Describe how incorrect handling and moving techniques can damage the skin. Identify a range of interventions that can reduce the risk of skin breakdown and pressure sores. Describe the changes to an individual skin conditions that should be reported. It is important to avoid or prevent the vulnerable areas or where sores has already formed. Regularly changing position or moving helps to prevent pressure sores developing in a vulnerable areas or to relieve already existing ones.
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Coursework 2: Learning Styles Learning styles theory originated in the 1970’s and is based around the idea that people have preferences about how they like to learn. Theorists believe that each individual has a particular learning style that is best suited to them and allows them to collect and process information successfully in order to learn. The principle idea is that these learning style differ from one individual to the next and theorists argue that school teachers should incorporate these
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or force feeding Leaving the individuals in wet or soiled clothing or bedding as a deliberate act to demonstrate power and strength of the abuser Excessive or inappropriate use of medication A carer causing illness or injury to someone he or she cares for in order to gain attention Signs and symptoms associated with Physical abuse Pepper pot bruising-small bruises‚ usually on the chest‚ caused by poking with the finger or pulling of the clothes tightly. Finger-marks-often on arms or shoulders
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describes the role of the practitioner in meeting the children’s care needs. The evidence can be found in my appendix. The evidence I have collate includes the information on compliance with legal requirements ‚ meeting needs and supporting rights of the children‚ working in a team with other professional’s‚ working with families‚ training and development‚ inclusive practice/ attitudes and values‚ positive environment and care of themselves( the practitioner). When practitioner are caring for
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1.1+1.2 It is important to maintain good personal hygiene so not to cause any infections as may lead to health problems e.g. if to don’t brush your teeth it may cause in infection in your mouth and this could lead to eating problems and possible malnutrition. It can also have an effect on a person’s confidence and also social life this may lead to social isolation due to people not wanting to associate with them. If you don’t have good hygiene this may cause cross contamination leading to other
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Principles for implementing duty of care in health‚ social care or children’s and young people’s settings 1 Understand how duty of care contributes to safe practice (a) What it means to have a duty of care in one’s own work role A duty of care is a legal obligation to all Health and Social carers and professionals who have to act in the best interests of individuals and others‚ also not to act or fail to act in a way that results in harm. This duty of care can be a general implied minimum
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Main body system Cardiovascular system The cardiovascular system has three main functions: Transport- Transportation of oxygen‚ nutrients and hormones to cells and removal of metabolic wastes such as carbon dioxide‚ heat and nitrogenous wastes. Regulation- Of body temperature‚ fluid pH and water content of cells Protection- By white blood cells‚ antibodies and complement proteins that circulate in blood and defend again foreign microbes and toxins. Also white blood cells clot when
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from families and the health system or going to residential aged care of elderly in Australia. Especially‚ it deals with the issue of increasing ageing population in Australia includes statistical information highlighting some causes and telltales. The context presented is economic and social. It also looks at the effects that increasing of the ageing population has on society‚ the individual and the Australian economy. Australia is one of the most advantaged aged care systems in the world
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1 Understand why communication is important in the work place 1.1 Identify the different reasons people communicate It is a process by which two or more people exchange ideas‚ facts‚ feelings or impressions in ways so that everyone can understand. In essence we use communication as a tool to influence others. As a means to establish and maintain relationships‚ to motivate people and to change attitudes. The main reason we communicate is to seek or provide information and we all use
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.1 explain what is ment by diversity/equality/inclusion/diversity . DIVERSITY diversity means visible and non-visible that exist between people. diversity is even though people have things in common with each other‚they are still diffrent and unique in many ways‚ diversity is recognising and valuing those diffrences EQUALITY equality means treating people equaly and in a way that is appropriate for there needs‚equality isnt about treating everyone the same way‚ but it recognises that their
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