ASSIGNMENT 204 Introduction to duty of care in health‚ social care or children ’s and young people ’s settings Task A Dear friend I have heard that you would like to work as a care worker and need to know more about “duty of care”. I wish to help and want to try clarify the term to you as much as I can. “Duty of care” is a phrase used to describe the obligation in your role as a care worker. You owe duty of care to your patients/service users‚ your colleagues‚ your employer‚ yourself and
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and procedures. In this assignment I will be explaining how‚ the residential care home‚ of which I carried out my first placement; promotes independence and reduces the risk of abuse and neglect. I will do this by explaining and discussing: approaches‚ strategies‚ principles and will then evaluate the role of multi-agency working in reducing the risk of abuse. Although the residential care homes occupants‚ are all unable to fully look after themselves‚ primarily due to age and related
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maintaining confidentiality‚ this means not sharing an individual’s personal information with another person. Also‚ it’s important to protect the personal information of a client by keeping it between you and the client. This care value occurs in a care home setting when; the Care worker has to maintain confidentiality when looking at personal files of the service users‚ by not leaving it on the computer because someone can walk past and check It. it’s important for them not to share information that is
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and want to make this the focal point of the exercise. Used negatively communication becomes a form of abuse‚ either physically or mentally. I came across a couple of articles about communication breakdown in residential care homes one of which being Winterbourne View care home which cares for people with learning difficulties and autism. Four people were arrested from there in 2011 after secret filming by BBC’s Panorama showed a pattern of serious abuse. Instead of trying to get on with the residents
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for money or trying to make you buy things • People who come to your house and try to make you buy things you don’t want Institutional Institutional abuse can happen in any place which is set up to care for people. This could be a care home‚ a hospital‚ supported living
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I have chosen these responses safety‚ security‚ seeking help‚ serious injuries and alerting for help and have them in this order because they are in order of top priority to help the casualty who has been hit by a car outside the residential care home. I chose to have safety as top priority response as it is really important that the casualty and your safety is the number one priority in dealing with the accident if it is on a dangerous and busy road for example. I then chose to have security as
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situation is that of a man‚ who‚ at the request of his family‚ unhappily (but apparently necessarily)‚ moved to Parkside Manor‚ a small residential care home. Of late Peter’s condition of Alzheimer’s disease has advanced and he has become progressively uninhibited. His behaviour has caused the staff to question Peter’s placement at the care home‚ as some of the other residents are beginning to become troubled and distressed by his behaviour. Some staff feel that with the number of residents needing
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adhere to a standard of "reasonable care" while performing any acts that could foreseeable harm others. Aiii When an employer adheres to the duty of care in a setting such as a residential care home it protects residents as well as the staff. This is because all codes of practice are carried out and makes the home a safer environment‚ e.g. equipment is regularly checked‚ chemicals are stored correctly & staff trained regularly. Aiv Knowing that we must exercise your duty of care towards everyone you work
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370 understand the diversity of individuals with dementia and the important inclusion 1.1 A) The term diversity means to understand and not showing prejudice‚ valuing the benefits of someone being different from ourselves‚ understanding one’s own beliefs and their effects on others‚ not making assumptions‚ understanding the basics of discrimination like gender‚ race‚ age‚ sexuality‚ disability‚ social class. B) Anti-discriminatory practice means to make sure individuals are treated equally‚ promote
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equipment due to used before hand and if a problem arises it should then not be used and reported to relevant persons. All equipment should be used correctly to prevent such mishap. Elderly service users were being transferred to a residential care home without giving the staff a detailed care plan of their needs. Things such as medication and dietary needs were not told which lead to one service user being served food she was allergic to. Some of the cases lead to the deaths of some service users
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