agreed ways of working Page 6 – 9 Section 3: Understanding your role in the wider care sector Page 9 – 12 Section 4: Career pathways in the care sector Page 12 – 15 Section 5: Issues of public concern in the care sector Page 16 – 17 Assessment Questions Page 18 – 29 The assessment questions will cover all the criteria for the ERR unit: Understand employment responsibilities and rights in health and social care of the Level 2 Award in ERR. Where criteria have been covered is outlined in the
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b Running Head: OBAMACARE The Obama Care Policy American National Government POL 201 Jacqueline Arnold Instructor Kimminau January 8‚ 2013 OBAMACARE 1 In this short essay about the “Obama HealthCare Policy‚” I will discuss the problems of the policy. I plan to explain the history‚ and the meaning of this policy. In this essay I will be discussing the pros and cons of the Obama HealthCare Policy‚ as well as the issue’s with the Federalism
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program‚ was adopted in 1965 to provide health coverage and services to the elderly seniors (over 65) and disabled citizens without regard to income or medical history. Its funds come directly from federal governments and beneficiaries. Medicare revenues come from interest‚ taxation of social security benefits‚ state payments‚ payroll taxes‚ beneficiary premiums and general revenue. The government uses money generated from taxes to reimburse providers who take care of patients enrolled in these programs
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People often take the glories of modern medicine for granted‚ particularly those in the United States privileged enough to have health insurance. But though we have the technology and proper medicines‚ there are still large groups of people who do not benefit from them. A health disparity is “a statistically significant difference in health indicators that persists over time” (Holtz‚ 2013‚ p.10). While humankind has achieved many scientific advances‚ adequately sharing them with the whole population
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Equine influenza is a common respiratory infection of horses caused by an orthomyxovirus of the genus Influenza A. Influenza A viruses can be divided into sub-types on the basis of the antigenic reactivity of the surface glycoproteins‚ the haemagglutinin (H1-H16) and the neuraminidase (N1-N9) molecules (Fouchier et al.‚ 2005). Equine influenza (EI) is caused by two subtypes H7N7 and H3N8. Outbreaks due to H7N7 are limited as the isolation of the virus has not been reported since last two decades
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Are Learning from Influenza 2013” The seminar was about Influenza. The speakers started off by talking about the widespread influenza outbreak in 47 US states. 47 states reported of widespread flu activity‚ and 9 out of 10 regions in the US had elevated flu activity. The speaker went on to talk about how the Influenza A virus subtype H3N2 predominated this season‚ while the Influenza B strain was causing about 20% of cases. The speakers reported that the available flu vaccines were reportedly about
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Health Care Health Care: Right or Privilege Veronica Rosborough SOC 120: Introduction to Ethics and Social Responsibility Instructor Monica Jones January 13‚ 2013 Health Care 2 Healthcare is a hot topic in our nation right now. With the Presidential election and the recent Supreme court ruling upholding the health care reform
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Dawn Giordano English 101 Professor Crutchfield Argumentative Essay Autism and Vaccines There has been controversy recently over whether or not vaccines‚ in particular the MMR (measles mumps and rubella)‚ cause autism. Your child is at the doctor‚ the doc says “it’s time for those shots tough guy”. Your bouncy baby boy is 18 months old and very happy even after the doctor administers the MMR‚ he doesn’t cry‚ just giggles. Later that night he develops a fever and has trouble sleeping
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Manage health and social care practice outcomes for individuals 1. Understand the theory and principles that underpin based practice Explain outcome based practice In 1990 health care providers had just began to discover what appeared to be a very powerful tool for reducing variation in patient care practices - clinical paths. A clinical path includes descriptions of key events that‚ if performed by caregivers as described‚ are expected to produce the most desirable outcomes for patients
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Vincent Mazzaro One of the most controversial subjects in the news today is health care. The problem is not that the doctors can’t cure all of their patients‚ but it’s about how costly it is to cure all of these patients. The cost of helping these patients is paid for through Obama’s new national health care‚ which people’s taxes pay for. However‚ these taxes are sometimes not afforded by a certain majority of people. This makes matters even worse because all the procedures performed on these
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