Furthermore, some families feel that they can find someone that they trust in their own church or community. If deciding to go with a home care agency, they do all the screening and interviewing. Families have less input into the selection process and sometimes this can cause stress and frustration. Finding the right caregiver will improve your loved ones quality of life, keep them active for a longer time and keep them happy. One thing to be careful of,
Their aim? Making sure families are able to provide their children with the above factors and able to fulfil their full potential. As an administrator for a team of social workers, I know their job can be emotionally difficult and demanding whilst they hold a very heavy work load. I have witnessed the social workers take call after call. Attend meeting after meeting, and visit home from home.
It places a duty on play settings to not treat disabled children less favourably than those that are not disabled. The Act requires providers to make reasonable adjustments so that disabled children and adults can access their services. The Disability Discrimination Act 2005 gave public authorities, such as local councils, hospitals, government departments, a duty to promote and reinforce equality for disabled people. The Act requires disability equality to be built into services at the beginning of the process. Protection of Children Act 1999 The
Unit 4222-245 Understand the context of supporting individuals with learning disabilities (LD201) 1.Understand the legislation and policies that support the human rights and inclusion of individuals with learning disabilities 1.1 Since the Human Rights Act 1998 became law in 2000, every individual in the UK is protected under these basic human rights and people with learning disabilities are legally entitled to “the right to be treated and live life with the same rights, choices and opportunities as everyone else.” (www.aboutlearningdisabilities.co.uk). Some of the rights cited in the Human Rights Act are especially relevant to people with a learning disability. Article 2 – the right to life and Article 3 – the right not to be tortured in an inhuman or degrading way protect an individual from possible withdrawal of medical treatment and from abuse or neglect in a care home or supported living setting. In conjunction with ISA, this helps to ensure that individuals with a learning disability are treated with dignity and respect and should provide reassurance to their families. On the back of the Human Rights Act came the government white paper Valuing People.
An individual with a learning disability should have support for their needs given by family/care workers/social workers. The legislation and policies protects individuals with learning disabilities, our day to day practices and attitude are important on how effective these policies and rights are followed. 2.1 Explain what is meant by learning disability. * Significantly reduced ability to understand new or complex information, to learn new skills, reduced ability to cope independently which starts before adulthood with lasting effects on development. A condition giving rise to learning difficulties.
Unit 4222-245 Understand the context of supporting individuals with learning disabilities (LD201) 1. Identify legislation and policies that are designed to promote the human rights, inclusion, equal life chances and citizenship of individuals with learning disabilities. * Human rights act 1998 * Equality Act 2010 * Disability Discrimination Act 1995 * Mental Capacity Act 2005 2. Explain how this legislation and policies influence the day to day experiences of individuals with learning disabilities and their families. * It has improved the standards of care that is given to the individuals who have a learning disability, gives them the right of life privacy and to not be subjected to degrading or bad treatment.
1.2 These legislation are set to protect the vulnerable from abuse, prejudice or any form of harassment and labelling individuals or stereotyping them. This will protect their day to day experiences as individuals with learning disabilities and their families. 2. Understand the nature and characteristics of learning disability. 2.1 The meaning of learning disability means an incomplete or state of arrested development of the mind.
People with learning disabilities may have that choice taken away from them. Hence support services are needed to ensure that these people get the best possible care. Some governments are actively pursuing the issue of support for the continued wellbeing of its citizens. For instance, in Wales, services and support people are entitled to include home care help with things like cleaning and shopping, disability equipment and adaptations to your home, day centres to give you or the person who cares for you a break, day care for your child if either you or they are disabled and care homes. Social support is another type of support which is related to the person’s health.
This caused my relationship with my parents to weaken, I did not have enough time to do school work and keep up constant communication with them. I had to find a balance, I realized that I could talk to them every sunday and although we only talked once a week, we had a lot more to talk about. This balance made the rest of the year so much easier, I was taking care of my schoolwork and at the same time keeping my relationship with my parents at the same level. Sometimes people may go overboard with their personal needs and pamper themselves with manicures and massages. To have a balanced work and family life, I believe you have to have your personal needs needs in balance.
Once I had my son, I had to start work to afford all the things a baby requires. My husband worked also and I had to put my son in daycare. Working from eight to five and having a baby at home, I just could not see myself starting school. “As more women have elected to attend college, they have been faced with making choices concerning education and family roles. While men have increasingly been faced with the same choices, women's continuing greater responsibility for household tasks, including child care, means that the choices are of greater consequence” (Teachman,1989).