Confidentiality Confidentiality is an important principle in health and social care because it functions to impose a boundary on the amount of personal information and data that can be disclosed without consent. Confidentiality arises where a person disclosing personal information reasonably expects his or her privacy to be protected‚ such as in a relationship of trust. The relationship between health and social care professionals and their patients/clients centres on trust‚ and trust is dependent
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1.1 What is abuse? Abuse is the infringement of an individual’s human and civil rights by another individual or persons. The following is the definition of abuse in The Protection for Persons in Care Act (PPCA). In this statement‚ "abuse" is defined as mistreatment‚ whether physical‚ sexual‚ mental‚ emotional‚ and financial or a combination of any of them‚ that is reasonably likely to cause death or that causes or is reasonably likely to cause serious physical or psychological harm to a person‚
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Understand the role of the social care worker: J/601/8576 1.1. Explain how a working relationship is different from a personal relationship: Working relationships are based on formal policies and procedures and agreed ways of working. A working relationship is professionally based. E.g. a responsibility of a support worker is to deliver a high standard of service to the individual. In a working relationship you would know your role and responsibility and would not share personal information. Personal
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trends of health and ill health among different social groupings. I will talk about each pattern and trend in its own paragraph‚ Social class‚ Gender‚ Ethnicity‚ Age and Geographical location. I will talk about the links between these to health issues. I will back these up through the use of evidence such as statistics. I will then conclude what I have found out. Firstly I will talk about each pattern and trend. Social Class Social class helps to deter the reasons for individual’s health and ill
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HEALTH AND SOCIAL CARE PRACTICE PRINCIPLES OF SUPPORT For an Old Care home there are some underlying principles of support that need to be applied to ensure that the patients and people living in the care home are looked after for in a dignified way. These principles are: - Respect for privacy and Dignity – This principle ensures that the old people have a right to lead their life in their own dignified way that they choose to. They dress up in the way they want to‚ eat the way they want to and
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service provision as well as social preparation. In the same way‚ it is dependent on practitioner providing good service. It is vital for nurses and other practitioners to form a partnership; through acknowledging the social‚ psychological and cultural heritage of the patient. The way a person sees themselves is dependent on factors such as their personal meaning‚ beliefs and values. Through forming a partnership with the patient‚ it will be easier to provide services and care that are well suited to
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Understanding health and safety in adult social care settings Standard purpose and aims This standard is aimed at those who are interested in‚ or new to‚ working in a social care setting. It introduces knowledge and understanding of areas of health and safety required to work in a social care setting. Main area Roles and responsibilities relating to health and safety in the work setting/situation Outcome: 1.1 Be aware of key legislation relating to health and safety in your work setting/situation 1
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2 – introduction to personal development in Health‚ Social care or Children’s and Young people’s settings. 1.1 Key Responsibilities: * To support individuals in their home and in the community. * To support service users to ensure that their physical‚ social‚ emotional and intellectual needs are met. * To support the personal development of each service user‚ ensuring that they are treated as an individual with their own unique support needs. * To ensure that the dignity and individuality
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Evolution of Health Care Information Systems HCS/533 October 9‚ 2013 Kemuel Prince Evolution of Health Care Information Systems In this paper‚ we will compare and contrast Skilled Nursing Facilities from 20 years ago to today. Skilled Nursing facilities of today are both similar and different from what they were like two decades ago. Similarities comprise of the organizational structure‚ including different departments‚ and the various roles within those departments. The roles of nurses
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Introduction to communication in health‚ social care or children’s and you people’s settings. 1) Understand why communication is important in the work setting 1:1: Identify different reasons why people communicate: • To share knowledge and information • Build and Maintain relationships • Identify dangers • So children can be heard and understand • Identify problems and needs • Follow and/or give instructions 1:2: Explain how effective communication affects all aspects of own work: Listen
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