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.
Unit 23 Support Personal Hygiene 1.1 Explain why personal hygiene is important? Personal hygiene is important as good personal hygiene reduces the spread of bacteria and other unwanted offensive materials which also reduce the spread disease. Also if personal hygiene is maintained it provides a good and professional impression. 1.2 Describe the effects of poor hygiene on health and wellbeing? Poor hygiene can affect health by spreading disease and making people ill, Poor hygiene affects a person’s wellbeing by making them feel unclean and smelly which could affect the individual by causing them to become depressed, lack motivation & wanting to be alone.
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. For example if a person prefers to have a daily bath or shower rather than a wash, it is your responsibility to ensure this happens. 2. Describe the effects of poor personal hygiene on health and well-being Poor personal hygiene can lead to skin irritations and breaks in the skin (pressure sores) as well as bacterial and parasitic infections, which can have a long term effect on an individuals health if the problem is not treated effectively. It can have an adverse effect on a person’s well-being and self-esteem as they may withdraw from society due to feelings of embarrassment because of bodily odours and unsightly appearance.
2. Be able to support individuals to maintain personal hygiene 2.1 – Support an individual to understand factors that contribute to good personal hygiene 2.2 – Address personal hygiene issues with the individual in a sensitive manner without imposing own values 2.3 – Support the individual to develop awareness of the effects of poor personal hygiene on others 2.4 – Support the preferences and needs of the individual while maintaining their independence 2.5 – Describe how to maintain dignity of an individual when supporting intimate personal hygiene When I help an individual firstly I ensure their safety, then make sure the door is shut and there is the necessary equipment at hand, so that I will not have to rush out of the room and leave them stranded. I also do not discuss the current situation e.g.going to the toilet etc. unnecessarily as this may make them feel uncomfortable, so instead I discuss other things such as any trips they
Speaking to them about issues they might have in a sensitive manner. Talking with them to identify if they need any support to maintain personal hygiene, it could be that they can not do it for themselves or that they do not have working facilities to do so such as a working washing machine. By explaining to the the reasons for good personal hygiene. Main points of legislation that relates to moving/ handling: Including: The Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974 (HASAW/ HSW), The Manual Handling Operations Regulations 1992 (MHOR) How following principles for safe moving/ handling protects those in the social care setting from injury/ harm: By limiting the occurrence of dangerous situations; only moving/ handling when necessary, assessing the potential risks, taking steps to reduce the risks, requesting support, reporting any difficulties/ hazards, using alternative methods, adhering to policies and procedures of organisation, agreed ways of working and legislation.
For this reason it is important that staff ensure equipment is in good working order, safe and clean. Staff can do this by checking equipment regularly, being observant and not putting anyone at risk of danger or harm. It is also important equipment is tested and confirmed to be safe. Equipment should be checked before each use and if appears to be dangerous should be taken out of use and reported and recorded according to your local policy. Example of dangerous equipment may be a sharp edge on the bath seat as this may cause skin tears.
Down the respirator tract into the lungs. Coughs,cold and other common air Bourne infections. How can our own health or personnel hygiene put others at risk in the work place. Good personal hygiene is one of the most effective ways to protect ourselves, and others, from illness. This means washing hands, being carefully not to cough or sneeze on others, cleaning things that you touch if you are unwell
Difficulties that may arise when implementing anti-discriminatory practice and ways of overcoming the difficulties in health and social care In this unit so far I have looked at ways in which individuals should be treated in health and social care settings. I have also looked at legislation, policies and discrimination. In health and social care, it is important to be careful with what you say and do. This is so that you do not cause offence to anyone or discriminate against a certain individual or group of individuals. It is important to promote anti-discriminatory practice when working in health and/or social care settings however; when you are implementing this, there can be some difficulties.
For most adults, hygiene is a personal and private concern. When you are helping someone with personal hygiene it's important to be sensitive and tactful, and to respect their dignity. 1.2 Poor hygiene can cause skin complaints, unpleasant smells and bacterial or parasitic infections. This can lead to long term health problems. The working environment can also deteriorate when hygiene standards are low.
CT268 Principles Of Supporting an Individual To Maintain Personal Hygiene 1. Understand the importance of good personal hygiene 2.1 Explain why personal hygiene is important Personal hygiene is important for feeling good, comfortable and clean – good personal hygiene means the reduction of body odour which can be unpleasant for the individual and others. Personal hygiene also makes you have feelings of self-worth and can make you feel valued 2.2 Describe the effects of poor personal hygiene on health and well-being Not maintaining own personal hygiene can make the individual’s skin break down, this can in turn cause sores and can lead to infections and pain for the individual. Not maintaining personal hygiene can also affect an individual’s mental health and can lead to insecurities and a loss in confidence. Emotional well-being is affected with the person not feeling good in themselves, physical well-being if their health deteriorates and social well-being as the individual may have body odour which will make others find it unpleasant to be around them.