EDEXCEL BTEC HND Health and Social Care Management Unit 14: Managing Financial Resources in Health and Social Care Case Study John and Jill are old students of WLCBMS who have completed their HND in Health and Social Care Management. They are setting up a new dynamic care home in Hounslow. John and Jill contact you to join their team as they remember you had a particular interest in finance. You have a preparatory meeting with some potential investors, one being Hounslow Council. John and Jill ask you to prepare the following points in your report to present to the meeting.
After the client has been booked in by a member of staff, we provide the client with a care plan, which is revised monthly. My duties consist of daily support by phone check in’s or one to one consultation. I take money for rent and bill top up, and record this by paper file and petty cash p.c. file. If a client is in need of extra support I mentor and support the client though there needs.
Marketing Research and Segmentation As a Senior Marketing representative for LAC+USC Medical Center (LAC+USC) one of the training tools used to familiarize new marketing representatives in to the LAC+USC marketing team is to provide the trainee with marketing research databases and lifestyle analysis of consumers who currently utilizes LAC+USC and potential consumers who may need medical services. The researched database and life style analysis provides researched resources regarding consumers surrounding LAC+USC and neighboring cities. According to Burns & Bush (2006, n.p. ), “the purpose of marketing research is to link the consumer to the marketer by providing information that can be used in marketing decisions. The purpose of this paper is to provide a brief description of LAC+USC, conduct research on consumers surrounding LAC+USC, and describe research methods and database used and the finding of the databases.
Career Mapping In this essay I will briefly be describing the roles of a registered nurse, self evaluating myself by comparing personal transferable skills that I can bring into nursing. I will be looking at how to develop my skills that I am lacking in and discussing nursing career goals and opportunities I have learnt so far. The role of a nurse is very diverse, they have to be a care giver by assisting patients attending to their needs, communicator as they have to communicate with a range of people; patients and other healthcare professionals. Teacher by educating patients learn about their health and health care procedures they need to perform maintain or restore Health, Advocate to protect the patient and the human rights. Counsellor which is a process helping the patient recognise and cope with the problems.
The purpose of home hospice care is to support the patient, their families, and the caregivers through this process. Home hospice is a valuable resource for people with terminal illness who want to be in familiar surroundings in their final days. A key component to hospice is discovering the patient’s end of life wishes. This conversation involves the medical team, patient, and those wo will be caring for the patient. As a hospice worker, it is not only necessary to support the patient’s wishes but work with their caregivers to accept the wishes and help carry them out.
Lastly, I would contact the GP or Nurse in charge of her to get a deeper insight about the client. After these steps I would record everything I have learned on her care plan for the other staff to reference. Case Study Two Leon Quashie live in support housing. He has learning disabilities. You are his support worker.
Bringing together education and healing was a life-changing experience that made me realize that nursing is my true calling. Traditionally, nurses were viewed as caregivers. In today’s world, image of nursing profession changes as nurses play many other roles such as patient’s advocates, educators, managers, team members, facilitators, and experts. (Zerwekh, 2006). As I read the entries from my reflective journal, I could see how my focus shifted from assisting patient with his basic needs at the beginning of the nursing school to more comprehensive nursing care today.
Discharge planning is a process done to assist and guide patients in managing their care after discharged. “The purpose of discharge planning is to form a plan for patients’ continuing care after being discharged from hospital”(Petersson, Springett, & Blomqvist, 2009, p. 548). In my current practice I have had the opportunity to work with Mr. John Patrick, a 65 year old man who was diagnosed with Congestive Heart Failure Exacerbation. In this paper, I will give the detailed complex of health challenges facing Mr. Patrick, and develop a detailed discharge plan. The discharge plan will include a discussion of the relevant topics from the course; I will make a reference to services available in the community to meet the complex needs of the client, and incorporate evidence from literature to support my discharge plan.
This links to the key methods of the approach with regard to case studies and clinical interviews. | Describe case studies and give an example of the use of case studies within the approach e.g. Anna O. Case studies use a range of sources such as diary entries & interviews with family & friends to gain a large amount of data regarding a particular topic/person. A clinical case study is an in-depth study of a person in therapy and tends to include the age, sex and background of the client, symptoms and the circumstances in which they appear, treatment and an assessment of the client’s state following therapy.
Working in the Nursing Profession: Role play exercise 1.1 Using the assessable skills mentioned previously, your group is to role play as the EN conducting the interview, Jay, his grandmother and Jay's mother. You are to take into account: • Equity, access and essentiality (take into account cultural needs and culturally appropriate language) • Appropriate technology • Community participation • Self-determination and multi-sectoral collaboration, in agreement with Jay and his family The aim of the interview is to: a) Identify interventions for Jay b) Identify suitable health promotion strategies c) Identify target goals (S.M.A.R.T) and expectations d) Identify support system and services e) Identify role of family and enlist family support f) Plan for reviews and contingency plan Part 2: Presentation to address the following 2.1 What classification of disability does Jay have and what is the cause of his disability? • Moderate acquired disability, as a cause of chronic ear infections. There is some permanent hearing loss which has affected language and literacy development. 2.2 What is an assessment of Jay's needs and health issues likely to show?