Unit 97 Support Individuals to Maintain Personal Hygiene 1 Understand the importance of good personal hygiene Explain why personal hygiene is important Good personal hygiene important to help take care of your body to prevent illness and infection. Good personal hygiene can also help to prevent the spread of infection to others. Describe the effects of poor personal hygiene on health and well-being Poor personal hygiene is known to be unacceptable in our culture. Good personal hygiene helps us to eliminate odours from our body. Odours occur from bacteria found on our skin and in our mouths.
Also the ability of the body healing itself without medicine is improved. Health If you lead a healthy lifestyle it can have a massive affect on your health. If you’re doing what’s needed to maintain a healthy lifestyle such as doing daily activites, eating healthier foods and drinking lots of water it can have a very positive affect on your whole body. Doing daily activites can benefit your health by strengthening your bones. If you go on running activites this can and has been proven to fight against the aging process and prevents muscle and bone loss that normally occur with age.
1.1 Explain why personal hygiene important Good personal hygiene is essential to promoting good health. Personal hygiene includes oral hygiene, skin hygiene, hair hygiene and hair hygiene, but it is not limited to these 4 as after promoting a good personal hygiene even the clothes that you put on must be clean. Personal hygiene habits such as washing your hands and brushing and flossing your teeth will help keep bacteria, viruses, and illnesses at bay. And there are mental as well as physical benefits. Practicing good body hygiene helps you feel good about yourself, which is important for your mental health.
1.1 Explain why personal hygiene is important Personal hygiene is important because the individual enjoys cleanliness, presentation & comfort. Looking good & clean can boost the person’s ego & their respect among others. The person whose body is clean hardly gets infected. Personal hygiene involves keeping the skin, nails & hair in good shape as well as keeping your clothes clean. Personal hygiene is also important as it clears discomfort & odors that might discomfort others & make friends to isolate you.
Personalized Nutrition and Exercise Plan Mary J House University of Phoenix Sci 241 September 5, 2012 Eating right and getting the proper amount of physical activity each day can be a lot harder to do than it seems. It is though entirely possible to eat right and have a good exercise regimen. It just takes having the tools and the willpower to put it into action and stick to it. I know that to be healthy I need to change the way I eat and get more exercise, and I now have the knowledge to do so. I now just need to muster up the courage and willpower to make some healthy changes to my diet and exercise routines.
This is done to keep the body and hair clean and free from infections. Through eating, drinking, coughing, sneezing, sweating and elimination of urine and excrement the body needs cleaning to prevent infection, discomfort and odors. Personal hygiene is essential for good health and well being Having a clean and respectable appearance and pleasant environment is key to maintaining the self-esteem of older people. The better they feel, the more they can enjoy life, making life more pleasurable for both them and for the staff. For most adults, hygiene is a personal and private concern.
A guide for social care worker which Describe ways they can ensure the environment promotes well being The environment in which a person lives can promote self esteem and well being by doing the following making the home welcoming ,well maintained,comfortable,accessible,light and airy,Safe ,having familiar objects .In the individuals environment you should always ask permission before entering their room always knock on the door. close doors when performing personal hygiene but also check first with the person to make sure they are happy with that. Every individual should have time and space to do things in private if they wish to. They individual should have equipment that meets their needs -slide sheets, air mattresses, hoist slings ,stand aids, wheel chairs ect which all should be regular checked. There should be noised controlled areas quite rooms and noisy rooms with plenty of activities going of these rooms should be colourful, ventilated and with fresh air in the summer and heat in the winter.
P2: EXPLAIN DIFFERENT SOCIOLOGICAL APPROACHES TO HEALTH AND ILL HEALTH CONCEPTS OF HEALTH: The concept of health is wide and the way we define health also depends on individual perception, religious beliefs, cultural values, norms, and social class. A POSITIVE CONCEPT OF HEALTH A positive concept of health is the belief that being healthy is a state achieved only by continuous effort. People with this belief take active steps to maintain their health for example, through their choice of food, by taking exercise and other activities they believe will keep them well. Such people are likely to feel responsible for their own health. They will take credit for the continued absence of disease and blame themselves if they develop symptoms.
I know it is not an easy thing to do but you can benefit from this which is living a longer life to being stronger. Your diet should be containing more of these items whole grains, olive oil, vegetables, fish, and fruits. So incorporate these items in your diet for a healthy heart and better functioning body. If you don’t care about yourself no one else will so take pride in yourself so you can live. SLIDE FIFTEEN To sum up for you what I have discussed which can be a scary thing to deal with especially in our older years.
Protein is needed in the diet for growth and repair of the body. Protein protects the body form infections and disease. Protein is also a good source of some vitamins and minerals. The best foods to be included in the diet to get protein into your body would be dairy products, meat, fish and eggs. Carbohydrates is needed in the diet for energy and warmth, once there is carbohydrates in the body it keep us going throughout the day.