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    CORE CONCEPTS OF HEALTH 1 What might be the impact of socio economic status or gender or ethnicity (the social determinants of health) on the ’experience ’ of health and illness‚ focus particularly on those of older people? Disparities in health exist in various forms due to age‚ gender‚ socio economic status or other lifestyle factors and are often referred to as ‘the causes of the causes’. This short essay

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    Analyse the economic and social costs and benefits of inequality in distribution of income in Australia. Income inequality describes the extent to which income is distributed unevenly among residents of an area. High levels of inequality indicate that a small number of people receive most of the total income‚ and that most people receive only a small share of the total. There are many advantages and disadvantages associated with the inequitable distribution of income. Income inequality can

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    Health and Social Care Assignment UNIT 5 - UNDERSTAND PERSON-CENTRED APPROACHES IN ADULT SOCIAL CARE SETTINGS ASSIGNMENT OVERVIEW In this assignment‚ you will demonstrate your knowledge of person-centred care and consider how to put this into practice in complex and sensitive situations. You will explore what is meant by the term ‘consent’‚ define person-centred values‚ and consider how active participation can be used to best effect. You will consider how risk assessments can support informed

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    and process that affect the overall distribution of disease and health. Health care and public health systems are the social determinants of health and they are mostly responsible for health inequities. Health inequities link closely with social determinants of health. Public Health recognizes that individual-level interventions must occur along with approaches that address community and societal levels of social determinants of health. As part of the President’s Teen Pregnancy Prevention Initiative

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    visits from friends and family - some people don’t like hospitals also more one on one with the individual. Also to be more independent. 1.3 The support that individuals might need could be home care workers‚ health visitors‚ nurses‚ doctors‚ social services eg social worker‚ voluntary services‚ meals. This is just as it sounds. The individual has the right to know what support is available and they will probably need help to find out what they are entitled to. Without financial planning

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    Unit 2: Health and Social Care Values Task 2B Confidentiality Confidentiality Is vital as it protects a individual from personal information being shared. Trust is really important between the service user and the service provider. It depends on whether the user is confident that the personal information will be kept confidential. An example of confidentiality in a health and social care setting is adhering to the data protection act which means that any data that is related

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    falling victim to false beliefs and deeply rooted misconception‚ the issue of mental health features very low on our society’s list of priorities. In terms of government‚ India undoubtedly subscribes to the democratic principles. However‚ its provisions for its mentally ill fall short for putting the principles into practice. In the south of India where I come from not many people care to talk about mental illness they regard it as a curse from the Gods because of sins their fathers or fore fathers

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    RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY THIS IS COVERED BY THE HEALTH AND SAFETY AT WORK ACT 1974 (HASAWA) THIS ACT IS LIKE AN UMBRELLA THAT IS UPDATED AND THE LEGISLATIONS AROUND IT CONSIST: * MANUAL HANDLING OPERATIONS REGULATIONS 1992 (AMENDED 2002) * CONTROL OF SUBSTANCES HAZARDOUS TO HEALTH REGULATIONS 2002 (COSHH) * REPORTING OF INJURIES‚ DISEASES AND DANGEROUS OCCURRANCES REGULATIONS 1995 (RIDDOR) (AMENDED 2008) * HEALTH AND SAFETY FIRST AID REGULATIONS 1981 * MANAGMENT OF HEALTH AND SAFETY

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    take an personal interest in their partner and ensure their partners interest are effectively represented. This type of relationship is based on trust‚ commitment and loyalty. There is also an element of emotional support and friendship as well as a social element. This can involve taking the partners out to new experiences and/ or activities. Independent (issue bases) advocacy – this can also be called crisis or case advocacy. This is usually a one to one partnership between two people and are often

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    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 suppor ctic pport pow wer Many ca e roviders care providers or health professionals are not aware that hearin and vi viders ea h rofess ona r o ware ha hearing e e r vision losses osse ar more pre ale are more prevalent as a person ages‚ and that the threat to indepe reva erson ges‚ nd a th re t independence a e e and

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