...Caring for People with Additional Needs: Unit 26 (pass criteria only) Introduction * A brief introduction to the introductory pack including aims and objectives * Include a definition of additional needs * Explain why it is important for care practitioners to be aware of the different additional needs that people may have (150 words) P1 –Outline reasons why individuals may experience additional needs - Produce a newsletter * What are additional needs – What is a physical disability and how does it have an impact on an individual to be classed as an additional need? * What is a sensory disability? Give examples * What is a cognitive disability? Give examples (200 words) Define and describe the different types of disabilities, signs and symptoms, cause of the additional need and why they have an additional need – e.g. Down’s syndrome; cystic fibrosis, autistic spectrum, people with mental health problems, asthma, multiple sclerosis, paraplegia ( 1000 words) For example Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) & (ADD) are conditions which result in problem behaviour and poor attention span. Children find it hard to control their behaviour. They might be impulsive, restless and inattentive. Children can have problems learning and socialising. The causes of ADHD are not clear. Possible causes are thought to be brain injury, chemical imbalance in the brain, genetic links, environmental factors and a possible link to diet. Some of these...
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...The division of healthcare statistics (2011) has found that in America alone “Each day in 2007, there were an estimated 1,459,900 home health care patients” (p. 2). With so many individuals choosing home care there needs to be nurses available to care for them. For many patients at home care provides comfort and piece of mind, but what affects does it have on the care providers? This paper is intended to show the stressors of being in patients homes, caring for the patients themselves, and the patients families on the nurses caring for them. Stressors of Home Care Devlin and McIlfatrick (2010) research shows that a majority of end of life patients would prefer to leave this world within their homes. Wanting to live out their final...
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...someone in need The main objective of the field is to provide services to people struggling to survive vulnerable times in their lives and need additional supports to become more self-sufficient. Human Service organization are designed and developed to assist in making the service the field offers available for the people that need them. [Your paper will benefit from a stronger introduction. The introduction provides an opportunity to capture the reader's attention with a “hook.” It also indicates what the paper will be about and how you will approach the topic. Refer to the 5-paragraph tutorial from Writing Wizards in the Tutorials & Guides section of the Center for Writing Excellence for more information about writing introductions.] Quality Life Services is one Human Service organization within the Human Service Field striving to provide services and supports to individuals with intellectual disabilities and their families. This organization was founded in 1988 and is redeveloping its foundation in the Brownsville East New York area of Brooklyn New York. The organization is a nonprofit organization that is overseen by a board of Directors also known as a governing body whom are Health Professionals, Community activist and parents of children with intellectual disabilities. The mission of Quality Life Services is to provide services to individuals with intellectual disabilities and their families that will enhance the quality of life and care for these individuals while integrating...
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...Caring For Future; Reforming Care and Support By [Author Name] [Institute Name] [Date] 1. Introduction Health law and policy making in the region of UK have been identified in a structural way with the functionalities provided by National Health Service (NHS) since the year 1948. There has been an access point of free access and being highlighted in a positive manner, clinical ideas and formulations have emerged as a greater tendency of force. There have been multiple changes implied and influences to the NHS structure over the course of time (Beresford, 2013). Since the 1970s however, the policy has been strictly related with the management of ever increasing requirement of resources and how to take into consideration multiple distinctions in population demands, availability of services and their qualitative comprehension across the region (Beresford, 2013). An array amount of measurements have been implied to target the distinctions including, in the most recent times, an enhanced implication of mechanisms that are market induced. Staffing requirements in the NHS have always considered it difficult to carry out a prediction and the accounts of professional staffing mechanisms have always signified between a surplus and shortage. Such alterations have occurred in a substantial manner against a background of rising expenses, along with NHS providing a spending amount of national income share in a doubled manner since 1948 (Beresford, 2013). The conventional focus...
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...2010 Edition Nursing: Scope and Standards of Practice Second Edition [pic] American Nurses Association Silver Spring, Maryland 2010 Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication data The American Nurses Association (ANA) is a national professional association. This ANA publication ( Nursing: Scope and Standards of Practice) reflects the thinking of the nursing profession on various issues and should be reviewed in conjunction with state board of nursing policies and practices. State law, rules, and regulations govern the practice of nursing, while Nursing: Scope and Standards of Practice guides nurses in the application of their professional skills and responsibilities. Published by Nursesbooks.org The Publishing Program of ANA http://www.Nursesbooks.org/ American Nurses Association 8515 Georgia Avenue, Suite 400 Silver Spring, MD 20910-3492 1-800-274-4ANA http://www.NursingWorld.org Design: Typesetting: Printing: Editorial services: © 2010 American Nurses Association. All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced or utilized in any form or any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying and recording, or by any information storage and retrieval system, without permission in writing from the publisher. Contents Contributors Overview of Content Foundational Documents of Professional Nursing Audience for This Publication Scope of Nursing Practice Definition of Nursing ...
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...2010 Edition Nursing: Scope and Standards of Practice Second Edition [pic] American Nurses Association Silver Spring, Maryland 2010 Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication data The American Nurses Association (ANA) is a national professional association. This ANA publication ( Nursing: Scope and Standards of Practice) reflects the thinking of the nursing profession on various issues and should be reviewed in conjunction with state board of nursing policies and practices. State law, rules, and regulations govern the practice of nursing, while Nursing: Scope and Standards of Practice guides nurses in the application of their professional skills and responsibilities. Published by Nursesbooks.org The Publishing Program of ANA http://www.Nursesbooks.org/ American Nurses Association 8515 Georgia Avenue, Suite 400 Silver Spring, MD 20910-3492 1-800-274-4ANA http://www.NursingWorld.org Design: Typesetting: Printing: Editorial services: © 2010 American Nurses Association. All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced or utilized in any form or any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying and recording, or by any information storage and retrieval system, without permission in writing from the publisher. Contents Contributors Overview of Content Foundational Documents of Professional Nursing Audience for This Publication Scope of Nursing Practice Definition of Nursing ...
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...Email to Coworker: Management vs. Leadership Heather Hargrave HCS/514 August 8, 2014 Steve Kovak Email to Coworker: Management vs. Leadership There are many individuals that confuse the roles and responsibilities of managers and that of a leader. While managers and leaders both have many common characteristic, the roles and responsibilities within a company are defined differently. The purpose of this paper is to go into detail about these different responsibilities within a company. A leader can be both formal and informal, for the sake of this paper it will be more geared towards explaining a more formal leadership role. Additionally a personal experience will be included to assist in this understanding. Management Defined Management is responsible for the communication with higher cooperate professionals on a regular basis, about the status of the companies goals and objectives. Management reports back to these individuals about the status of goals being met and any necessary issues or concerns that may have been presented throughout the process of caring out directions. Management also assists in any solutions with these concerns by providing additional information (Weaver, n.a). Once a decision is made about how to accomplish the goals made by management and any other higher professionals the next step is to oversee employees and establish a plan that will ensure that duties are being completed in an orderly and timely manner. The manager...
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...protect the health, safety and wellbeing of the public and their healthcare needs. Through researching both entities, a Professional Nursing Mission Statement outlines the valuable characteristics of both establishments with specific roles that are entailed in each one and how they interpret the meaning of quality of care. A: Functional Differences A regulatory agency such as the Wisconsin Department of Safety and Professional Services assists with the regulation and upholding of licensure requirements for delivery of competent care within the nursing profession. Laws that are written and monitored evolve from actions within the legislative and executive branches to safeguard the public (NCSBN, 2015). Regulatory agencies also enforce the state nurse practice act along with overlooking exams that grant licenses and disciplining the license of those that engage in unsafe practice. Nurse education programs require approval from a regulatory agency and need to show that collaboration between students and the facility exist (Nursing World, 2012). A professional nursing organization places emphasis on the nurses as individuals, their profession, and the healthcare needs of the public. Such organizations provide confidence within the nursing field by offering continuing education and community resources for professional growth and support. The ongoing changing needs within healthcare from additional interventions to new symptoms are supported and Professional...
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...that many American families are facing each day. Factors in dealing with this decision are too numerous to count, but we will address a few of them in the following paper, like the financial aspects, psychosocial, and meeting the overall needs of our ever aging parents or ill loved one. Taking care of your loved one is a full time job in most cases. Long-term care facilities are a traditional approach to caring for the elderly or chronically ill members of society. These facilities are set up in a couple of different ways to provide specialized care depending on a person’s need. In some cases, mom may not need a great deal of care with her daily living, but may need help with fixing food or remembering to take her medication. So, the first point of our discussion is assisted living facilities. These are apartment type communities that specialize in assisting seniors who may have a problem accomplishing their normal activities of daily living. The assisted living facilities provide a non-skilled staff to assist with these needs. Although, some of the facilities will assist with medications and bathing but will charge you extra for those tasks and some do not. It is up to you to find the assisted living facility that best suits your needs. The next type of long care facility is a skilled cared facility. These...
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...always hear the US helping other nations fight for the liberty that they deserve. We see the US roaming the globe to feed the hungry. We see the US send out it's best doctors to attend the needy countries. America's mission towards other countries are very noble to be questioned, but what about the welfare of its own citizens? For years, the US is facing a medical emergency and as of today, the federal government hasn't enacted a long lasting and viable solution to the problem. There is no need to use medical or economic jargon to explain to an average American what the problem really is, as it is very evident. Individuals are paying more than the benefits that they receive. And to make the matter worse, the recession in the US economy is causing dramatic numbers of Americans be uninsured. The crisis affects greatly the unemployed and low-paid workers. The price of health insurance nowadays are just too high that it threatens to eat up even the everyday necessities of an average individual. As a matter of fact, according to the World Health Organization (WHO) the US health care system ranks 37th in the world behind Colombia and Portugal despite the fact that US health care system is the most expensive in the planet with expenses all drawn to administrative costs and advertising. Therefore, we are paying for a massive, inefficient. All of us are affected by this. No one is exempted. Effects may not be felt now, but as the problem worsens, you and I will start to think “What...
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...and time consuming jobs you can take on. With that in mind, caregiving is not only a poor paying job but also one of the most overwhelming. Nancy Gibbs wrote that “…30% to 40% of caregivers suffer from depression.” In The Savages, Wendy Savage goes through stress after picking up her father Lenny from the airport. Wendy even begins to struggle with her mental capabilities. For example she begins to take medication to relax herself. Similarly, Gibbs and the Savages expose challenges that people may face when caring for elderly, namely the lack of support that caregivers or more specifically women receive and also the lack of information or preparation that families have. For example, in The Savages, Eduardo is the first caregiver that is introduced. In his scene the Eduardo was caring for Doris, Lenny’s girlfriend, he was being rude and degrading towards Lenny. For instance, when he removed the cereal bowl to make Leonard flush his own toilet. This scene can reflect the need for further assistance for caregivers. In this example, Eduardo is not being paid to care for Lenny and this creates a more stressful and frustrating situation, it also reduces the amount of attention that he can be using on Doris. The environment in which Eduardo worked was not satisfactory and he had to worry about other human factors. Since he is not within the walls of a nursing home it is more difficult to be prepared for the unexpected especially since he has...
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...all human service professions. Her Ten Caritas Processes includes: practicing loving-kindness with self and others; being authentically present; cultivating one's own spiritual practice f; being sensitive to the expression of positive and negative feelings of self and others; developing trusting-caring relationships; using scientific problem-solving methods for care decision making; engaging in a genuine teaching-learning experience that attends to unity of being; creating healing environments; assisting with basic physical, emotional, and spiritual needs; opening to mystery and allowing miracles to enter (George, 2010). These caritas acknowledge the unity of life and connections that move in the circle of caring- from individual, to others, to the community, to the world, and to the universe. Watson’s view of a human being is that of a “valued person in and of himself or herself” who needs to be respected and cared for. According to Watson health is referred to as the unity and harmony of within the mind body and soul (Watson, 2012). Nursing is focused on restoring and promoting health for the ill and their caregivers. Watson believed that in every patient interaction the caring...
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...Focusing on Teamwork Executive Summary Background Sunbeam Healthcare is a not-for-profit health care delivery system with a mission to improve the health of those they serve with a commitment to quality in all that they do. Sunbeam Healthcare’s goal is to provide quality care and programs that set community standards, surpass patients’ expectations and are provided in a caring, convenient, economical, and accessible manner. Objective Sunbeam Healthcare is aiming to improve efficiency and customer satisfaction in the Call Center department through teamwork and a widespread collaboration of everyone involved. The organization has to think about teamwork when it comes to customer service. The customer does not categorize individuals in the organization based on their business unit, department or position. They see them as one entity. Due to the budget constraints, the hiring of additional staff is not possible. Sunbeam Healthcare must find other ways to enhance and develop department productivity and customer service. Goals Sunbeam Healthcare has a firm commitment to excellence and passion for caring. As part of a department of Sunbeam Healthcare, the call center is aimed at providing a continual stream of exceptional customer service, while maintaining an efficient, effective, and well-organized unit. Incorporating teamwork is essential in accomplishing and maintaining...
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...Intro A disability is a physical, mental or intellectual condition, which limits a person’s movement, senses, abilities or activities. ‘The Disability Act 2006 applies to disability service providers funded under the Disability Services program of the Victorian Department of Human Services (DHS). It replaces the intellectually Disabled Persons’ Services Act 1986 and Disability Services Act 1991’. This Act involves principles for people with a disability and for the disability services, in which provide a framework for the quality of services in line with the vision for people who suffer from a disability. These principals include; ‘respect for their human worth and dignity as individuals, live free from abuse, neglect or exploitation, realise their individual capacity for physical, social, emotional and intellectual...
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...TOPIC: “What are the challenges to the individuals, family caregivers and healthcare services for people having Alzheimer’s disease?” With prolonged life expectancy , the population of many developed countries are ageing recently. The prevalence of Alzheimer’s disease with the decline of cognitive abilities increases along with the aging population. There is also a rise of persons younger than 65 having this disease (Cox, 2013). Take Hong Kong as an example ,a research (Yu et al., 2012) estimated the number of people with dementia would rise from 103,433 in 2009 to 332,688 in 2039, with an increase of 222%. Consequently , this phenomenon has brought about an worldwide public health challenge to the individuals, family caregivers and healthcare services. Individuals having this disease face the problem of the loss of independence and dignity. LOPEZ (2003) examines that the major symptoms of Alzheimer’s disease are the significant memory loss , confusion , weaken communication and judgment ability. They have difficulty in doing familiar tasks and need to depend on others to take care of their daily lives such as dressing , toileting and eating. Moreover, Cox (2013) points out that those who are young may be forced to have involuntary retirement due to the inability in concentration , learning new things and making decisions. A sense of uselessness of the patients may arise. Family caregivers of patients with Alzheimer’s disease are facing the challenge of handling the...
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