Safeguarding Vulnerable Adults What is Safeguarding? Safeguarding is the protection of a vulnerable individual and the prevention of abuse and neglect against them. It means empowering an individual and giving them full support in order for them to maintain a happy life. It exists so that everyone has equal opportunities to access care and health providers in order for them to maintain a positive attitude and good health. Who is a vulnerable adult? ‘’A person who is 18 years or over‚ and who may
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Introduction Many systemic diseases has been associated with poor oral health; among them‚ respiratory infections in elderly persons. With increasing age‚ many elderly adults suffer a decline in physical‚ psychological and mental abilities which may necessitate admission into full-time care (De Visschere‚ de Baat‚ Schols‚ Deschepper‚ & Vanobbergen‚ 2011). As frailty increases‚ the elderly is less able to care for themselves which may lead to a decline oral health‚ which‚ in turn‚ is recognised as
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Adult Consumer Decision Making Process Adults have to make many decisions each day‚ decisions selecting one option over another. How adult consumers make decisions to buy have been studied by marketers to sell their products and services. Marketers have several views of consumers with different perspectives of how individuals make decisions: economic‚ passive‚ cognitive‚ and economic views. However‚ there is a decision making model that reflects all of the views. First‚ we will discuss the process
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Adult Learning Theory Donna L. Herrera June 20‚ 2013 INFT 101 Final Draft Summary Research has been prepared over the past twenty years to help educators comprehend Adult Learning‚ and observe different theories to help facilitate returning adult students. Some of the different issues that were investigated were the mental‚ physical and emotional aspects of Adult Learning. This is not only imperative for educators. It is vital for Adult Learners so that they are able to ascertain the
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The Adult nurse duties: Achievement the faith including self-confidence of every patient is a vital feature of the job for nurses as well as their key purpose is to advance the patients’ excellence of lifetime. Careful responsibilities might differ reliant on your role however will typically contain: • Writing the service user’s care plans. • Applying plans by tasks including making patients for processes‚ wound cure as well as checking beat‚ blood pressure and temperature. • Perceiving as well as
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Being an adult Being an adult means taking responsibility. There is no specific time or chronological age when you become an adult. It does not depend on age‚ but it happens with self-realization and becoming mature. For some‚ adulthood may be starting universities or starting a new family‚ or beginning new jobs‚ or just simply going through life’s trials and tribulations. When you are an adult‚ you create an identity for yourself. You no longer rely on others. Adults can think and act independently
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“placing juveniles in the adult criminal justice system is counterproductive” juvenile Crime. Ed. Louise I.Gerdes. Detroit: Greenhaven Press‚ 2012. Opposing view points.Rpt. from “jailing juveniles: the danger of incarcerating youth in adult jail in America “www.campaingforyouthjustice.org.2007. opposing viewpoints in context. Thursday.10 April.2014 Http://www.eji.org/childrenprison McCrea Hannah “juveniles should Not Be Tried in Adult Court.” Should juveniles be tried as adults? Ed. Judy Layzei. San
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favorite one is the one that argues if under aged kids should be tried as adults or not. This topic has so many different points of views that there will never be an exact answer on if children should be tried as adults or not. This topic is very interesting because every case is different‚ meaning that because there are different variables that led kids to get in trouble we can never say that all kids should be treated as adults because their level of crime is never the same. Viewing each case as its
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should exist for juveniles and adults. While some juveniles have demonstrated the need for a separate justice system for juveniles‚ others have proven otherwise. There are separate justice systems for juvenile and adult offenders because of the belief that the mind of juveniles can be reformed unlike adult offenders. However‚ the juvenile justice system is similar to the adult justice system in many ways. In terms of the rights of the offenders‚ both juvenile and adult offenders have the right to an
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Juveniles Tried as Adults “The only effective way to reduce and prevent juvenile crime is to balance tough enforcement measures with targeted‚ effective and intervention initiatives.” Juveniles are children and children don’t know any better and obviously make mistakes. They don’t expect to be caught after committing a serious crime. Juveniles brains are not fully developed until they are 25‚ but young people recognize them as adults at the age of 18. About 25‚000 children a year have their cases
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