people’s lives. 1‚ 3‚ There are a range of factors that societal attitudes and beliefs impact on service provisions‚ discrimination is one of the biggest problem in today’s society ‚ people with sensory loss are treated differently‚ and there a lot of barriers that need to be overcome‚ service provision is a term used to describe a wide range of activities‚ including the provision of assistive devices‚ rehabilitation services‚ occupational therapy and health services. 2/1 sight loss-clear
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high level of public and personal hygiene. These two improvements account for probably 80%of the life expectancy. Overall life expectancy increased due to 6 mayor factors 1. Clean drinking water 2. Universal sanitation 3. Significantly improved nutrition‚ particularly during infancy and childhood 4. Vaccination against most common epidemic diseases 5. Access to high-quality trauma (accident and emergency ) care 6. Improved drugs ( particularly‚ antibiotic) 3.2 Examine the
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-Describe how practitioners should apply values of care in health or social care service In this task I will describe how practitioners should apply values of care within a health or social care service. Care values are standards that should be met within a health and social care setting; they are designed to improve the quality of care which is given to people. Promoting care values within a care setting. The care values which are applied in a health care setting consist of; maintaining confidentiality
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points of health & safety policies and procedures agreed with the employer are to protect employees from or reduce the risks of harm‚ illness or injury in the work setting. They also ensure the work setting is a safe environment to work in and employees are properly trained to fulfil their job role and equipment is safe to use‚ properly maintained and employees are trained to use it. Policies and procedures such as medication‚ fire safety‚ COSHH‚ moving and handling‚ are all included in Health and Safety
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P2 – Task 3 Health and Social care settings - Describe the following settings. Residential Care Residential care home is a place where a person leaves their home to be cared for in a safe environment. People who use this kind of care may not be able to live on their own or either it might be their own decision to leave their home to be cared for in a health and social care setting. Sometimes with that kind of decision come up their own family members‚ who decide for them to be cared not
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needs and feelings of other people (Skillsyouneed‚ No date). In simple terms it is treating people with respect‚ fairness and consistency (Martin‚ Charlesworth and Henderson 2010) Communication takes place in many different contexts within Health and Social Care such as; one
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Our campaign was a drugs campaign our main aim was to inform people on drugs and what effects it can have and to not stereotype drug users as they can be anyone. M2- Positive influences I felt our group were very well prepared as we had a good use of resources. This included plenty of leaflets to give out on drugs to inform people on the effectiveness on drugs. We also had a laptop with the Talk to Frank game on it available for people to play‚ and other drugs game activities that were available
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HND in Health and Social Care (QCF) Course Handbook 2012/2013 East End Computing & Business College 149 Commercial Road London E1 1PX 020 7247 8447 www.eastendcbc.co.uk info@eastendcbc.co.uk receptioneastendcbc@yahoo.co.uk ecbcsubmissions@yahoo.com 1 CONTENTS PAGE NUMBER Introduction 3 Programme Overview 4 Registration 4 Assessment and Certification Procedure 4 Subjects of Study 5 Unit 1: Communicating in Health and Social Care Organisation 7 Unit 2: Principles of Health and Social
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Task C reflective account I work in a nursing home for the dementia of the elderly and I understand that their upbringing and background was very different to how mine was‚ some of the service users have a very different view on life with their beliefs but I take into account that everyone has their own way of living and thinking for example sadly one of the services users past away last year and her close friend who also lives in the home wanted me to accompany her to her funeral in a church‚ even
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to allow them to make an informed choice in regards to their care. Aiii METHOD| HOW EFFECTIVE IS THIS METHOD?| Asking/Observing theIndividual.| Asking/Observing is probably the best way of establishing the individual’s communication and language needs as this would immediately allow me to establish their usual language‚ if they are visually or hearing impaired etc. Check the Care plan for the individuals communication needs.| The Care plan can be a good source of information on the needs of the
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