defined health as: ‘1) the state of being free from illness or injury; 2) a person’s mental or physical conditions’. The same dictionary defined wellbeing as: ‘the state of being comfortable‚ healthy or happy‘. Both health and wellbeing combined together can be defined as the sum of physical‚ mental‚ social and emotional part of a person. These are the ‘resources’ for health according to WHO’s 1986 Ottawa Charter‚ (Earle‚ 2007). It’s also inline with the health definition of the World Health Organisation
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UNIT 8-Psychological Perspectives This assignment will explain three different psychological perspectives and these are: Behaviourism‚ psychodynamic and social learning. In this assignment this will include the main theorists and apply how and why they work. (P1): Explain the principal of psychological perspectives. Behaviourism Behaviourism can also be seen as the learning theory. This was introduced by John Watson in the early 1900’s. This was mainly his thoughts and ideas. When it comes
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In many of the developing countries Community Health Care units (CHC) are considered to be the referral units to primary health care. The location of CHC facilities plays a vital role in making them more accessible especially in rural areas. Location of these health care units affects the spatial accessibility and influences the ease of availing services. Maximum Covering Location Problems (MCLP) were used in planning the location of these facilities without taking into account the population distribution
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Unit 4222-302 Outcome 1 Understand what is required for competence in own work role 1. As a team leader on the unit I am responsible for caring for 10 service users. I am also responsible for 4 staff member that work with me. I help service users with their daily needs‚ which include personal care‚ nutritional needs‚ pressure area care‚ mobility and daily living. I always treat clients with the dignity and respect that I would expect. Service users are offered choices e.g. In what they would like
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Higher Nationals in Health and Social Care (QCF) Unit: Communicating in Health and Social Care Organisations Unit Code Date Issued: 23rd September 2013 Student Name: Student ID Submission Date: Lecturer: Internal Verifier: Assessment criteria Outcomes Assessment requirements To achieve each outcome a learner must demonstrate the ability to: L1. Be able to explore how communication skills are used in health and social care 1.1 Apply relevant
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IN HEALTH AND SOCIAL CARE Standards & Guidelines for Resolution & Learning 1 April 2009 SUMMARY Complaints in Health and Social Care: Standards and Guidelines for Resolution and Learning replaces the existing HPSS Complaints Procedure 1996 and provides a streamlined process that applies equally to all health and social care (HSC) organisations. As such it provides a simple‚ consistent approach for staff who handle complaints and for people raising complaints across all health and social
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The serious failures to protect individuals from abuse were striking even more so knowing that 38 safeguarding alerts were raised about 20 patients from the unit from as early as 2006. There were many accounts of poor practices by the owners‚ Castlebeck. Their priorities were to make profits before taking responsibilities and good care for their patients at the hospital. The local authorities such as South Gloucestershire council can only acknowledge the findings. The patients were put at risk
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© OCR 2013 LEARNING OUTCOMES AND ASSESSMENT CRITERIA A pass grade is achieved by meeting all the requirements in the assessment criteria. Learning Outcome (LO) The Learner will: Pass The assessment criteria are the pass requirements for this unit. The Learner can: LO1 Understand perceptions of health‚ disability‚ illness and behaviour 1.1 analyse concepts of health‚ disability‚ illness and behaviour in relation to users of health and social care services 1.2 assess how perceptions
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Effective communication is very important for all health and social care environments. Effective communication is defined as using verbal speech or non-verbal speech (e.g. sign language) to get another person to acknowledge and understand the point you are trying to get across. Talking slowly‚ clearly and in simple terms is an example of effective communication. (Yourdictionary‚ 2015) Communication involves passing information on and exchanging information with other people. There are different
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two people or more is known as transferring information by speech‚ behaviour‚ visuals‚ signals and writing. Communication is very important in a health and social care setting; this is because the patient/service and the care assistant need to understand each other clearly in order for the service users need to be met and they can have the best possible care possible. This may sometimes be hard to achieve as there are also communication barriers. Many people struggle with some ways of communicating
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