1 Know how to recognise signs of abuse A Define the following types of abuse and identify the signs and/or symptoms associated with each type of abuse The Department of Health has defined abuse as “Abuse is a violation of an individual’s human and civil rights by any person or persons” (No Secrets 2000). There are many different types of abuse and individual cases of abuse usually involve a different combination of these different types. (i) Physical abuse Refers to hitting‚ slapping‚ scratching
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Serious care reviews / safe guarding adults Winterbourne view in Bristol summerset abused and neglected vulnerable adults and people with learning difficulties which brought the care home to be investigated. The serious case review says the care home owners put profits before standards. The care staff at the care home bullied and assaulted residents on a daily basis leading to 13 of them being suspended. Three men and one woman had been arrested the police said. A undercover reporter recorded
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Assessment Draft To whom this may concern‚ I am writing in response to your magazine article “Teenagers should listen more!” I have felt the need to reply due to the custody of my views and experience. I am writing this letter to you to hopefully change your views and shine a better light to our future generation which is our very own‚ teenagers. Firstly‚ I’d like to clarify that teenagers are invariably pressured in to making sure they stay well aware from the dangers that the world can come
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attention to? Reflection What was I trying to achieve? Why did I act as I did? What are the consequences of my actions? • For the patient and family • For myself • For people I work with How did I feel about this experience when it was happening? How did the patient feel about it? How do I know how the patient felt about it? Influencing factors What internal factors influenced my decision-making and actions? What external factors influenced my decision-making and actions? What sources
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Financial Ratios and Health Care Organizations Monique Thomas MHA 612 Financial and Managerial Accounting Instructor Stacy Hiles September 10‚ 2012 Financial Ratios and Healthcare Organizations Health systems routinely compare their financial results to those of a peer group of healthy competitors. Although managers of most organizations strive to achieve the outcomes of comparable healthy competitors‚ it is equally important to examine those of unhealthy competitors. By doing so‚ managers
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CU254 – Causes And Spread Of Infection. Learning Outcome 1: Infection | | Characteristics | Illnesses Caused | | | | | Bacteria | | * Unicellular. * Found in almost all kinds of habitats. | * Impetigo. * Salmonella. *Tuberculosis. | Viruses | | * Tiny organisms. * Composed of DNA and protein. | * Attach themselves to other organisms. * Aids/HIV. * Chicken Pox. * Colds/Flu. | Fungi | | * Plants. * Contains chitis instead of cellulose. * Used for food production. | * In
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Rachel Davies 708 Discrimination Discrimination refers to the unfair treatment of a particular group in society or an individual. This maybe if someone was to single another out‚ or treat them differently to others due to their personal opinions and beliefs or maybe due to stereotypes linked to that person. There are several reason that a person may choose to discriminate against others‚ it may be down to their religion‚ psychical or mental ability‚ gender choices‚ appearance or academic performance
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1.1 What is abuse? Abuse is the infringement of an individual’s human and civil rights by another individual or persons. The following is the definition of abuse in The Protection for Persons in Care Act (PPCA). In this statement‚ "abuse" is defined as mistreatment‚ whether physical‚ sexual‚ mental‚ emotional‚ and financial or a combination of any of them‚ that is reasonably likely to cause death or that causes or is reasonably likely to cause serious physical or psychological harm to a person‚
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Principles for implementing duty of care in health‚ social care or children’s and young people’s settings 1 Understand how duty of care contributes to safe practice (a) What it means to have a duty of care in one’s own work role A duty of care is a legal obligation to all Health and Social carers and professionals who have to act in the best interests of individuals and others‚ also not to act or fail to act in a way that results in harm. This duty of care can be a general implied minimum
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When talking about health it is not just about the overall condition of a person whether physical or non-physical such as psychological‚ spiritual and social well-being and not just the absence of illness or disability. Health can also be the ability to manage and adjust to different situations and achieve optimistic holistic understanding. Health inequalities is the dissimilarities of a well-being status among person or groups‚ as measured by factors such as lifespan‚ death or sickness. It also
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