1.1 Explain employees’ roles and responsibilities in relation to the prevention of infection and control of infection: The care worker has a responsibility under The Health and Safety Act 1974 to take care of one’s and own health and safety and others you care or support including their family‚ friends and work colleagues. Always make sure you dispose of waste correctly‚ wash hands before and after everything‚ keep all equipment clean‚ always report potential hazards‚ maintain personal hygiene‚ wear
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Since starting my Business Administration Apprenticeship at **** I have gained many new skills. I am now able to understand how to plan work and be accountable to other. I will always follow guidelines‚ procedures and codes of practice that have been given to me by Dave‚ my Manager. This means that my work is as professional as possible and to a high standard. I have deadlines which I have to meet on a daily basis‚ things such as opening and sending post by a certain time‚ however on occasions
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Answers to the following questions 1. How do you judge whether evidence is sufficient‚ authentic and current? 2. What risks may there be when carrying out assessment? give examples 3. How can you minimise the risk planning a when assessment? 4. What are the 8 stages of assessment planning? 5. Why is it important to follow all the stages? Explain the implications of not doing this. 6. Explain the regulations and requirements relevant to assessment in your own area of practice. 7. What
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knowledge of dementia was old because I have nursed for over thirty years and had not gained recent knowledge in this field‚ only through personal experience. Since 2008 I have worked on a private ward which includes a mixture of medical‚ surgical and palliative clients. Last year through Alzheimer’s WA I undertook the Dementia Champion course. The course provided a dementia file and instructed us on how to educate. The file emphasized that my knowledge base was absent across areas of dementia care including
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forms of dementia can affect the way an individual communicates. All forms of dementia can affect the way a person communicates‚ so in time they may have to find different ways of expressing themselves and their feelings. As a carer your non-verbal communication will become important‚ your body language‚ facial expressions‚ gestures‚ eye contact and tone of voice will have to be taken into account when you are communicating with a sufferer. In the early stages of some forms of dementia people may
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this policy is that they’re trying to make every clinics dementia friendly; environments‚ as this could take a long time as well as during this time dementia service users or client might be differentiated alongside and their treatment during this time might be incomplete. However‚ this has a negative influence on anti-discriminatory practice the reason is that some clients might be discriminated against and not be treated as other dementia service users in other areas‚ may be treated as a result
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essay there will be reflection upon two main keys strategies that nurses can achieve to make a difference in a communication breakdown in the health care setting with patients such as dementia. The problems that can be associated with this and also and overview of the illness of dementia. When talking about dementia it is usually described as a syndrome which effects the brain. It is a very complicated illness and there are a lot of symptoms and problems that come along with this degenerative disease
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social care services need help and support to move and change position.Organisations that provide support in this way are obliged to have in place procedures and agreed ways of working that describes exactly how each manoeuvre be carried out. 3. What health and safety factors have to be taken into consideration when moving and positioning individuals? LO 2.2 Always follow procedure and never carry out activity in which you haven’t been trained. Wear appropriate clothing and footwear‚ explain
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Description of event Today in placement I was asked if I would be able to assist Mrs X with personal care and dressing. Mrs X has advanced dementia and takes a lot of prompting to do simple tasks on her own‚ such as washing her face. Mrs X is fully mobile and needs a lot of support to hold her concentration on particular tasks or she is more likely to be distracted and wander off. Being aware of Mrs X’s needs I agreed that I am more than confident to assist her. I knocked on Mrs X’s door before
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Social diversity Social diversity means how each of us lives the day-to-day life with other and having individual believes. Example: ethnicity and gender Ethnicity - ethnicity means being part of a group living and sharing the same way of life and culture‚ a Muslim family or community will eat same type of meat (Hallalh)‚ and believe on same god (Allah) and believe what Islam teach them. Gender – men had rights that women didn’t have in a traditional family (before 1928). Traditionally women
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