Older people and Social Care My presentation topic is social policy and older people and the key act I’m going to mainly focus on is the NHS & Community Care Act 1990. Going with the assumption that an older person is one whose age is 65 or over – the one distinguishing feature that they possess is that they appear not to work for a living. Older people have always been a major focus for social policy and because the UK is an ageing society‚ their importance to the subject is increasing further
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Nutritional requirements of older people The nutritional needs of elderly people are generally similar to those of younger adults. Recommended daily intakes for micro nutrients as recommended by the Department of Health DRVs (Dietary Reference Values) Nutrient | Recommended daily intake for 50+ years | Calcium (mg) | 700 | Phosphorus (mg) | 550 | Magnesium (mg) | 270 | Sodium (mg) | 1600 | Potassium (mg) | 3500 | Chloride (mg) | 2500 | Iron (mg) | 14.8 | Zinc (mg) | 9 | Copper
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below – and relate to assignment brief. There are plenty of resources for this unit on Moodle to help you. Bring the Powerpoint Slide Handout with you that I gave out last week!!! second lesson M2 – why are these roles/ jobs important in terms of child protection/ safeguarding Here are the key words for Task 2 Know how care is provided for looked after children and young people P2‚ D1 Legislation/legal framework: relevant to home country; relevant
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Year 13: Caring for people with additional needs AO1 Introduction In my AO1 ‘caring for people with additional needs’ portfolio I am going to provide and clearly display in great detail information and understanding of three causes of additional needs. I will do this by researching a range of sources to get in dept information. Then I will provide an explanation with great content of the effects on people who are in need of these services due to their additional needs. Finally‚ I intend to
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To my ear this statement sounds false and a little too fare-fetched. It is truth universally acknowledged that the old people have volumes of experience‚ while the young have the energy and lots of creative power. Therefore I think that it’s not suitable to take sides in this situation. Because in my view there is no way to determine who is better - the old or the young. Obviously‚ each of these groups has its own positives and negatives. I suppose they should co-operate and be helpful to one
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life. This progression is distinctive between all individuals where personal experiences may involve positive outcomes‚ whereas other people may experience negative effects. Often‚ younger men and women develop various beliefs about older people‚ which shape their overall attitudes about their development of aging. Through this paper‚ it will examine an older adult’s personal opinion and experiences about the perceptions of aging. An in-person interview was conducted where the interviewee‚ Jonathan
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essay: There is nothing that young people can teach older people Needless to say‚ we have to respect and obey older people‚ partly because they have more experience and knowledge than us‚ so what they say is almost true. However‚ that doesn’t mean they know everything and young people have nothing to teach them. In the following part of the essay‚ I will support the idea that there are some things we know but they haven’t known and they can learn from us. Young people can teach the elderly anything
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of this paper is to inform you about depression among older people. There are signs/symptoms causes and treatments of depression. There are different forms of Depression and they affect the older people daily living. They have a impact on them emotionally‚ physically‚ and behavior. This particular health condition can lead to many other health problems such as heart disease‚ Depression among older people Depression among older adults is common in the aging process. There are many
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Unit 10 Caring for children & young people P1-There are many different reasons why children and young people may need to be looked after which are unforeseen‚ unexpected and planned situations. Common reasons could involve family related issues including: family breakdown‚ bereavement‚ loss of parent‚ illness or incapacity of a parent such as: hospitalisation‚ substance misuse or mental health needs‚ which means there is no one else to provide care. A Child or young person are suspected or actually
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According to Roberts (1970) older people are the whole of a generation who have survived to a certain age. They are not a deviant group or one small special section of the population. They are ordinary people who happen to have reached a particular age. There are several assumptions made about older people and their health. The first is that increasing age is always accompanied by increasing frailty and disability. As a result‚ the increasing numbers of older people in society are usually seen as
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