| | Performance Evidence Record | | CANDIDATE NAME Ishrit Ahmed _____________________________________________________________ Evidence ref: CU268 | Use this form to record details of activities (tick as appropriate) Observed by your assessor Oral questions Assignments/Questions Observation of work products Assessment criteria | UNIT – CU268 Principles of Supporting an Individual to Maintain Personal Hygiene. | 1.11.22.12.22.33.13.23.33.43.53.64.14.2 | Explain why personal hygiene is important. Maintaining personal hygiene is necessary for many reasons; personal, social, health, psychological or simply as a way of life. Keeping a good standard of hygiene helps to prevent the development and spread of infections, illness and bad odors. Describe the effects of poor personal hygiene on health and well-being.
Clean hands are also important, as this ensures that any contact with bacteria that your hands have come into contact with does not have the chance to spread. Washing hands with soap and water regularly will reduce the risk of illnesses like novo virus, MRSA and colds and flu from having a chance to spread to our patients. Outcome 2 2.1 Explain how to address personal hygiene issues with an individual in
Personal hygiene also makes you have feelings of self-worth and can make you feel valued. It can also prevent skin complaints, unpleasant smells and bacterial or parasite infections. 2. Describe the effects of poor personal hygiene on health and well being. Not maintaining your personal hygiene can lead to unpleasant body odours and being isolated by friends and family, it could make the individuals skin break down, this can also cause sores and lead to infections and pain for the individual.
Any injuries or cuts and grazes are present then the wound should be cleaned and dressed as this can help reduce the risk of infection and pain. Hand washing should be encouraged at all times to prevent infections and spreading to others. The effects of poor hygiene on health and well-being can be seen in the physical state of someone. Skin, teeth, hair and breath can all be effected, leading to infections and disease and the acceleration of existing conditions such as tooth decay or fungal conditions. There may be cases of social exclusion and isolation, other people may comment on their poor hygiene causing social embarrassment and a lack of self worth and confidence if they cannot do anything about it themselves if relying on other people to see to their hygiene.
Health BenefitsKeeping your body clean is vital in combating and preventing illness - both for yourself and for those around you. Washing your hands can prevent the spread of germs from one person to another or from one part of your body to another. Flossing and brushing your teeth can reduce the likelihood of oral and other diseases. Social Benefits In many cultures, poor personal hygiene is considered offensive or a sign of illness. Caring for your body regularly can reduce body odor and improve your personal appearance, subsequently improving others' perceptions of you.
Emotional is affected as the person doesn’t feel good in themselves, and physical is affected if their health starts to decrease. Also another thing can be affected if personal hygiene is maintained can be social well-being as the individual may start occur body odour and in some cases other people can find this unpleasant. 2. Know how to encourage an individual to maintain personal hygiene. 2.1- Explain how to address personal hygiene issues with an individual in a sensitive manner without imposing own values: It is very important to always be sensitive and not impose own values upon an individual.
Or you could find that the person gets bullied because of their personal hygiene this could also affect their self eteem and confidence and make them feel worthless so this may after a while affect their mental health. Not maintaining good personal hygiene can make the individual's skin break down, this can in turn cause sores and lead to infections and painful for the individuals. ⦁ Oral - Poor personal hygiene in the mouth can lead to tooth decay and gum problems. If teeth are not cleaned probably or regularly or the individual is frail, ill or dehydrated they could become sore or get fungal infections and gum disease. ⦁ Hands and feet - If the hands and feet are not cleaned regularly it can lead to infections.
Poor medical care is likewise dysfunctional for society, as people who are ill face greater difficulty in becoming healthy and people who are healthy are more likely to become ill. For a person to be considered legitimately sick, said Parsons, several expectations must be met. He referred to these expectations as the sick rolesick roleExpectations of how people are supposed to think and act when they are ill.. First, sick people should not be perceived as having caused their own health problem. If we eat high-fat food, become obese, and have a heart attack, we evoke less sympathy than if we had practiced good nutrition and maintained a proper weight. If someone is driving drunk and smashes into a tree, there is much less sympathy than if the driver had been sober and skidded off the road in icy weather. Second, sick people must want to get well.
Therefore she probably won’t be getting adequate exercise and she smokes, which in itself is detrimental to health. The GP that she spoke to may have felt that prevention, i.e. not smoking, relaxing, eating better and undertaking exercise and living in safer accommodation, would be more effective than the treatment Margi may have been expecting. Within health and social care sectors, the holistic approach to care and support is normally utilised, but there are others that are as important. The holistic approach refers to ‘an approach to care that addresses the individual’s physical, social, emotional and spiritual health, attempting to meet the needs of the whole person’.
keeping active is good for the body and its systems i.e. it maintains a healthy heart and good circulation. Losing this sense of independence can cause negative repercussions on a persons mental and physical health and well-being i.e. if a person is unable to do their own shopping or personal care. It may become necessary to seek help and employ someone to do this for them, and as a result physical and emotional health can soon decline when a person starts to lose their independence.