individuals with dementia. As a nurse this is an important skill to have. Initiative is another of these skills‚ in which I developed during my second placement at a specialist support centre for adults with learning disabilities. The service users there had various disabilities and needs such as Cerebral Palsy‚ in which I was able to communicate with and support. Nursing is such a
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Legislations Health and safety: It’s important for everyone to be in a safe environment so they can do daily tasks without feeling scared and uncomfortable of something will happen to them for certain so that’s why in every health care setting the health and safety at work act 1974 has been introduced so they can safe guard vulnerable patients in their care. Providers in health care settings need to provide some of the following services to ensure that the service users and the employees themselves
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of Life and Dementia Care . Credit Value : 2 This unit must be assessed in accordance with Skills for Care and Development’s QCF Assessment Principles. Learning Outcome 1 : Understand considerations for individuals with dementia at end of life Assessment Criteria 1.1. Outline in what ways dementia can be a terminal illness Dementia is brain atrophy. It’s a degenerative disease‚ which is progressive‚ and for the time being‚ incurable condition. Dementia is a terminal
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I work in a Jewish care home on EMI dementia nursing unit for the elderly. My clients suffer from dementia. They are in different stages of that illness‚ from mild to severe. Some of them are in end of live care. My clients come from different backgrounds then me and where raised in a very different way to how I was raised. It is important that I will remember this and respect their beliefs‚ as we all have personal beliefs and preferences based on our background and upbringing. I have been brought
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Unit 49 – Understand and Meet the Nutritional Requirements of Individuals with Dementia 1.1 People with dementia are no different from people without; like most people they will retain their usual eating habits‚ tastes and preferences of a lifetime. However‚ dementia can greatly affect a person’s relationship with food and eating. As dementia progresses eating and drinking can become difficult for some people. Eating and drinking involve the co-ordination of complex physical and mental activities
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HSC 51 Reflective account In my role as senior care worker‚ I work with variety of individuals including‚ colleagues‚ management‚ professionals‚ clients and their family members. The main group that I work with on day to day basis are residential clients that are both elderly and varied degrees of learning difficulties. These are individuals with limited ability to understand and process information given to them. This sometimes causes a barrier and challenge for the staff and especially for
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went to St Georges Residential Home‚ while I was there I witnessed how important and how effective communication can be in terms of a health care setting. In extreme cases it could be a matter of life and death. For example if a senior carer is giving tablets to a service user and they don’t watch them taking them this will affect the service user in terms of health and medical reasons. All these service users need is some company. Environmental factors effecting communication – Factors like setting
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Reflective Account 4 Description I am currently on placement within an acute setting of a general hospital. The ward in which I am a student is a haematology ward which is defined as ’the branch of medicine that deals with diseases of the blood and blood-forming organs’.(World net web‚ 2013) Within the ward patients can receive a wide range of treatments such as chemotherapy‚ bone marrows‚ platelets and all blood related disorder medicine. Throughout my time in the ward I have been exposed
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Understanding the role of the social care worker Question Booklet Task A- Short answer questions Ai Explain three differences between a working relationship and a personal relationship. * Socialising *Not discussing residents with others outside of the work place *Physical contact Aii Give two examples of different working relationships in an adult social care setting. * Carer/ Residents *Carer/ Senior- Manager AiiI Explain why it is important that social care workers in partnership with
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of creation (The concept of stewardship in health policy‚ 2000). At its best stewardship can provide an establishing principle for power in society exceeding economics to base itself on common interest (The concept of stewardship in health policy‚ 2000). It can also bolster the sense of social purpose in the community among sector administrators and help restore a sense of trust and legitimacy to the role of the state (The concept of stewardship in health policy‚ 2000).
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