Someone to Watch Over You How long do you want to live? Before you give an answer to that question‚ think long and hard about the ramifications of living to a “ripe old age”. Do you want to live to be one hundred if you develop Alzheimer’s disease at seventy? Do you want to spend years facing depression and loss of self-esteem? And there is perhaps the most important question: Who will take care of you? These are some of the issues facing today ’s rapidly growing elderly population. In
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Principles of safeguarding and protection in health And social care Outcome 1.1 Physical abuse – Physical abuse is abuse involving contact intended to cause feeling of physical pain‚ injury or other physical suffering or bodily harm e.g. hitting‚ punching or kicking. Sexual abuse – Sexual abuse is any sort of non-consensual sexual contact e.g. forcing an individual to take part in any sexual activities or behave in inappropriate ways. Emotional/Psychological abuse – Emotional or psychological
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emptying of excess bodily fluids such as that from an ostomy appliance or a Jackson-Pratt drainage (eliminate body wastes); unless contraindicated‚ routine positioning and turning of the patient from side-to-side and flat on back for the prevention of bedsore formation and promotion of comfort or by employing postural drainage for mobilization of pulmonary secretions (move and maintain desirable body postures/protect the integument); ensuring ambient noise is
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Running Head: PUTTING THEORY INTO PRACTICE Putting Theory into Practice: Utilization of Henderson’s Nursing Theory in Everyday Nursing Practice Health care around the world and especially in the Western world‚ has undergone extreme changes over the past few decades‚ however‚ the basic principles of nursing such as caring for the sick and elderly have remained the same. Many of those principles come from the teaching of Virginia Henderson. Her interactional theory of holistic care has helped
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Virginia Henderson Ashley G. Tamayao University of Saint Louis NURSE THEORIST Virginia Avenel Henderson‚ FRCN (November 30‚ 1897-March 19‚ 1996) was a nurse‚ researcher‚ theorist and author. BIOGRAPHY She was born in Kansas City‚ Missouri on Nov. 30‚ 1897‚ the fifth of eight children of Daniel B. and Lucy Minor (Abbot) Henderson. Her father was an attorney for Native American Indians. Her mother came from the state of Virginia to which Miss Henderson returned for her early schooling. She
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Elderly Abuse: Recognizing and Reporting The 2009 United States Census shows that 12.4 percent of the Illinois population was 65 years of age or older. In Illinois‚ an estimated 76‚000 persons over age 60 suffered from elder abuse‚ but the state of Illinois reported receiving only 10‚583 elder abuse reports during 2008. The 2008 Illinois Elder Abuse and Neglect Program Annual Report‚ Demographics reveals that of reported cases of abuse in Illinois that year: almost one in four victims are age
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TRANSFER AND AMBULATION Alignment - Body alignment typically refers to a practice in chiropractics — a field within health care that focuses on the - The practice utilizes a practitioner who stretches‚ pulls‚ massages‚ and applies pressure to the patient’s body to improve skeletal alignment. - Chiropractors argue that body alignment improves the functioning of the nervous system which in turn improves physical and mental health. Ambulation - The ability to walk from place to place independently
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Level 3 Diploma Health and Social Care settings (QCF) Candidate Name Assessor’s Name Unit Criteria Report Learning outcome/ Assessment criteria Evidence Title and Description HSC 024 Principles of Safeguarding and Protection in Health and Social Care 1 .1 Define the following types of abuse: Physical abuse Physical abuse is deliberate physical force that may result in bodily injury‚ pain‚ or impairment. Both old and young people can be physically abused. There are signs or indicators to show
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Medical errors in the United State healthcare system Nitin samireddy Wilmington University Abstract Medical field in the United States is grandiose of all other fields. The healthcare system in the United States is the most complicated. The country spends one of the highest GDPs on health care‚ but lags behind in patient satisfaction and overall health of the population. Nationally nearly 41‚000 or 1 out of 10 patients harmed every year. Community hospital patients have a much higher
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‘ . .I -:.I..@ 1 _ .- Information Technology Management Division and B-240642 January 22‚199l The Honorable John Glenn Chairman‚ Committee on Governmental Affairs United States Senate Dear Mr. Chairman: In response to your request of December 4‚1990‚ we &e reporting to you the results of our review of automated medical records. The report discusses the potential benefits that automation could make to the quality of patient care and the. factors that impede its use. We are making recommendations
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