DEM 304: Enable rights and choices of individuals with dementia whilst minimising risks 1.1 Explain the impact of key legislation that relates to fulfilment of rights and choices and the minimising of risk of harm for an individual with dementia Key legislation was enacted to protect the rights and choices of many individuals, including those with dementia, while ensuring that the risk of harm is minimised. The Human Rights Act 1998- applies to all health and social care service users including individuals with dementia. However, these rights can be overruled by care workers or family if the individual poses a risk or is unable to make a decision regarding their own welfare. Individuals should be kept informed of their rights, including
HSC 2015: Support individuals to meet personal care 1.Be able to work with individuals to identify thier needs and prefrences in relation to thier personal care 1.1 Encourage an individual to communicate their needs preferences and personal beliefs affecting their personal care. Covered in reflective account that follows 1.2 Establish the level and type of support and individual needs for personal care. Covered in reflective account that follows 1.3 Agree with the individual how privacy will be maintained during personal care. Covered in reflective account that follows 2 Be able to provide support for personal care safely. 2.1 Support the individual to understand the reasons for hygiene and safety precautions.
In outcome 21 it explains how records should be kept securely and can be located promptly when required. It expresses that important accurate record keeping is a must. The general Social care council (GSCC) codes of practice Also explains how to maintain clear and accurate records as required by procedures established for your work. It also explains about respecting confidential information and clearly explaining agency policies about confidentiality to service users and carers. As well as the
1. Understand the implications of duty of care ← define the term ’duty of care’ (mai scurt) Duty of care : the legal obligation to act toward othen with careful attention and reasonable caution to protect their wellbeing and prevent harm occuring. (sau) ’A duty of care’ is a legal term. It reffers to the obligation of all adults to be aware of the wellbeing of others and take reasonable steps to ensure no-one comes to harm, as a result of any action or inaction. According to UK law, a duty of care applies to all people you come into contact with, but it is of particular significance where children, young people and adults that require safeguarding are concerned, because they are unable to meet their own needs or may be aware of potential danger.
QCF Level 3 Health and Social Care David Mano CU2479 Promote Good Practice in Handling Information in Health and Social Care Settings Outcome 1 1.1 The current legislation tells us that we have to keep records and information safe and up-to-date at all times. Different companies keep various pieces of information. Different information is handled in different ways. We must follow the company policies and procedures about how to handle certain types of information, the policy will follow the guidelines as set out in the Data Protection Act 1998. As a carer we have the responsibility to make a record of the entire task that we perform in a clear way so that the information can be safely transmitted to the other carers and to the management.
It expresses how important accurate record keeping is a must. The general Social care council (GSCC) codes of practice Also explains how maintaining clear and accurate records as required by procedures established for your work. Also explains that respecting confidential information and clearly explaining agency policies about confidentiality to service users and
1.3 CSSIW acknowledges that individuals who receive social care services can be vulnerable and may be susceptible to abuse. Consequently the inspectorate is committed to raising awareness of adult protection. In relation to regulated services, CSSIW will consider, in a timely way, every case of alleged abuse reported to it. It will investigate potential regulatory breaches where appropriate and consider the need to take action where breaches have occurred. 1.4 The Inspectorate will work within the locally agreed adult protection procedures and existing information sharing protocols.
The circumstances mentioned above encompasses self defense, serious offenses against persons and apprehension to name a few, for the sake of this paper we are going to look at when law enforcement uses self-defense and its legality. However knowing the verbatim standard for self defense is important before discussing the cases that will appear later. The federal government defines it as the following under 10 CRF 1047.7 Section A "When deadly force reasonably appears to be necessary to protect a protective force officer who reasonably believes himself or herself to be in imminent danger of death or serious bodily harm."
You will describe different types of abuse, the signs and symptoms associated with them and what to do if you are aware of or suspect an individual has been abused or you note unsafe practice. You will research failings in care services and explore how best practice can help to keep individuals safe . You will also identify the range of people who may be involved with safeguarding, along with the policies and procedures that govern best safeguarding practice. Tasks There are three tasks to this assignment. A Booklet B Research and account C Short answer questions This is a summary of the evidence required for the unit.
RTT Task 2 Establishing a root cause analysis (RCA) especially in a healthcare situation is a fundamental step to avoid future cases of patient negligence as noted with the unfortunate death of Mr. B. The step leads to proper problem solving and identifying faults especially in training and skills transfer amongst health practitioners. However, in consideration of causative factors that lead to a sentinel event such as a patient’s outcome, there are issues worth revisiting. First, it is imperative to describe the problem or define the event through the inclusion of quantitative and qualitative attributes. In the given case study, for instance, future provision of moderate sedation and additional backup must remain a mandatory exercise.