ASSIGNMENT 204 Introduction to duty of care in health‚ social care or children ’s and young people ’s settings Task A Dear friend I have heard that you would like to work as a care worker and need to know more about “duty of care”. I wish to help and want to try clarify the term to you as much as I can. “Duty of care” is a phrase used to describe the obligation in your role as a care worker. You owe duty of care to your patients/service users‚ your colleagues‚ your employer‚ yourself and
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maintaining confidentiality‚ this means not sharing an individual’s personal information with another person. Also‚ it’s important to protect the personal information of a client by keeping it between you and the client. This care value occurs in a care home setting when; the Care worker has to maintain confidentiality when looking at personal files of the service users‚ by not leaving it on the computer because someone can walk past and check It. it’s important for them not to share information that is
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I have chosen these responses safety‚ security‚ seeking help‚ serious injuries and alerting for help and have them in this order because they are in order of top priority to help the casualty who has been hit by a car outside the residential care home. I chose to have safety as top priority response as it is really important that the casualty and your safety is the number one priority in dealing with the accident if it is on a dangerous and busy road for example. I then chose to have security as
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situation is that of a man‚ who‚ at the request of his family‚ unhappily (but apparently necessarily)‚ moved to Parkside Manor‚ a small residential care home. Of late Peter’s condition of Alzheimer’s disease has advanced and he has become progressively uninhibited. His behaviour has caused the staff to question Peter’s placement at the care home‚ as some of the other residents are beginning to become troubled and distressed by his behaviour. Some staff feel that with the number of residents needing
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370 understand the diversity of individuals with dementia and the important inclusion 1.1 A) The term diversity means to understand and not showing prejudice‚ valuing the benefits of someone being different from ourselves‚ understanding one’s own beliefs and their effects on others‚ not making assumptions‚ understanding the basics of discrimination like gender‚ race‚ age‚ sexuality‚ disability‚ social class. B) Anti-discriminatory practice means to make sure individuals are treated equally‚ promote
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equipment due to used before hand and if a problem arises it should then not be used and reported to relevant persons. All equipment should be used correctly to prevent such mishap. Elderly service users were being transferred to a residential care home without giving the staff a detailed care plan of their needs. Things such as medication and dietary needs were not told which lead to one service user being served food she was allergic to. Some of the cases lead to the deaths of some service users
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Essentially‚ the term abuse is an issue facing the nursing profession today. Many unreported cases of encountered verbal and physical abuse have been found to be ample in acute and complex care settings. These cases are amongst professional individuals (nurse-nurse and nurse-physician abuse) and also among the patient abusing the nurses. Effectively‚ abuse is not only a Canadian issue. It has been reported internationally as well. Thus‚ many nurses today are lobbying for the decrease of abuse within health
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Introduction Gravells (2008‚p9)states that “ your main role as a teacher should be to teach your subject in a way that actively involves and engages your student during every session”. This in itself places the learner at the centre point of all teaching. To understand this further‚ I intend to look at person centred approaches in my teaching in an attempt to demonstrate how I can achieve this in the construction of my methods. I will also be establishing an overview of current legislation that
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Unit 2 - M3 As mentioned briefly in the previous assignment there’s covert discrimination this is discrimination which is concealed and can go unnoticed this can pose as a problem. I will talk about 3 reasons why promoting anti-discriminatory practice may be difficult. Culture and Beliefs Different cultures and beliefs can have an effect on implementing anti-discriminatory practice. One example of this preventing anti-discriminatory practice is though in a culture saying ’please’ and ’thank
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into an aged care facility at the age of 33. The organisation’s mission is ‘To provide choice in care and housing for young Australians with high care needs’. Youngcare’s core activities involve around revenue generation to fund its Youngcare homes‚ and at home grants for families looking after individuals with high care needs. Since its establishment Youngcare has consistently recorded strong financial performance‚ securing $4‚950‚328 in revenue and a surplus of $908‚317 in financial year 2012‚ and
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