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    Responding To Clients Who Present With Challenging/Self- defeating Behaviours In the mental health nursing environment‚ nurses and their everyday role may repeatedly be subjected to or witness challenging and / or self-defeating behaviour (Health and Safety Executive 2006). In this assessment the aim will be for me to identify and describe a challenging behaviour. In this case the response was to aggressive behaviour which I witnessed on one of my practice placements as a student nurse. Part of

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    Carer Theory

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    believed non-verbal communication can greatly improve the effectiveness of communication between individuals. SOLER shows that non-verbal communication can make the individual feel comfortable‚ secure and understood. It is mostly used in counselling‚ although it can be used anytime. Care practitioners use these theories as guidelines in order to effectively communicate with the service user and other practitioners and to demonstrate active listening. SOLER stands for: • S-Squarely face the person

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    Dementia

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    needs of the Older Person who has the chronic condition of Dementia. I will describe what Dementia is; discuss the physiological and psychological changes that occur‚ and explore the person’s needs. Also I will discuss the role of the carer and multidisciplinary team in relation to caring for the person. I will use the Internet‚ tutors notes and hand-outs for this project. What is Dementia? Dementia is an umbrella term that describes the symptoms that occur when the brain is affected by certain

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    Nutritional Requirements of Individuals with Dementia 1.1 Describe how cognitive‚ functional and emotional changes associated with dementia can affect eating‚ drinking and nutrition Cognitive behaviour is dysfunctional emotions and behaviours caused by damage in brain affecting part of the brain responsible for memory and all that we learn from birth- how to talk‚ eat etc. This means that person with dementia can forget how important it is to eat and drink. They also may lose sense of hunger and thirst

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    Young Carers

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    Contemporary Issues Young Carers and the psychosocial impact on their well-being: and the wider social impact of the role of young carers. To explore the complexities of young carers a definition must be offered. However‚ endeavours to find a clear definition of the term ‘Young Carer’ is difficult‚ due to the complexity and diversity surrounding the function. An encompassing definition of a young carer is ‘_ children and young persons under 18 who provide‚ or intend_ _ to provide‚ care

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    Identify the reasons for partnerships with carers Working with carers is an essential aspect of work with children and young people because: • Gives the children a sense of security • Helps families to feel comfortable with sharing the child’s care • Encourages the sharing of information • Promotes discussion of issues affecting the child • Encourages the family to become involved in the settings activities • Contributes to a positive atmosphere in the setting • Fosters opportunities

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    Impact on My Behaviour

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    Institute of Management Studies Organization Behaviour An assignment on Impact on My Behaviour PRN: 10020441290 Name: Yash Rathore Roll No.: 57 Section: E Impact on My Behaviour Introduction Being an adult of 25 years‚ my behaviour has been constantly altered and modified primarily depending upon the immediate environment in which I had been fostered‚ my upbringing and the company of friends I kept. I would here like to classify the impact by dividing into two different domains which

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    CT236- Principles for implementing duty of care in health‚ social care or children’s and young people’s setting. 1. Explain what it means to have a duty of care in own work role. -Person centred care. -Working within policies and procedures -Working within rules and regulations -Giving each individual their own privacy/dignity. -Making the individuals have their own independence‚ try to get them to do things themselves if they are capable of doing it. -Team work‚ working part as a team or within

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    Dementia

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    SADIE LEWIS Outcome 1 1.1 Dementia is the progressive decline in the cognitive function‚ involving all aspects of perception‚ thinking‚ reasoning and remembering. This is largely to do with damage or disease. This is progressive and leads to the deterioration of the mind‚ affecting an individual’s ability to concentrate on daily tasks. The memory is often affected‚ causing them to forget people‚ dates and events that are recent to them‚ behaviour can be erratic and noticeably different

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    ‘An individual’s behaviour may be influenced by a group’. Discuss this statement with reference to group theory. Being a part of a group can significantly influence the behaviour of an individual. The way people behave being alone can be totally different from the way he or she behaves being a member of a group. Often people tend to “stifle their own preferences in favour of the group’s code of behaviour” or conform to the particular group environment (Mullins‚ 2005‚ p.336). To explain the phenomena

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