Assignment 249
Assignment 249
Principles of supporting an individual to maintain personal hygiene
Assignment overview This assignment is intended to provide evidence of a learner’s knowledge and understanding of how to support an individual to maintain personal hygiene.
There are three tasks to this assignment.
Task Learning outcomes covered
A 1.1, 1.2
B 2.1, 2.2, 2.3, 3.1, 3.2, 3.3, 3.4, 3.5,
C 3.6, 4.1, 4.2
Grading and marking
Assignments are marked by the centre and graded Pass/Refer/Fail only. The highest grade for any of the assignments in this qualification is a pass.
What the results mean:
Pass: is achieved when all assignment tasks have been passed.
Refer: is when a number of tasks have not been completed to the required standard.
Fail: is when, after three attempts there are still tasks that have not been completed to the required standard.
The following tasks must be completed before submission for marking.
Please record your answers on A4 paper and include your name, signature and date on each page you submit.
Task A
1. Explain the importance of personal hygiene.
2. List two physical consequences of poor personal hygiene on health and wellbeing.
3. List two psychological consequences of poor personal hygiene on health and wellbeing.
4. List two Social consequences of poor personal hygiene on health and wellbeing.
Task B
Read the following case studies and answer the related questions.
Roger is 54 years old and has cerebral palsy with a mild learning disability, however he was fully independent, living in his own house and working part time as an office assistant at a local solicitor’s. He recently had surgery on his left leg, resulting in a reduction in his mobility. While in hospital he contracted MRSA and was
Principles of supporting an individual to maintain personal hygiene
Assignment overview This assignment is intended to provide evidence of a learner’s knowledge and understanding of how to support an individual to maintain personal hygiene.
There are three tasks to this assignment.
Task Learning outcomes covered
A 1.1, 1.2
B 2.1, 2.2, 2.3, 3.1, 3.2, 3.3, 3.4, 3.5,
C 3.6, 4.1, 4.2
Grading and marking
Assignments are marked by the centre and graded Pass/Refer/Fail only. The highest grade for any of the assignments in this qualification is a pass.
What the results mean:
Pass: is achieved when all assignment tasks have been passed.
Refer: is when a number of tasks have not been completed to the required standard.
Fail: is when, after three attempts there are still tasks that have not been completed to the required standard.
The following tasks must be completed before submission for marking.
Please record your answers on A4 paper and include your name, signature and date on each page you submit.
Task A
1. Explain the importance of personal hygiene.
2. List two physical consequences of poor personal hygiene on health and wellbeing.
3. List two psychological consequences of poor personal hygiene on health and wellbeing.
4. List two Social consequences of poor personal hygiene on health and wellbeing.
Task B
Read the following case studies and answer the related questions.
Roger is 54 years old and has cerebral palsy with a mild learning disability, however he was fully independent, living in his own house and working part time as an office assistant at a local solicitor’s. He recently had surgery on his left leg, resulting in a reduction in his mobility. While in hospital he contracted MRSA and was