Unit 379 1.1 I would define mobility as the act of moving, rolling, sitting up, standing and walking. What an individual does to take themselves from one place to another would be within the limits of their mobility. Different health conditions can affect mobility if they reduce the amount the person can move. 1.2 If a person has a broken hip or leg they will find it difficult to roll over in bed, sit up or get out of bed. They may non weight bearing on affected leg and may be reliant on walking aids such as crutches or zimmer frames.
Dementia is a syndrome associated with an ongoing decline of the brain and its abilities. This includes problems with: * memory loss * thinking speed * mental agility * language * understanding * judgment People with dementia can lose interest in their usual activities, and have problems controlling their emotions. They may also find social situations challenging, lose interest in socializing, and aspects of their personality may change. A person with dementia may lose empathy (understanding and compassion), they may see or hear things that other people do not (hallucinations), or they may make false claims or statements. As dementia affects a person's mental abilities, they may find planning and organizing difficult.
Pressure sores may also result from friction caused by your skin rubbing against another surface, or when two layers of skin slide on each other, moving in opposite directions and causing damage to the underlying tissue. This may happen if you are transferred from a bed to a stretcher, or if you slide down in a bed or chair. 1.3 Pressure sores are more likely to develop persons who are at higher risk due to one or more risk factors. Once a person is identified as being at increased risk for pressure sores, measures should be undertaken to reduce or eliminate those risks. Confinement to bed, chair, or wheelchair.
Unit 46 – Provide Support for Mobility 1.1 Define mobility Mobility is the ability to freely move physically. 1.2 Explain how different health conditions may affect and be affected by mobility A vast range of disabilities and conditions can result in mobility and physical difficulties, which may impact on access to learning. Some of the most common on-going or permanent conditions result from muscular and skeletal disabilities and from on-going medical conditions which affect mobility. Some disabilities may be more ‘seen’ or evident than others. Back and neck problems, accidents or injury leading to long term disability, arthritis and any other condition affecting the joints, amputation, fibromyalgia, multiple sclerosis, partial or total paralysis, cerebral palsy and head injury.
Elderly people lose calcium and other nutrients. As the joints breakdown it can cause inflammation, pain, stiffness and deformity. It is important to take care when moving an individual to prevent any fractures occurring. Muscles in the body work like levers and allow the bones at a joint to work like hinges. Muscles will weaken with age which causes stiffness and weakness to certain areas of the body.
Stress can affect us in many areas of our lives. On one hand it can affect our health in bad way it can cause death or be a major contributor to death. It can also affect our relationships and work. On the other hand a little stress can be actually good. It can place a little pressure on us in order that you can perform better.
Individuals with arthritis have to be supported to move gently as they may be in a lot of pain and positioning or moving may be uncomfortable. An individual that has had a stroke might have one arm or leg stronger than the other so this needs to be taken into account when weight bearing or moving so as to avoid putting pressure on the weak side. An individual who is blind might need more reassurance and explanations about the move and what is around them as they cannot see. 2.1Legislation includes the Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations, this introduced the requirement for risk assessment, risks when moving and positioning individuals must be assessed and acted on. all staff must be trained in moving and positioning individuals and employers are to
Whenever an individual becomes distressed they may experience the sense of "self" being compromised, as in low self esteem, effective communication may suffer as an individual feels withdrawn or stressed. This lack of confidence may appear as: passive or even aggressive depending on level of irritability. Distress can also make a person feel insecure about how they are coming across when they try to communicate. Because their self esteem drops at this point, they are likely to mess up their communication or choose not to communicate at
Some of the effects are a decline in muscle function, reduction in cardiac muscle mass, and a worsened immune system. These symptoms of malnutrition can lead to even worse and more serious illnesses. Although it has many psychological effects, malnutrition can also dangerously impact the body. Therefore, nutrition plays a very important role on the health aspects of the body: The relative importance of each class of problem varies and multiple factors often occur simultaneously. Physical factors, usually associated with illness, are the predominant cause of malnutrition in UK adults, although psychosocial issues have significant effects on dietary intake in some groups (e.g.
It also regulates fear and pleasure responses. Damage to the cerebellum can result in dizziness, vertigo, ataxia which is an inability to coordinate voluntary muscle movements, unsteady movements and staggering gait. This can interfere with a person's ability to walk, talk, eat, and to perform other self-care tasks. Other symptoms of a damaged cerebellum include poor motor control, the overestimation or underestimation of force, the inability to engage in rapidly alternating movements, loss of balance and loss of muscle memory. Damage to the cerebellum seems to affect procedural learning such as touch typing.