Level 4 HND Diploma In Health and Social Care Social Policy Submitted to Christine Pratt Submitted by Submission Date Table of content Introduction 03 Task 1 - historical and contemporary landmarks in social welfare provision 04 1.1 historical and contemporary landmarks in social policy 04 1.2 factors influencing the development of policy & legislations 07 Task 2 - origins of social policies 08 2.1 Process in key Health and Social Policy legalization
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“Health is a universal human aspiration and a basic human need. The development of society‚ rich or poor‚ can be judged by the quality of its population’s health‚ how fairly health is distributed across the social spectrum‚ and the degree of protection provided from disadvantage due to ill-health. Health equity is central to this premise. Strengthening health equity—globally and within countries—means going beyond contemporary concentration on the immediate causes of disease to the ‘causes of the
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Manage health and social care practice outcomes for individuals 1. Understand the theory and principles that underpin based practice Explain outcome based practice In 1990 health care providers had just began to discover what appeared to be a very powerful tool for reducing variation in patient care practices - clinical paths. A clinical path includes descriptions of key events that‚ if performed by caregivers as described‚ are expected to produce the most desirable outcomes for patients
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their specific sets of demographics‚ certain social determinants of health affect them in different ways. My character was a heterosexual woman of colour‚ living under the poverty line. This demographic is very common in Canada and 28% of women of a visible minority were living in poverty in 2011 (Chui and Maheux‚ 2015). Throughout the course of her life she was affected time and time again by her socioeconomic status. The two main determinants that caused the biggest loss of health‚ and eventually her
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Health literacy is the degree to which individuals have the capacity to obtain‚ process‚ and understand basic health information and services needed to make appropriate health decisions. Low health literacy has a negative impact on a patients health status and use of the health care system. Patients with low health literacy levels cannot make decisions regarding their health care or follow instructions on medications and health maintenance behaviors. This can affect health care in a variety of
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Key Terms / Concepts (Define) Health Policy – Regressive Payments – Proportional Payments – Dispersed Model of Care – Regionalized Model of Care – Patient Cost Sharing – Rationing – Deductibles – Co-insurance – Topics / Areas To Review: - The relationship of health outcomes & the uninsured - What is the role of the “gatekeeper” - Components of high quality care - Identify the most common medical care structures of the twentieth century
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Can Health Care Costs be Controlled? Administrative Responsibility in the Public Sector Brian Devine April 2‚ 2011 Can Health Care Costs be Controlled? Although it has been a hot-button issue for years‚ the heated debate surrounding health care‚ the way it is administered‚ and the costs surrounding it came into full national view during the Fall 2008 Presidential Election cycle‚ and some would say it became an ultimate deciding factor. It seemed that almost simultaneously the general public
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FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT La’Kesha Wright HCS/405 09/16/2012 Sherida Douglass Introduction The role of financial management in health services primary role is to secure the financing need to meet an organization operating objectives. The role of the financial manager is to plan for‚ acquire‚ and utilize capital to maximize the efficiency and value of the organization. Four Elements “The four elements of financial management are: planning‚ controlling‚ organizing and directing‚ and decision
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Postmodernists have two new ways of dealing with health issues. One is called Ayurvedic Medicine and the other is called Therapeutic Touch. Ayurdic Medicine is focused on that everything in the universe is held together by a energy‚ and that this energy is flowing through us as well. Any imbalance causes physical effects (sickness‚ death‚ ageing.) Doctors of this practice use several tools to help improve this balance (stones‚ meditation‚ etc.) Therapeutic Touch deals with the same kind of energy
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Health Care America has a highly developed health care system‚ which is available to all people. Although it can be very complex and frustrating at times‚ it has come a long way from the health care organizations of yesterday. Previously‚ most health care facilities were a place where the sick were housed and cared for until death. Physicians rarely practiced in hospitals and only those who were fortunate could afford proper care at home or in private clinics. Today the level of health care
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