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.
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. 2.1 Explain how to address personal hygiene issues with an individual in a sensitive manner without imposing own values? I would address these issues by ensuring that I talk about how good it is to have clean hands and that I would hate feeling dirty and try to keep the conversation light and non-judgemental. If this person is new to care I would ask them if anyone has taught them the best way to wash their hands and give them support. 2.2 Describe how to make an individual aware of the effects of poor hygiene on others?
Some individuals being supported may need to be sensitively reminded about hygiene, it is good practice to explain the reasons for maintaining good hygiene levels, whilst respecting people's differences and attitudes to taking care of themselves. 2.2 Protective equipment, clothing and precautions should be followed at all times when working to minimise the risk of infection. Uniforms should be clean on each day and washed separately from other laundry. Gloves, aprons and good hand washing techniques should be used when providing personal care for individuals as germs can spread very easily in care home settings. 2.3 Concerns about the safety and hygiene of equipment or facilities used for personal care should be reported to your line manager or house manager immediately.
Your physical health would also deteriorate and your social life would also be affected due to your physical appearance and a bad odour radiating around you making it unpleasant for others to be around. It can also make your skin break down which can lead to sores and infections. 2.1 Explain how to address personal hygiene issues with an individual in a sensitive manner without imposing own values I would talk with the individual in a sensitive manner away from others and I would ask the individual what they would rather do or how they would like to it things e.g. their wash routine, or toiletry shop etc. 2.2 Describe how to make an individual aware of the effects of poor hygiene on others If an individual’s poor hygiene was having an effect on others I would sensitively talk to the individual alone to explain that their hygiene level was having an impact on others.
While most cases of onychatrophia are attributed to the nail matrix being damaged, onychatrophia can also be caused by injury and internal diseases. Psoriasis is one of the diseases that lead to onychatrophia. Psoriasis is an autoimmune disease where red patches appear on the skin as a result of a faulty immune system. Psoriasis is actually a major cause of various nail infections. Besides psoriasis, onychatrophia is also caused by lichen planus.
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.
For example could cause the person to become depressed, isolate themselves or to feel scared and alone. Positive factors that could impact on the inderviduals life is that they will get incresed help, aids for support, and the right support team around them such as carers, nurses social services etc could give them a better quality and outlook on life. 1.2 Analyse how societal attitudes and beliefs impact idividuals with sensory loss. Societal attitudes and beliefs can impact on individuals with sensory loss in quite a negative way because people in society can be very judgemental. People in society can also be very prejudice and ignorant by acting and thinking they are better than people with sensory loss, also people who do not understand or who are ignorante to sensory loss think that because that person is different to them they think it gives them the right to make fun about them and this makes life difficult for the person with sensory loss, this could cause the person to become very withdrawn, isolated or become depressed.
Having a duty of care in caregiving means the setting is a safe environment for both individuals and staff members. It is a safe working environment because codes of practice, policy and procedures are being followed. This means that chemicals are stored correctly, training is in place when needed, equipment is testing regularly and individuals needs are being met. How the duty of care contributes to safeguarding individuals? A duty of care contributes to the safeguarding of individuals as it makes sure that polices and procedures are in place and that staff workers are doing all they can to ensure that individuals using the setting are safe and well.
CU2655 – Support individuals to maintain personal hygiene 1. Understand the importance of good personal hygiene. a. 1.1 Explain why personal hygiene is important All service users should be encouraged to maintain personal hygiene as it refers to the comprehensive cleaning of and caring of their body. Maintaining good personal hygiene includes bathing, washing hands, brushing teeth and wearing clean clothes.
The patient may trip or fall do to not being able to see clearly, causing injury. The care provider may give the wrong medication which can be very dangerous causing illness. The stairs can be a challenge to climb even for healthy individuals, this is even more difficult for the vulnerable people especially if there is not adequate support e.g. hand rail or a electric lift. The possible harm of not having adequate support can cause major harm for the patient as they may be more likely to fall and trip