Unit 13 –Dementia Awareness 1) 1.1. Explain what is meant by the term ‘dementia’ Dementia is a set of symptoms that affect the way people think and interact with each other. It is not a disease‚ but can often be linked to a disease or damage done to the brain. Short-time memory‚ mind‚ speech and motor skills are affected. Certain forms of dementia cause a change in the personality of the individual. A person suffering from dementia will lose certain skills and knowledge they already had. This
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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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Nutrition- P3 * Socio- cultural * Socialization * Social policy * Health factors * Dietary habits * Lifestyle * Economics Food is essential for life‚ our dietary intake is influenced by many different factors this includes: Children act 2004- every child matters. Health Factors There are several different conditions which can influence the foods that we eat. For example Celiac Disease‚ Celiac disease is a disorder caused by a sensitivity to gluten. When the gluten
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Diploma in Leadership for Health and Social Care Services Unit: 654 Manage disciplinary processes in health and social care or children and young people’s settings. 1. Understand how to manage disciplinary processes in relation to health and social care or children and young people’s settings 1.1 Explain how legislation‚ organisational policies and procedures relate to disciplinary processes. Disciplinary rules and procedures provide guidance to employees on the standards and conduct expected of
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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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UNIT 16 1.1 As a support worker current legislation and codes of practice that relates to handling information in my work place are: Data Protection Act – Records keep on my service user has always been kept in a secure place for example his medication records which are store in a lock cupboard. The documents about my service user have only be used for the purpose they were collected. My service user care plan and other documents are normally only available to those who need to see them for
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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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planning possible both in terms of the staffing levels and the skill base of a staff team. Service Users get used to regular staff members and if they have to change half way through their care‚ then that can affect their improvement and can be very upsetting for the Service User. I work in mental health and if my clients have to change their support worker then they clamp up because they feel they have to relive their life time experiences all over again and this makes them feel that they just
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experience in light of past experience and future practice? How do I NOW feel about this experience? Have I taken effective action to support myself and others as a result of this experience? How has this experience changed my way of knowing in practice? (Johns‚ C. 1994) Atkins and Murphy ’s model of reflection (1994) [pic] (Atkins and Murphy 1994) References for Reflection cycles Atkins‚ S. and Murphy‚ K. (1994) Reflective Practice. Nursing Standard 8(39) 49-56. Gibbs‚ G. (1988) Learning
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How essential is morality to health care practice? Medical professionalism in a commercialized health care market --THE DEBATE- Honesty in Medicine:Should Doctors Taking Non practicing allowance in a Research institution indulge in private practice .Tell the Truth?(Interestingly this always triggers a debate on the social networking websites esp facebook with many supporting for /against this private practice of doctors.)Medicine is a noble profession.To some‚ medicine is more than a profession
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