Unit 13 –Dementia Awareness 1) 1.1. Explain what is meant by the term ‘dementia’ Dementia is a set of symptoms that affect the way people think and interact with each other. It is not a disease‚ but can often be linked to a disease or damage done to the brain. Short-time memory‚ mind‚ speech and motor skills are affected. Certain forms of dementia cause a change in the personality of the individual. A person suffering from dementia will lose certain skills and knowledge they already had. This
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Social Influences on Behavior Rhonda Hager PSY/300 June 25‚ 2012 Teresa Neal Social Influences on Behavior Introduction All humans’ behavior is affected by social influences to some extent. The level of influence will vary from person to person‚ depending on the several factors‚ such as self-esteem‚ their level of self-awareness‚ morals‚ and values (Velden‚ 2007). People do many things to ensure they are accepted by the people in their group and to keep from being ostracized by individuals
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Inclusion-is bases upon the idea of allowing everyone equal access to a service regardless of gender‚ disability‚ religions ETC. Discrimination-treating a person or group less favourably than another in the same situation‚ usually on account of their race‚ age‚ gender‚ disability or relgion. 2. Discrimination may deliberately occur in the work place because they may be being treated less favourable‚ or treated differently because of their gender‚ age‚ race‚ disability‚ sexuality‚ or religion.Discrimination
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manager working with children. Most of us work under organizations and follow their rules and policies. However I feel that these rules and policies are not client centered. As a practitioner I would continually work with my clients to bring about change so that they can reach goals and go back out into the community and live productive lives. I honestly did not use motivational interviewing techniques because I was not trained on them. Many organizations that work with clients diagnosed with severe and
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Social Influence On Behavior By Jennifer Slimp Psy 300 There are several ways human behavior changes during different social situations. Social psychology focuses on these behaviors. Social psychology is the study of how people’s thoughts‚ feelings and behaviors are influenced by actual‚ imagined or implied presence of others. Social psychologists explain human behavior as they interact in social situations. Two examples of human behaviors that have become a major problem in todays society
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describe the person: She was responsible‚ kindness and patient. 4. For each adjective write a paragraph. A. responsible: My grandmother took care of me when I was young. Because my mother have a job in day. I remember at that time‚ my grandmother was not only wanted to take care of me‚ she had a small vendor in front of our home. Sometimes she was very busy‚ but she also took a good care of me. She did not let me hungry and let me get any hurt. I think she was a responsible person‚ because she
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How dose information system influence people’s work 1.0 Introduction Information systems are composed of a person‚ computer and other peripheral devices‚ which can help people and organizations to collect‚ filter‚ process‚ transmit data in a convenient way(Dimitrios‚ Sakas & Vlachos‚ 2013). They have greatly revolutionized the way people’s work since they were formatted in the 1950s with the development of software and hardware of computer science(Petter‚ DeLone & McLean
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The History of Social Work Code of Ethics Abstract Every professional organization is governed by professional ethics or a code of conduct. The organization I chose to discuss in regards to ethics is the National Association of Social Workers or commonly known as NASW. A code of conduct is intended to be a central guide and reference for users in support of day-to-day decision making. It is meant to clarify an organization’s mission‚ values and principles‚ linking
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General Social Care Council Goldings House 2 Hay’s Lane London SE1 2HB Codes Of Practice For Social Care Workers 020 7397 5100 www.gscc.org.uk © Copyright General Social Care Council 2010 Web and print-friendly version Introduction What are the codes? This document contains agreed codes of practice for social care workers and employers of social care workers describing the standards of conduct and practice within which they should work. This introduction‚ which is
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Unit 4222-203 Introduction to equality and inclusion in health‚ social care or children’s and young people’s settings (SHC 23) Outcome 2 Be able to work in an inclusive way There are lots of pieces of legislation in place to protect individuals from issues relating to equality‚ diversity‚ discrimination and rights. From 1 October 2010‚ the Equality Act 2010 came into effect. The Act replaces previous legislation (such as the Race Relations Act 1976 and the Disability Discrimination Act
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