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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Long-Term Care: The Impact of the Elderly Providing accessible‚ affordable‚ and high-quality long-term care services to an aging population presents a growing challenge to long-term care providers. As the oldest members of the baby boom generation approach retirement‚ federal and state policy‚ makers are exploring policies to care for the increasing number of elderly and to finance expanding long-term care needs. Other concerns include how to provide an adequate mix of institutional care and home
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MM100A 26 October 2012 Social media has become extremely popular over the last decade. Facebook‚ Twitter‚ and YouTube have become a part of most people’s everyday lives. Journalism‚ as well as social media‚ is a huge part of the world today primarily because it is how a lot of people get their information. While social media benefits journalism‚ it is a major hurting factor as well. Social media is often seen as an optimistic thing for many journalists around the world. More times than not
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Research Proposal: Importance of PR Office in Tanzania universities – A Case Study of TUDarCO August 17‚ 2008 By Mohammed Khelef LITERATURE REVIEW Dictionary.com describes Public Relations as the art‚ technique or profession of promoting such goodwill that is exactly what a public relations office (PRO) does. It is the office that specializes in promoting news. The term Public Relations was first used by the US President Thomas Jefferson during his address to Congress in 1807
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in relation to employment responsibilities and rights are: contract‚ policy document‚job description‚ the citizen advice bureau‚ trade unions‚ social services departments OUTCOME 2: Understand agreed ways of working that protect own relationship with employer 1.The terms and conditions of own contract of employment are that I am working as domiciliary care worker‚there are no fixed working hours and I am required to work at such times and for such periods as are necessary for the efficient discharge
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your Personal Ethics Statement. • Topic sentence: Obesity has a deep impact in the life of a child. • Informal outline: 1. Explain how obesity affects the child’s physical health. 2. Explain how obesity affects the child’s mental health. 3. Give ideas of how parents can be involved in the change of habits in the obese child. 5. Summarize why obesity has a deep impact in the life of a child. Obesity has a deep impact in the life of a child‚ physically‚ and mentally as well. An
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Health and social care services should be readily available to everyone within the UK‚ although people with learning disabilities may find access to such services extremely difficult‚ even in today’s society. This assignment looks at the issues surrounding access to health care services and aims to address the differences between health education and health promotion. It also highlights the legislation around health and social care and the importance for nurses to understand the inequalities in provision
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Impact of the Affordable Care Act Donna Proctor Walden University NURS-6050N Section 1‚ Policy & Advocacy for Population Health October 2‚ 2014 Impact of the Affordable Care Act The Affordable Care Act (ACA) was signed into law by President Barack Obama early in 2010. The ACA was introduced into law to help provide access to affordable and quality health insurance to more Americans than ever before. The goal was to reduce health care cost for individuals and government. It has allowed more adults
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me‚ providing different definitions of health and illness for different groups of people seemed unethical. What was good about this this reflection task was that reinforced in me the idea of treating all people‚ no matter what background or social status‚ with dignity and respect. It was also good in that it
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means the difference between people and the values and beliefs that they have‚ there is lots of ways in which people differ‚ for example‚ ability‚ beliefs‚ race‚ religion‚ gender‚ culture‚ the differences in people are what makes an individual and as a care worker it is important to recognise these and respect their individuality to ensure that they feel valued and included‚ if I treated everyone the same or made assumptions or decisions for my service user’s or stereotyped people this would cause them
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