INTRODUCTION For the purposes of this essay the Elderly Care Scenario has been selected. The aim of this essay is to discuss the concept of vulnerability and why the patient in the Elderly Care Scenario is vulnerable. With reference to the NMC Code‚ the second part of the essay will discuss how the scenario demonstrates/does not demonstrate professional values and how the staff could have empowered the patient and demonstrated respect and maintained his dignity. The third part then discusses the
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The Health Care-Based Vulnerability of Elderly Populations Megan E. Stratton HCS 531 June 11th‚ 2012 Dr. Arenz Russell The Health Care-Based Vulnerability of Elderly Populations Vulnerability‚ or the susceptibility to a form of harm‚ results from an interaction between the resources available to the elderly and communities and the life challenges they face. Vulnerability results from developmental problems‚ personal incapacities‚ disadvantaged social status‚ inadequate formal health
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Healthy People 2020: Childhood Immunizations Every year‚ the number of preventable diseases fluctuates. In 2008 the number of measles cases worldwide was 147‚181‚ and in 2011 the number of cases was 356‚632. However‚ in 2014‚ the number was back down to 138‚386 (Council on Foreign Relations‚ n.d.). The suffering related to childhood preventable diseases like: polio‚ measles‚ mumps‚ chicken pox‚ and whooping cough‚ is a tragedy that not only affects the infected individual‚ but also the family‚ community
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service users; Mr D‚ Mr R‚ Ms M and Ms P who are all described as vulnerable adults with learning disabilities‚ how and why these disabilities have lead to the service users being regarded as vulnerable. For this reason‚ I would define what learning disability is and the effects it may have on the individual service users. I would use the labelling theory in this concept to explain my knowledge and understanding of vulnerability. I will also demonstrate how anti discriminatory and anti-oppressive
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HEALTY PEOPLE 2020 October 2014 Healthy People 2020 The Healthy People 2020 initiative provides a science-based‚ 10-year national objectives for improving the health of all Americans. For three decades‚ Healthy People has established benchmarks and monitored progress over time in order to encourage collaborations across communities‚ empower individuals toward making informed health decisions‚ and measure the impact of prevention activities. (Healthy‚ 2012) The first goal of this paper
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Healthy People 2020 Assignment 1. Access the Healthy People 2020 website by Google search or at: www.healthypeople2020.gov 2. From the home page: click on ‘2020 Topics & Objectives’. a. From this page you can peruse the list of 2020 topics. b. Clicking on a topic will take you to that topic. 3. ASSIGNMENT a. Choose 5 topics. b. For each topic write: i. Name of the TOPIC ii. GOAL iii. OVERVIEW (brief‚ may truncate
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References: UN estimates[edit source | editbeta] World Population Prospects‚ 2010[11]
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Safeguarding vulnerable adults: Unit 11 Judith Darnell: P1 P2 P3 P4 M1 D1. Introduction: There are many jobs in society‚ particularly within health and social care‚ where a practitioner’s main job role is working with adults. It is therefore‚ important for learners‚ hoping to work in these areas to develop knowledge and understanding of safeguarding work. Multi-agency partnerships work at local level to develop policies and procedures which safeguard adults by promoting good practice. Whilst the
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Safeguarding and Protection of Vulnerable Adults Understanding the Legislation‚ Regulations and Policies that underpin the protection of Vulnerable Adults 1.1 Analyse the differences between the concept of safeguarding and the concept of protection in relation to vulnerable adults Safeguarding was defined in the Children’s Act of 1989‚ and is most commonly applied to children and young people under the age of eighteen. Key aspects of legislation have recently been extended to include similar
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Population Revision Notes * Population distribution is how a population is spread (distributed) over an area of land. * Population density is the average number of people living in an area‚ given as people per square kilometer. The equation is Population Density = * The terms densely populated and sparsely populated are used to refer to areas with high and low population densities. * The term population density refers to the average number of people in the area and tells is nothing
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