and want to make this the focal point of the exercise. Used negatively communication becomes a form of abuse‚ either physically or mentally. I came across a couple of articles about communication breakdown in residential care homes one of which being Winterbourne View care home which cares for people with learning difficulties and autism. Four people were arrested from there in 2011 after secret filming by BBC’s Panorama showed a pattern of serious abuse. Instead of trying to get on with the residents
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for money or trying to make you buy things • People who come to your house and try to make you buy things you don’t want Institutional Institutional abuse can happen in any place which is set up to care for people. This could be a care home‚ a hospital‚ supported living
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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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adhere to a standard of "reasonable care" while performing any acts that could foreseeable harm others. Aiii When an employer adheres to the duty of care in a setting such as a residential care home it protects residents as well as the staff. This is because all codes of practice are carried out and makes the home a safer environment‚ e.g. equipment is regularly checked‚ chemicals are stored correctly & staff trained regularly. Aiv Knowing that we must exercise your duty of care towards everyone you work
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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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safety policy and risk assessment in workplace. Health and Safety at work etc Act 1974 is concern with maintaining and improving the physical and mental well-being of employees at work and protecting anyone else who may be adversely affected. Care homes are therefore subject to the provision of health and safety policy‚ employers and employees have defined duties to ensure the health and safety of themselves‚ service users‚ visitors and contractors (HSE‚ 2001). LO1 In health and social care organisation
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Unit 27 Assignment 3 In this assignment the author will suggest strategies to minimise effects of challenging behaviour in health and social care settings P3. The author will then discuss strategies used to minimise the effects of one type of challenging behaviour in health and social care settings M3. Finally evaluate these strategies for dealing with this one type of behaviour D1. P3 In health and social care settings challenging behaviour can arise daily or rarely but challenging behaviour
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My observations of the Nursing Practice Council presented on October 11th by different nurses at the Florida Hospital in Celebration‚ is that the Council seeks to empower nurses‚ and make them more stronger and confident in their ability to make changes. The council lasted 60 minutes‚ and the chairperson started the Council announcing all of the topics of the agenda for the night. The first topic was in regards of patient satisfaction‚ and nursing communication. It was discuss how patient satisfaction
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