Unit 365 Understanding the Process and Experience of Dementia. A1 Describe the causes of all the different types of Dementia Alzheimer’s disease: The brain is a very complex organ and it is divided up into different areas that control bodily functions. The brain contains at least 100 billion cells. In dementia some of these cells stop working. The part of the brain this occurs in will affect how that person thinks‚ remembers and communicates. Alzheimer’s disease‚ first
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Hazards in Health and Social Care and the harm that may arise from the hazards Anisa Khan Introduction For this assignment I am going to produce an information booklet for new employees. Within this information booklet I will be explaining potential hazards and the harm that these hazards may arise in health and social care settings. My chosen service user group is the elderly infirm. The working environment in which I will be identifying the hazards is a care home for
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potential hazards in Health and Social Care Assignment Introduction In this unit I will explain six potential hazards in a Health and Social Care setting. These hazards in the Health and Social Care setting can all affect the people working in that environment; there are a lot of hazards which can be found in every surface of the setting. In a residential or day care setting‚ much is done to ensure that service users‚ and therefore staff as well‚ are protected from harm. The group of users I have chosen
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Use different sociology perspectives to discuss 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
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of service provision as the care worker constantly revises the policies and procedures and new standards that are being constantly set. Being up to date on the relevant new policies and procedures help the care workers to do their job and maintain of what is expected from them. How standards can be used to help care worker reflect on their practice? Having a standard so they can always reflect with it and achieve the same standardised level that is expected in a care worker. Ensuring that meeting
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Social workers – A social worker will give support and guidance to children and their parents or carer’s to ensure that the correct specialist support is in place to achieve a positive outcome and well being for the child. Speech and language – a language therapist works with children and their parents together both in the home and the school environment. Parents can then work with their child at home and alongside the school to help the child develop in this area. This will make a positive impact
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Assignment 302 Principles of personal development in adult social care settings Task A Ai) Create a guide for the new social care worker about how to reflect on their practice. The guide must include the headings listed with an explanation of each. As part of our job role it is important to carry out reflective practice especially because we work with vulnerable adults and our effectiveness will have an impact on them and their care. Reflective practice means thinking about and evaluating
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In this assignment I will be discussing the influences on different dietary intakes and how it affects the health of a person‚ I will also recommend how to minimise negative influences in a health and social care setting. Health factors resulting in specific nutrient needs‚ influencing the dietary intake: The way in which you feed yourself is very important as after you eat or drink‚ your body breaks down the sugars in your blood and turns it into glucose. The glucose then travels through your
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Practitioners and Provisions There are a number of practitioners and provisions that are available for people with schizophrenia and generalized anxiety disorder. These practitioners and provisions have different routes of access; this includes professional referral‚ self referral and third party referral. Professional referral means when a professional such as a general practitioner (G.P) refers you to a specialist or to another service which would benefit the patient more for the condition. Self
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Unit 1- communication Reflect on my one-to-one interaction During my one-to-one interaction I played the role of a nurse working in the A&E department of a hospital‚ my role was to find out the cause for my patients abdominal pains‚ to find out the cause of my patients pains I did a series of tests that would give me possible answers to her problem‚ in the end as a nurse it was my duty to inform the teenager that she is pregnant‚ but to do so in a calm and supportive manor. At the start
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