PROMOTE GOOD PRACTICE IN HANDLING INFORMATION IN HEALTH AND SOCIAL CARE SETTINGS LEARNING OUTCOME 1 UNDERSTAND REQUIREMENTS FOR HANDLING INFORMATION IN HEALTH AND SOCIAL CARE SETTINGS The following are current legislation and codes of practice that relate to handling information in health and social care. They also summarise the main points of legal requirements for handling information. • THE DATA PROTECTION ACT 1998 – The Data Protection Act 1998 is a piece of legislation which defines
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Nursing Practice and Palliative Care Palliative care is a specialized segment of health care which involves minimizing and preventing the patients’ pain and suffering. Patients suffering from chronic illness‚ end of life or curable illness may be placed in palliative care. The goal of palliative care is to improve the quality of life for the patient and family. The role of the BSN prepared nurse regarding palliative care is to be knowledgeable on palliative and gerontologic nursing practice. The
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for their parents to stay. Many of the children and young people are not expected to reach their adulthood and they are requiring specialist care 24 hours a day‚ 7 days a week. The hospice is currently supporting over 630 children and more than 880 families‚ including those who are bereaved. “In the hospice‚ there is a Jacuzzi and large hydrotherapy pool which is used for exercise and relaxation. Music and lights help to create different atmospheres and the special equipment ensures that the children
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PROMOTE GOOD PRACTICE IN HANDLING INFORMATION IN HEALTH AND SOCIAL CARE SETTING Assignment task HSC038 The Data Protection Act 1998 established principles for managing electronic and paper held client records also gives individuals right of access to info. Held about them on computers and allows personal data to be disclosed to certain parties when essential. The Access to Health Records Act 1990 provides anyone over 16 to see their health records unless there are compelling reasons to deny access
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Health and Safety at Work Act 1974 - This means the employers have the responsibility for everyone on their premises; this can be the employees‚ workers from other organisations‚ visitors and service users. The employers must carry out risk assessments before opening. Their health and safety policy must be reviewed frequently. They must record all accidents or incidents. They must be responsible for safety equipment‚ information and training. They must have insurance‚ the liability insurance is compulsory
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Unit 9 Promote good practice in handling information in health and social care 1. Understand requirements for handling information in health and social care settings 1.1 Identify legislation and codes of practice that relate to handling information in health and social care There are several legislations and codes of practice that relates to handling information. Data protection Act 2008 is a law that protects personal privacy and upholds individuals rights. This Act gives rights
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refused the training offered to full-time employees. Indirect discrimination may include: Insisting all employees must do night shifts as this could exclude those who have children to care for. Advertising a job to a certain age group as this could exclude those below and above the age group. Not making reasonable adjustments at work could exclude those employees with a disability. 1.3 Often in our everyday life we think with the help of stereotypes like old people are slow or fragile‚ That
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UNIT 21: Nutrition for Health & Social Care Task 2 - Know the characteristics of nutrients Submit – 07/11/14 This task meets P2 and M1. You need to; A) Use the table below to describe fully the characteristics of Carbohydrates‚ Protein‚ Lipids‚ Vitamins‚ Minerals and their benefit to the body. (This meets P2) B) You should also use the table to discuss the nutritional energy requirements for Young Children and Pregnant women/breastfeeding mothers comparing and contrasting similarities and differences
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information and support to individual patients/clients. Identify opportunities for health promotion and make best use of these either directly or through referral to other professionals or agencies. Contribute to the implementation of a programme of health care and health promotion that has been designed by a registered practitioner. Recently in the care home I reside in‚ an elderly patient became concerned about her weight gain. As a new patient to the care home she had undergone relevant
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Direct Practice in Social Work: An Overview‚ discuss the social work being a dynamic profession and how its practice should be ready in facing the paradigm shift. The author gave historical background on social work practice before 1970 and how these practices evolve due to varied problems and situations that arise from time to time. Also‚ she talks on how a state of the art practice should be administered in practicing social work where she emphasizes that for an advance direct practice‚ such as
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