a. Person centred care is a philosophy of providing care that is centred around the person‚ and not just their health needs. In a person centred approach the emphasis should always be on the person as an individual‚ and their unique qualities as determined their life history and experiences‚ likes and dislikes which define their character. It’s very important that people with dementia are treated with respect. They have the same rights as other people including the rights of being treated with dignity
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By dictionary definition foster care is a noun meaning‚ “supervised care for delinquents or neglected children usually in an institution or substitute home” (dictionary.refernce). According to federal definition “foster care is twenty-four hour substitute care for children placed away from their parents or guardians and for whom the stat agency has placement and care responsibility.” This also includes placing them into foster families‚ foster homes of relatives‚ emergency shelters‚ group living
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RESOURCE UTILIZATION AND EXPENDITURE FOR HEALTH CARE DELIVERY The foundation of health care involves primary healthcare providing services through a team of health professionals. It could be through a doctor‚ a nurse‚ or perhaps through a computer services. It does involve a proactive approach to prevent health problems‚ ensure better management and follow-ups regarding the health problem occurred. The majority of the Canadian hospitals are run by the community boards of trustees‚ voluntary organizations
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reflective account (II) During my role as health care assistant in the care home setting where I work I spent a considerable amount of time on a one to one basis as a key worker with a particular resident. For the purpose of this reflective account the resident shall be referred to as Mrs S. Mrs S had vascular dementia as her dementia progressed her challenging behaviours increased. Mrs S spent a great deal of her day walking around the care home. On good days this was not an issue. However on
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CHAPTER 1 THE PROBLEM AND ITS SETTING Introduction Sanitation is the science and practice of effecting healthful and hygienic conditions. “Sanitation generally refers to the provision of facilities and services for the safe disposal of human urine and feces.” (WHO‚ 2008). Proper sanitation greatly helps in achieving optimal health of individual. It is very important to dispose excreta safely. Personal hygiene and hand washing is greatly encourage after defecating‚ before and after eating
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Reflection Paper 10 /8/2010 Much debate has been put forth in public and private about the importance of confidentiality in the health care systems and how to protect and prevent it from landing in the wrong hands. Many patients and clients does not feel like their medical health and conditions are been kept safe in their health providers care. So many security bleach has happen in numerous hospital across the country that has put patients‚ workers and families at risk due to lack of
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Week 7 Breach of the Duty of Care Negligence Duty of care Established or novel duty? Is it a non-delegable duty? What is the scope of the duty? Breach of duty What is the relevant standard of care? Has the standard been breached? Damage Is it recognized by law? Was the breach a necessary condition of the harm? Is the harm within the scope of the defendant’s liability? Breach of Duty The fault part of the negligence action An act or omission of the defendant A failure to act as a reasonable person
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Access to Health Care Access to health care refers to the individual’s ability to obtain and use needed services (Ellis & Hartley‚ 2008). Access to health care affects a multitude of people. Uninsured‚ underinsured‚ elderly‚ lower socioeconomic class‚ minorities‚ and people that live in remote areas are at the highest risk for lack of access to health care. There are also economical and political roles that complicate access to health care. Access to health care is a multi-faceted concept
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2013). 1.4 Ethical dilemmas and conflicts faced by the care workers in health and social setting Dilemma is a situation when an individual faced difficult to make a choice in between two or more alternatives. In care homes‚ regarding patient’s care in daily basis care staff faces major ethical dilemmas. Without satisfactory result‚ ethical dilemmas can be defined as problem (Bainbridge & Ricketts‚ 2003). Ethics are always positive. It is care worker’s responsibility to provide respect for service
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Unit 7: Sociological Perspectives for Health and Social Care Unit code: M/601/2402 QCF Level 3: BTEC Nationals Credit value: 5 Guided learning hours: 30 Aim and purpose This unit aims to enable learners to gain an understanding of the different sociological approaches that can be used when studying and how these approaches can be used to study health and social care. Unit introduction Sociology is the study of society‚ and is a method of enquiry and explanation. In
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