Positive Risk Taking
Unit 24
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For many people risk is an accepted part of everyday life. Every day activities such as catching the bus, travelling on holiday, playing football, setting up home and starting a family all carry some element of risk.
Risk plays a part in our health, safety, security, well-being, employment, education, daily activities, using resources and equipment and in community participation. But some adults, for example disabled people or older people, are often discouraged from taking risks.
Traditionally they are not encouraged to take risks in areas such as budgeting, planning, employment and daily living skills. This may be either because of their perceived limitations or fear that they or others might be harmed.
Everyone has a right to take risks and make decisions about their lives. There is a balance to be found between service user’s participation in everyday activities and your duty of care.
Changes in social care and health policy mean that all adults are being actively encouraged to increase their independence by, for example, travelling independently, and by being fully involved in mainstream society through education, work and leisure.
It is impossible ever to fully eliminate risk. It is however possible to minimise and prepare for risk by preventative action. To support people to live independently or to travel independently or take part in everyday activities means accepting that there are risks that cannot be avoided but can be minimised and prepared for.
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There are 4 types of medication classes these are GSL (general sales list), P (pharmacy medicines), POM (prescription only medicines) and CD (controlled drugs). * GSL medicines MUST be licensed and are sold in shops and supermarkets. Examples of these types of medicine are 36 paracetamol and Gaviscon.
* P medicines can only be sold in registered pharmacies under the supervision of the pharmacist. An example of this is Cholramphenicol (eye drops).
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1 - 1.1
For many people risk is an accepted part of everyday life. Every day activities such as catching the bus, travelling on holiday, playing football, setting up home and starting a family all carry some element of risk.
Risk plays a part in our health, safety, security, well-being, employment, education, daily activities, using resources and equipment and in community participation. But some adults, for example disabled people or older people, are often discouraged from taking risks.
Traditionally they are not encouraged to take risks in areas such as budgeting, planning, employment and daily living skills. This may be either because of their perceived limitations or fear that they or others might be harmed.
Everyone has a right to take risks and make decisions about their lives. There is a balance to be found between service user’s participation in everyday activities and your duty of care.
Changes in social care and health policy mean that all adults are being actively encouraged to increase their independence by, for example, travelling independently, and by being fully involved in mainstream society through education, work and leisure.
It is impossible ever to fully eliminate risk. It is however possible to minimise and prepare for risk by preventative action. To support people to live independently or to travel independently or take part in everyday activities means accepting that there are risks that cannot be avoided but can be minimised and prepared for.
1 – 1.2
There are 4 types of medication classes these are GSL (general sales list), P (pharmacy medicines), POM (prescription only medicines) and CD (controlled drugs). * GSL medicines MUST be licensed and are sold in shops and supermarkets. Examples of these types of medicine are 36 paracetamol and Gaviscon.
* P medicines can only be sold in registered pharmacies under the supervision of the pharmacist. An example of this is Cholramphenicol (eye drops).
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