Information in Health and Social Care Settings 1.1 The Data Protection Act 1998 is an Act of Parliament which defines UK law on the processing of data on identifiable living people. It is the main piece of legislation that governs the protection of personal data in the UK. In practice it provides a way for individuals to control information about themselves. The Act defines eight data protection principles which are: 1. Personal data shall be processed fairly and lawfully 2. Personal data
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to Duty of Care in Health and Social Care or Children’s and Young People’s Settings 1. Undestand the implications of Duty of Care. 1.1 Define the term "duty of care’. Duty of care is an obligation that a person/healthcare worker acts towards others and public with watchfulness‚ attention and caution in a reasonable and civilized way. SU needs to know that his welfare‚ safety and interest are put in the centre of attention of any healthcare organisation. 1.2 Describe how duty of care affects own
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Unit SS MU 2.1 Introductory awareness of sensory loss To nsur t To ensure that the knowledge and skills are addressed in this unit‚ it is essential that the n h edg nd kill ar addresse i are dresse unit nit‚ e sent a t yo become war you become aware of the differing needs of people with sensory loss and how you ecome o h diff r n need eed peo l with ensory os and o y o ca help improv on you wo k ractice can help to improve on your work practices to support and empower them. Ma mpr ou ract es
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Introduction Throughout this assignment I am going to be looking into the health and social topic of communicable and non-communicable diseases. I will be investigating into various aspects of two specific diseases. A high level of knowledge will be demonstrated with a detailed description of both communicable and non-communicable diseases as well as an understanding of epidemiology. I will then find a communicable and non-communicable disease example and describe the biological basis of each disease
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1.3 : Within any health and social care setting‚ interpersonal communication is vital between service provider and service user. During the process of interpersonal communication‚ there is always a sender‚ which sends a message across and a receiver on the opposite end to give feedback/reply. It was mentioned by Podmoroff (2013) that interpersonal communication skills are learned and can be improved. There are many methods and techniques that can be carried out to deliver appropriate interpersonal
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and interpersonal interaction in a health and social care context for a new member of staff (using a hospital or care home setting) to include: Communication: text messaging‚ written‚ oral‚ signing‚ technology. Interpersonal interaction: language‚ non-verbal (choose 2 issues under each heading from unit specification page 3). Effective communication The role of effective communication is important in any work setting especially in any health care setting. Effective communication is when someone
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Cambridge TECHNICALS OCR LEVEL 3 CAMBRIDGE TECHNICAL CERTIFICATE/DIPLOMA IN HEALTH AND SOCIAL CARE SUPPORT USE OF MEDICATION IN SOCIAL CARE SETTINGS M/505/7779 LEVEL 3 UNIT 33 GUIDED LEARNING HOURS: 90 UNIT CREDIT VALUE: 15 PROMOTE POSITIVE BEHAVIOUR OF MEDICATION IN SOCIAL CARE SETTINGS M/505/7779 LEVEL 3 UNIT 33 AIM AND PURPOSE OF THE UNIT In the social care sector practitioners are often responsible for supporting service users with their medication. This support can take a variety of forms
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anti-discriminatory practice this also includes legislations and regulations that has to be followed. Discriminatory practice is when people are placed and categorised in groups for example male and female or racial wised. For example an elderly mane would be questions whether he is allowed to run a marathon because of his age this is one of the signs of discrimination which should be prevented in the future in the health and social care setting. Conventions‚ legislations and regulations When following the
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Assignment Submission Course:Health and social care level 3 Assignment Number:Six Date Submitted:28/05/2012 Preferred Feedback Method:Post Online 6.1 Analyse the principle factors‚ which can contribute to anorexia. Understanding the causes of eating disorders is further complicated by the fact that actions that are designed to achieve weight loss can actually cause some disturbed eating behaviour. The effects of semi-starvation‚ also called dieting‚ can cause physiological changes that
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Health and Safety Assignment 2 Task D Introduction In this part of the assignment I will look at a case study and evaluate this in term of risk assessment‚ I will use this information to determine recommendations for care planning and management of Mr Campbell the service user. I will discuss how dilemmas within the case study can be addressed by implementing policies and systems for Health‚ Safety and Security. Ref 1 Risk assessment Risk assessment is the process of evaluating risks to workers’
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