emotions‚ your personality and social interactions begin. Conception is the process
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Unit 7 Task 4 P3 There are many different social‚ biological and social reasons women’s health differentiates to men’s. Women are shown statistically to live longer than men although men have better health then women‚ I am going to talk about the different reasons why women’s health is statistically worse then men’s. I am going to group them as Social‚ biological and emotional reasons for women’s ill health. Social Reasoning for women’s ill health First of all women are shown to be more likely
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called Acorns hospice‚ they help support children with mental and physical disabilities and there was also room for their parents to stay. Many of the children and young people are not expected to reach their adulthood and they are requiring specialist care 24 hours a day‚ 7 days a week. The hospice is currently supporting over 630 children and more than 880 families‚ including those who are bereaved. “In the hospice‚ there is a Jacuzzi and large hydrotherapy pool which is used for exercise and relaxation
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Welcome To Sailson Care Home Contents  Welcome to Sailson Care Home! At our care home we provide and assist our residents with all the support and care alongside the company and security they need‚ to help the residents live their lives to the fullest. The Sailson care home is run by the Sailson Charity that specialises in the care of elderly people. It is a friendly and relaxed home set in the country grounds of Everest hills looking over large valleys and the local village. At
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2. Tilt the head so that the chin is pointing upwards. Do this by placing the fingertips under the jawbone‚ then lift gently while pressing down softly on the person’s forehead. This is done to make sure the tongue is not blocking the throat. 3. Keep holding the head in this way while checking for breathing: see if the chest is rising and falling‚ or place your ear next to their mouth to listen for breathing. 4. If there is breathing‚ hold the head as described above until help arrives. If
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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 21: Nutrition for Health & Social Care Task 2 - Know the characteristics of nutrients Submit – 07/11/14 This task meets P2 and M1. You need to; A) Use the table below to describe fully the characteristics of Carbohydrates‚ Protein‚ Lipids‚ Vitamins‚ Minerals and their benefit to the body. (This meets P2) B) You should also use the table to discuss the nutritional energy requirements for Young Children and Pregnant women/breastfeeding mothers comparing and contrasting similarities and differences
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