...Independence of older people The older people’s health and wellbeing Framework reference group was established on 21 June 2010. It is a group of older people with experience as users and carers of health and social care services. Its guide is to provide comments and recommendations on a draft service framework document commissioned by the department of health, social services and public safety on the health and wellbeing of older people. For older people, independence is about choice and control. They value helping others as well as receiving help themselves. They also value good housing in safe, friendly neighbourhoods; getting out and about and keeping busy; an adequate income, good information and good access to healthcare. National policies already offer many opportunities to refocus local services in order to promote greater independence and well-being for older people, although better organisation is needed. Mr Ronald (age 81) was referred to the hospital social work team for older people following his admission to the acute psychiatric ward for older people; under section 2 of the Mental Health Act 1983 (an approved social worker from the adult mental health team undertook the assessment). The admission followed a worsening in Mr Wilson’s mental health and an incident in which he apparently threatened his home help with a knife. Mr Wilson had been diagnosed three years previously with Alzheimer’s and at that time the community-based social work team had arranged home help twice...
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...P1&P2: explain the principal sociological perspectives and explain the different approaches to health and ill health. Functionalist Perspective and the approach to Health: The functionalist perspective was published in 1951 by Talcott Parsons which studied the social structure as a whole and the ways in which it functions. This view promotes the social solidarity and value consensus; this is the belief that each person should share the same basic norms and values within society. Therefore, this would make each society run smoothly. Functionalists believe strongly that each individual has an equal opportunity of success within their life, that the nuclear family is a vital concept as it provides the most suitable environment for children to be raised within and believe if an individual has ill health that it is there responsibility to work with health professionals to re-gain good health status. This perspective has been widely criticised by individuals as it is believed that they do not value the diversity within a society. The functionalist approach to health is identified through the relationship shared between an individual who is sick and the whole of society. Talcott Parsons strongly believed that for a society to run smoothly all individuals must be free of ill health and that ‘medicine serves the wellbeing of society as a whole’. Individuals in which believe the functionalist perspective believe that having a sick role in society is classed as an act of deviance...
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...education they need, this will then lead on to them being more likely to get a higher paid job which means that there are more taxes paid which helps to keep the government running. With this system, society will be stable and promote productivity but if it does not go to plan, parts of the system will fail and have to find new order and stability. Functionalism highlights the order that exists in society and focuses on social stability and public values. Some functionalists focus on the function of human behaviours, one of these sociologists is Robert Merton who categorised human functions into two sections; ‘manifest functions’ which included the actions that were obvious and intentional such as attending a church to worship as part of a religion and ‘latent functions’ which are actions that are neither intentional or obvious such as when going to the church to worship they are unintentionally going to also separate their personal values from their uniform, work or religious values. Functionalism doesn’t encourage people to be an active role or go about changing their social environment, even if these changes could be useful and good for them. By using the basics to the functionalist perspective, Talcott Parsons( ) came up with the idea that in order for society to function without error, each individual within society must be healthy. When someone becomes ill they have a new role to fill which includes being excused from going to work or school or going to family events as well...
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...Kings residential care home is located in your area. Task 1 Role of a Healthcare Manager * Define Manager * Define care home / health care manager * Discuss the roles of a health care manager ( leadership, care interventions, organisation and management of care, teaching and promoting health and wellbeing, training and educating colleagues and students, utilizing research and evidence based care). You can find them in week 3 slides. Use these points to discuss the role of a manager and in relate to Seven Kings residential care home. Discuss the role of a healthcare manager in achieving effectiveness and efficient service delivery of care. Role of a healthcare manager: A role of manager within the healthcare sector maybe different according to their titles and the functions of their facilities. Hospital administrators are in charge of admissions, staff and upkeep of medical centers, making sure that patients receive the necessary services. In large facilities, clinical managers focus on a specific department, such as surgery or nursing. They set goals and procedures for their areas of responsibility after consulting with other clinical managers and the chief administrator. Health information managers ensure that sensitive medical data is safeguarded from casual and unauthorized access. A healthcare manager is an individual who deals within the organizations business aspect such as its finances and operations. A health care manager's primary...
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...partnerships also co-ordinates in order to ensure that, each professional's effort are acted upon, and to ensure that each practitioner is aware of what the others are doing. The children Act 1989 laid the foundation for inter-agency and inter-professional collaborations. In order to clearly explain the benefits of interagency partner in health and social care I will look at some real life situation (case study) and show how the agencies collaborate to focus on the holistic wellbeing of the patient. Case Study John is a 69 years old man and he lives alone. Four months ago, he was diagnosed with neuritis disease and he is been advised by his GP to undergo surgery to remove the damaged nerve but he is nervous about the surgery. As a result of his condition, he has been having difficulty with walking and he has to quit his job. He has started drinking in the evenings and also got a liver problem and because of these problems, he is depressed. The ranges of professionals that are working with John to ensure that he gets the best of care include the following: The first point of contact for John is the General Practitioner (GP). He was the health professional who diagnosed him of neuritis (Neuritis is the inflammation of the nerves, involving a single nerve or a series of nerves). The GP also prescribed mild anti-depressants to help reduced some of the depression that he is feeling and also to help him have a positive relationship with his neighbours...
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...practices for promoting and maximizing the rights of users of health and social care services. Legislation is law which has been produce by a governing body in order to regulate, to authorize, to sanction, to grant, to declare or to restrict. In terms of events, legislation defines the governing legal principles outlining the responsibilities of event organizers, and other stakeholders such as the local authority, to protect the safety of the public. (ref:http//www.londoneventstoolkik.co.uk). Legislation aims to get rid of direct and indirect discrimination, promote positive outcomes, to guide others in their practice of care and to allow them to learn from their past mistakes. Both legislation and policy are always evolving and changing, this is in order for them to serve and protect clients from discrimination. Within my placement I ensure that I attend all mandatory training so that I am aware of all new policies which will enable me to provide a better quality of care to my service users. However, the law will always override policy, meaning it is essential to keep policy and procedure. 1.2 Analyze factors that may affect the achievement of promoting and maximizing the rights of users of health and social care services. According to Gauthier (2000), there are many factors that can affect the achievement of promoting and maximizing the rights of users of health, as they usually need long term and short term care. Some of the factors are given below: * Problems in communication ...
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...CARE PLAN: (U40) Name of Patient: Mrs Brown Name of Care Giver: Andreya Owusu-Mensah Date: 04/03/16 Diagnosis of patient: Diagnosed with late onset Alzheimer’s. Individual need: | How is the need met, by whom: what are their roles and responsibilities Mental health nurse | Expected outcomes i.e. how does care improve health and well-being of individual: | Monitoring her conditionMental health nurse | In her case, she would have been referred to a mental health nurse by the doctor. She has mental health needs (Alzheimer’s) and because of that, she needs to be monitored by a mental health nurse to ensure that she is safe. Mental health nurses are also there to assess people like Mrs Brown to be advised of various way of coping, staying safe, improving her health and quality of life. | The expected outcomes are: * Giving the best care possible * One-to-one support * Making people feel safe * Helping to recover episodes of mental health * Giving better diagnosis and treatment * Healthy relationship with mental health professionals | Iron deficiency, malnutrition and dehydrationHealthy diet | In the first instance, she would have been referred to a dietician by the doctor, because she has iron deficiency and malnutrition. In order for her needs to be met, she needs a dietician to give expert advice and guidance about her nutrition, poor appetite, dehydration and weight-loss. The dietician would also give her a dietary plan which the care worker and family...
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...female who self harms in the same way as he will help a female who has lost a child because they are dealing with different problems. The professional also needs to inform the patient about any procedures that will need to occur, it is important that the service users are aware of their rights such as demanding a specific professional or to have treatment in a different health service. This is because the patient may not get along with an assigned professional, they feel uncomfortable because of their gender or because the treatment at that practice is more expensive then at a different one. Both the visible and non-visible differences need to be taken into account and not have influence upon the service providers thought process. Workers should not be influenced by their personal views upon a race, culture or sexuality etc. They should not stereotype against any of the service users nor their colleagues, regardless of the action being intentional or not. This can influence the quality of the provision by allowing everyone to feel important and their culture, religion or sexuality to be made significant in the care provided to every individual. It is also important that each and every staff member promotes their patients and clients giving everyone the same opportunity; for example if one person was able to have their treatment carried out in a different city where...
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...Proper oral health of those 65 and older is not being adequately met. Oral health is a key component in overall health. If care is not met, then it puts the patient at risk for diseases such as dental carries and gingivitis, which can affect his or her quality of life. Lack of oral hygiene also causes a decrease in self-esteem, social interaction, and dignity. It is therefore important that caregivers are provided the correct education, as well as the resources to implement oral hygiene practices, during the at home care and long-term care settings. Importance of Oral Health Oral health is, “the state of being free from chronic mouth and facial pain…tooth decay and tooth loss and other diseases and disorder that affect the oral cavity” (Cadet). For many, oral health is an everyday activity, however, the oral hygiene of those living in long-term care or have at home care provided, are being neglected. Proper oral health affects ones’ overall health. Those dependent upon another’s care are at risk for oral complications such as tooth decay/loss, periodontal disease, and mucosal lesions (Delgato et al., 2016). Due to these complications, Stowers, Giblin, Laspina, and Perry (2017), state that areas being affected are digestion, speech, nutrition, and even social interactions. Lack of oral care decreases patient satisfaction as well as increases morbidity, cost, and mortality to those at risk....
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...show an in-depth understanding of health and wellbeing. I will then produce a comprehensive description that shows an in depth understanding of two different factors that affect health and wellbeing. I will also compare and show the differences between the medical and social models of health and wellbeing and why individuals often fail to comply with health education advice. I will then draw conclusions about each model of health and wellbeing. I will then aim to give a description of two ways of which individual’s quality of life is affected by ill health. Section A Good health is to do with physical, intellectual, emotional and social aspects in life. These aspects affect us daily. Eating healthy and exercising regularly is important as this could potentially prevent illness and disease. Good health may also be affected by society and how the media influences us. This may be related to teenagers and how they often look up to celebrities who could potentially affect their health and wellbeing. Environmental and economic factors have a big influence daily. One example of this is where we live and if there is crime. If there is, this may have a big impact on our physical health as well as emotional. People may be affected by economic factors specifically if they haven’t got much money, this could potentially mean they cannot afford treatment which in turn makes their physical and emotional health worse. There are three ways to describe health and wellbeing, Holistic, Positive...
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...When the National Health Service was first created in 1948, the main fundamental aim was to make healthcare free and equally accessible to all. This was not only seen as social justice but also a way to remove or significantly reduce the contrast in mortality rate between different social class groups in Britain. However after a review by the Working Group on Inequalities, the Black Report was published in 1980, suggesting that the mortality differentials in social class groups are just as significant as during the beginning years of the NHS. Action needed to be taken in order to identify the causes and how to reduce the mortality differential Morgan et al (1985). “Health inequalities are the differences in health status or in the distribution of health determinants between different population...
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...Good Evening every one, The topic I am about to discuss this evening its regarding to the use of ICT and how impact on Health and Social Care Field. How do we support work in Health and Social Care by accessing and using ICT software package? Information and communications technology (ICT) refers to all the sources that send or receive massages/information such as: -television -cellular phones - computer and network hardware -software - satellite systems and services and applications associated with them, such as videoconferencing and distance learning. ICT’s are often spoke of in a particular context, such as ICTs in -education -health care - or libraries There are a numbers of ICT softwares but only the standards one applies on HSC such as: -Word-Processing -Database -Spread sheets -Information Retrieval (IR) -Internet -Intranet - Email -Image software Standard Office Software Microsoft Office includes: -Microsoft Word : files/reports/documents - Microsoft Excel : Spread sheets /Database – Analyse health and social care data, calculations, create health and social care timetable for scheduling, service users information - OneNote : is a freeware note taking program. It gathers notes (handwritten or typed), drawings, screen clippings and audio commentaries. Notes can be shared with other OneNote users over the Internet or a network. - PowerPoint : create slideshows, composed of text, graphics and other objects, which can...
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...After reading your post, I was triggered to review research specifically related to the use of media to improve pediatric healthcare. As a lifetime resident of Jackson, MS I have be exposed to media related to the University of Mississippi Medical Center (UMMC). When I think back on which area is mostly talk about in media, Batson’s Children Hospital at UMMC sticks out in my mind most. UMMC utilizes a great deal of resources to report and research improvements in pediatric healthcare in Mississippi. In a study performed at Cleveland Clinic, the authors aimed to find ways to use social media to build and enhance relationships with patients, their parents and families, and the community alike (Lonzer L., Lonzer D., Medina, & Piedimonte, 2015)....
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...Jose, Great take-away from the article, I agree with you that clinicians such as nurse practitioners can make a difference in improving the healthcare of Americans relative to social determinants. As DNP students we are preparing in the completion of our projects to take on some form of an advocacy role to influence a change in laws, policies or regulations that govern the healthcare system at the local or possibly national level. I think also that the main message that the article The Role of Social Determinants in Health Equity by Jim Anderson (2013) was to help healthcare personnel to realize their importance to improve health outcomes by becoming politically involved in their communities. I like a point you brought up that healthcare personnel...
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...Equality, diversity and human rights in relation to health and social care. - - - - “ Recognising how vital and valuable these are within a health and social care setting is mandatory for you professionals. ” So, what is equality, diversity and human rights? - - - - The true meaning of ‘equality’ is that all people are of the same value. Equality is a huge subject within the caring sector, every person has the right to be treated equally regardless to their gender, race, beliefs, religions, wealth and age. All health and social work practices are required to place a policy that ensures equal opportunities for their staff. The policies are aimed at making sure that all people in the workplace are treated equally for example, access to work, Pay and conditions of work are all equal.Although it is very important, we must not forget that not everyone must not be treated in the same way due to diversity. Diversity? Diversity explains although we all have many things in common with one another, we are all also different and unique in thousands of different ways. Diversity is all about valuing and understanding each other's differences and by embracing that we create a productive environment where everyone can feel valued and have the right to be who they are. Rights? The term rights are essential to know about in a healthcare setting. Knowing the individual's rights is mandatory. Rights also describes the responsibilities of being...
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