pregnant women carry on drinking alcohol and smoking cigarettes even though they know that it can harm their selves and damage the health of the unborn baby. Researchers from Deakin University in Australia‚ alongside researchers from Norway‚ have found out that mothers who eat unhealthy food while they are pregnant‚ have more of a chance to have children with mental health problems. Pregnant women should have a healthy diet because this will keep the baby healthy. Also‚ they should exercise regularly
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In the care profession there are regulatory requirements and codes of practice that must be adhered to. There is guidance for all aspects of the profession including how to manage complaints and concerns. In my area of work as a nurse and Manager at Carson House it is imperative that the staff and I adhere to the complaints policy. The Care Quality commission is the regulator of Health and Adult Social Care in England. The CQC have provided different Outcomes that they expect all health and Social
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Unit 8: understand health and safety in the social care sector Outcome 1 A list of the key legislation relating to health and safety in a social care setting- · Health and Safety at work Act 1974 · Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulation 1999 · Health and Safety (First Aid) Regulation 1981 include amendment on 2009 · The Electricity at Work regulations 1989 · Manual Handling Operations Regulations 1992 · Reporting
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This assignment will describe how legislation‚ policies and procedures are used to promote the safety of individuals in a health and social care setting. Data protection act 1998 By holding data of the students and the staff at Portland College‚ this act is very important to keeping the individuals’ information safe and secure. At Portland College there are many ways in which the college have their student’s details‚ such as written on paper‚ stored on databases on the computer and also in records
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assessment is a plan put in place to reduce the risk of harm occurring‚ it aims to identify potential risks to the health‚ safety or security of a care practitioner. Risk assessments have to be held under the health and safety at work act and Management of Health and Safety Regulations 1999. It is a lawful document and if not carried out care organisations can face prosecution. The HSE (health and safety executive) can request risk assessments at any time to make sure they are being done and are up to
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relationships within families‚ socially and in a working environment. With effective communication we can convey our ideas clearly. 1.2 Explain how effective communication affects all aspects of the learner’s work There are many ways that effective communication affects of aspects of one’s own work. I.e. failure to pass on vital information that could affect people that you work with or are working for could result in loss of business‚ reputation and damage relationships within a team or between
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Unit 44: P2 Report on specific team activity relating to health and social care For our assignment and as part of our college course we took part in two activities that relate to health and social care. These activities were Children In Need‚ and The White Ribbon Day. Within these activities I took part on my own and as a team‚ they were also both planned as a class. Children in need is run by the BBC‚ They have a vision for every child in the UK. “Our vision is that every child in the UK has
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patterns and trends of health and illness in two different social groups. (M2). The black report was published in 1980‚ and it included different facts about how health can be improved from all different backgrounds in different social groupings. There is still a co-relation between social class and infant mortality rates‚ life expectancy and inequalities in the use of medical services. This was such an important piece of research. This report looked at the differences between health and illness. Sociologists
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self-confidence would be affected because everyone surrounding the individual would know that the individual suffers from dementia. This would also affect their social life because no one would want to associate with someone who regularly forgets what is happening around them. If the individual is taken to a residential home it becomes easier for them because care workers would be helping the person to try and recollect their memories if they can. The self-esteem of an individual who is having difficulties in
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P1- Describe the characteristics and causes of challenging behaviour Challenging behaviour is behaviour outside of the expected norms for a person’s age‚ that is disruptive and difficult to manage and can cause harm. The individual exhibiting the behaviour is likely to suffer from a learning disability or a mental illness or may have had a difficult upbringing. Challenging Behaviour | Characteristics | Triggers | Tantrums | Tantrums are typically characterized by stubbornness‚ crying‚ screaming
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