In this booklet ‚ it will explain potential hazards in a Residential Care home for the elderly and the harm and abuse that might arise form hazards this will all be mentioned throughout the booklet . ts evident that the elderly are starting to become fragile and weak ‚ this is evident in their movement as they become moreclients. slower while they move around and they find it difficult‚ so this requires help from staff and other aid to enable them to get to one place to another . This
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Potential Hazards in Health and Social Care: A Guide for Staff By Gareth Barnes Introduction Health and Social Care in Northern Ireland is provided as an integrated service‚ this is a number of organisations who plan to deliver and monitor health care in NI. There are 6 Health and Social care (HSC) trusts in N. Ireland. 5 HSC trusts provide integrated health and social care services across N.Ireland; Belfast HSC Trust South Eastern HSC Trust
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Delights Nursing Care Home Here is an induction document explaining any risks or hazards that could potentially result in residents‚ visitors‚ and staff being harmed or abused within the nursing home. Physical Within the care home there will be some residents and visitors that may require to use a wheelchair or walking frame‚ this means that hallways can become very crowded and doorways can be awkward to get through. As well as physically disabled people‚ people with visual or hearing impairments
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Explain 6 potential hazards in a health and social care In this report I will be explaining 6 potential hazards that I saw in my health and social care setting. The health and social care I had my work experience in was a Nursing home. For My work experience I worked in a nursing home. The residents living in nursing home does not have many abilities to do thing for them; they are dependent on the carer’s. The residents living in nursing home are aged between 80 to 105 years old. Wheelchairs
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P1: explain potential hazards and harms that may arise from each in a health or social care setting. Hazard number 1: Doors being left open. Doors are being left open is a big hazard because it opens a various amounts of hazards such as the children walking through the nursery alone without supervision. Having a doors open can also allow people to come into the nursery which jeopardizes the safeguarding of the nursery. The nursery overcomes this by having code locks on all entrances of the nursery
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how to identify potential hazards to the health‚ safety and security of children or young people‚ families and other visitors and colleagues Make sure that I am aware of‚ and follow‚ my settings health‚ safety and security procedures before I start work. Ensure that before I begin any work activities I check and use any risk assessments examine the areas in which I work and any equipment I have to use to ensure that they are safe‚ hazard free and conform to legal and the settings requirements for
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Unit 3 P1 - Explain potential hazards and the harm that may arise from each in a health or social care setting Relating to the physical environment; If you were in a care setting e.g. Residential home‚ and the ventilation stopped working‚ or was not working as it should do. For example if some of the residents had an illness that could be passed on through air‚ then the probability is that all the residents and also staff would end up with the illness this is an acquired infection. Equipment;
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Health Care Setting In hospitals‚ clinics‚ and other healthcare settings‚ health educators often work one-on-one with patients and their families. They teach patients about their diagnoses and about necessary treatments or procedures. They also teach the patient about lifestyle changes that are necessary to manage the disease or to assist with recovery. Health educators direct people to outside resources‚ such as support groups and home health agencies and create activities and incentives to encourage
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The Hazard of Moral Hazard 09.01.09 - 12:00 AM | James K. Glassman When someone insures you against the consequences of a nasty event‚ oddly enough‚ he raises the incentives for you to behave in a way that will cause the event. So if your diamond ring is insured for $50‚000‚ you are more likely to leave it out of the safe. Economists call this phenomenon “moral hazard‚” and if you look around‚ you will see it everywhere. “With automobile collision insurance‚ for example‚ one is more likely to venture
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Nursery Hazard - A danger or risk Danger - The possibility of suffering harm or injury: "his life was in danger". A person or thing that is likely to cause harm or injury: "drought is a danger". Risk - A situation involving exposure to danger: "flouting the law was too much of a risk". Potential Hazards in a nursery could be: • Plugs that are not covered‚ Wires i.e. from a computer‚ radio‚ etc… This is a hazard because if the wire is exposed the child could touch it and be electrocuted. • Cleaning
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