By firstly understanding what the term carer means I can look at the challenges both care givers‚ and care receivers face. According to a government website a “carer is someone who looks after a friend‚ relative‚ or neighbour who needs support because of their sickness‚ age or disability.” A 2001 census report noted that “6 million people said that they provide unpaid care to a family member.” This is 12% of the adult population in the United Kingdom. This is a great amount of families providing
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Task B Research and Account Report 1 Two carers were moving a service user from a bed to a chair using a hoist. they placed the hoist sling underneath the service user and then attached it to the hoist. Whilst the hoist was stationary one carer turned away to pick up the service users slippers and as a result the service user fell forward to the ground. The service user suffered wounds on their scalp and bruising to their head. The service user was taken to hospital but passed away 10 days
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Coping Strategies of Family Members of Hospitalized Psychiatric Patients Prepared by: ( The Hashemite University School of Nursing Foundations of Nursing Theories Course 2013/2014 Supervised by: Dr. Jamila Introduction Many studies that reflect the importance of coping to environmental stress because without coping to it we can’t deal of any thing around us‚ every day all of people exposed to stress regardless its severity. Coping as a term has many definitions‚ according
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Caregiver burden The term caregiver encompasses medical practitioners and family members that provide care to someone ill (Githuku et al.‚ 2014)According to Mosby’s medical dictionary 2009‚ a caregiver is a person who contributes to the benefits of medical‚social‚ economic or environmental resources to a dependent or anyone incapable of self-care. Caregiver burden is the “physical‚emotional‚psychological‚social and financial problems that can be experienced by family members caring for the impaired
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IMPORTANCE OF PARTNERSHIP When parents and practitioners work together it has a positive impact on children’s development and learning. This can be achieved through communication‚ learning together (e.g. actively involving fathers) and respecting diversity. Be sure to send a text to parent(s) during the day should their child say/do something cute or just to let them know that you’re both having fun together. You could even send them a picture of the delicious pizza their child just created‚ for
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M1:Discuss how policies and procedures help children and young people and their families whilst the child is being looked after. In this essay I am going to discuss 6 policies and their procedures whist a child is being looked after. I am going to expand on why this is important for the child parent or legal guardian and also why they are put in place. Firstly I am going to discuss the Safeguarding Policy. Safeguarding Policy Safeguarding is the policy that describes the function of protecting
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How can care workers be supported to provide better care? Choose two example of unacceptable care from Unit 17 and discuss what changes could be made in each settings to enable care workers to work more sensitively and safely with care users. Providing a better care should be a mutual goal between carers and organisations or employers they work for. To reach this goal‚ adequate support is necessary right from the start. Thorough interviews can help select an individual most suitable for the position
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A factor that may affect communication is the use and abuse of power. In health and social care effectively every care provider has power over all patients on what standard of care they receive. The word power is defined as….. “The capacity or ability to direct or influence the behaviour of others or the course of events” - http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/english/power Often when we communicate there is always an overall power within that communication. The speaker may create the
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Outcome 1 – Understand what is required for competence in own role. 1.1 Describe the duties and responsibilities of own work role. Duties and responsibilities are set by the company policies & procedures and also by following the codes of practise‚ which is a set of regulations explain standards and levels of care that carers are expected to work to as social care workers you must. Protect the rights & promote the interests of service users & carers- this ensure that each service user/carer is an
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CU4177 End of Life & Dementia Care 1.1 Dementia is a progressive disease where an individual’s brain functions deteriorate and affects their mental capabilities. This disease is incurable which is similar to another terminal illness such as cancer. Symptoms of dementia will affect an individual’s memory leading to loss and confusing‚ language/ communication‚ understanding and judgement. Medication can be prescribed to help slow down the progression of symptoms. Within the more advanced stages the
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