Unit 4222-250 Support individuals to maintain personal hygiene Outcome 1 Understand the importance of good personal hygiene 1 Explain why personal hygiene is important. People should have a good personal hygiene to maintain their wellbeing and health. Showering or bathing on a regular basis, washing hair and good overall cleaning of the body can help to kill harmful bacteria which could lead to health problems and illness. By maintaining good personal hygiene is important to peoples social, health, psychological well being. Good personal hyginene helps to prevent or develop infections, illness or bad odours, it also helps with confidence, motivation, body image and self esteem.
The working environment can also deteriorate when hygiene standards are low. Poor personal hygiene can also lead to low self esteem, low confidence and leave S/Us feeling isolated and depressed. 2.1 Using a friendly approach, talk positively and sensitively to the S/U about the importance of good personal hygiene and reassure them that you are there to help them if they need that help bearing in mind their right to independence and their ability to act independently and explain that their privacy is just as important to you as it is to them. 2.2 It is important to be sensitive and not impose your own values
- Bad breath: It commonly develops from not regularly brushing and flossing teeth. Food can stuck between teeth causing tooth decay over time. Bacteria likes thrive on these food particles causing different dental diseases. - General diseases: Hygiene practices, such as hand washing, prove the most effective ways to prevent contracting disease and spreading disease. Hands are in constant contact with both the environment and the face, providing easy transportation from the surface of an infected object or person to our nose or mouth.
UNIT 86 SUPPORT INDIVIDUALS TO MAINTAIN PERSONAL HYGIENE 1.1. Explain why personal hygiene is important From maintaining a high standard of personal hygiene an individual feels clean, presentable and comfortable. Through looking presentable and feeling clean an individual’s self esteem and self respect rises. There is less chance of infections developing and therefore the external body is healthier. Personal hygiene means the cleaning and grooming of the external body to make sure the skin, nails and hair are in a good condition.
Odours occur from bacteria found on our skin and in our mouths. Taking good care of our skin and mouth helps to protect us infections regular bathing and teeth cleaning can help to protect us from bad odours. Poor personal hygiene is known to cause illness. Poor hygiene can be a sign of mental health issues or low self esteem from isolation from others. 2 Be able to support individuals to maintain personal hygiene Describe how to maintain dignity of an individual when supporting intimate personal hygiene When supporting an individual with intimate personal hygiene it is important to explain to the individual what is going to happen and ensuring that they understand what is going to happen and that they are comfortable with what is going to happen.
Unit 4222-250 1.1 Personal hygiene is important for many reasons firstly maintaining good personal hygiene will prevent your skin possibly breaking down and the complications that go with that such as it effects your health. Good hygiene could mean people feel more confident and are more likely to want to be sociable. Personal hygiene also helps people have a better self image. Good hygiene also prevents the spread of germs and illnesses to others. 1.2 The effects of poor personal hygiene can make people feel that they cannot socialise and this may make them try to withdraw from others, it may also make the person in question feel that they are not worthy and have a bad self image, people may even feel that they are ugly.
Task 1: Understanding the importance of good personal hygiene. ⦁ Good personal hygiene is important because when we are in close contact with other people body odor or bad breath can be quite offensive to some people and so it is not only essential for well being, but for health reasons too (both mental and physical) Keeping clean and maintaining a respectable appearance are vital to boosting self-esteem no matter who you are, as there are those in society that will not tolerate any sort of neglect to these areas and if they come into contact with some who has bad body or bad breath will most certainly take offense to it and/or will quite probably remark about it to the person in such a way that it hurts that persons feelings and so is further detrimental to their self-esteem. So it is important to be sensitive and tactful when addressing such an issue with someone who is clearly having problems in maintaining a good level of personal hygiene so that their feelings are protected. ⦁ Poor hygiene can lead to all sorts of problems for an individual most likely being unpleasant smells, dermatitis such as sores, blisters and in some cases infections such as scabies or even lice which can lead to long term skin problems if not treated. If the individual is under constant verbal abuse for their poor hygiene it will more often than not result in the person feeling unconfident from low self esteem, which can lead to depression and isolation.
Unit CU2655 support individuals to maintain personal hygiene 1. Understand the importance of good personal hygiene 1. Explain why personal hygiene is important Personal hygiene is important to the individual’s health and well-being. Being clean, and having a respectable appearance is important for maintaining older persons self-esteem too. If you are assisting someone with their personal hygiene, it is important to respect that persons privacy and dignity, as well as carrying out personal hygiene tasks in the manner that the individual wishes you too.
Amanda Coxon 1033747 LD206c Support individuals to maintain personal hygiene 1.1 Explain why personal hygiene is important. Personal hygiene is the act of maintaining the cleanliness and grooming of the external body. This includes bathing and showering, cleaning teeth, washing and combing hair, keeping nails clean, wearing clean clothes and changing them regularly and washing hands after using the toilet. Good personal hygiene is important as it reduces the risk of the spread of infection, increases levels of self esteem and confidence and reduce the risk of unpleasant odours. By promoting personal hygiene in your own practice and appearance, and assisting individuals that you care for, you are leading by example.
Empathy is the ability to understand and share the feelings of another person. Dignity is a concept used in moral, ethical, legal, and political discussions to signify that a being has an innate right to be valued and receive ethical treatment. In the case of Sandra it does not really give too much detail on how treatment was performed it just tells us that the doctor made the decision to proceed with treatment. I assume this is the example to go by and so in response to this particular question respect, empathy and dignity played a big role in the doctors’ decision to proceed with treatment. The doctor saw the quality of life and therefore respected Sandra’s life so much that he went ahead with treatment.