Advance care planning. 1.1 Describe the difference between a care and support plan and an advance care plan. The difference between an advance care plan and a general care plan is that the advance care planning process is to make clear a person’s wishes and this usually happens when there is an anticipated future deterioration in the person’s condition such as an inability to communicate their wishes or them potentially losing the capacity to decide. The individual themselves decides who sees and has access to the advance care plan. A general care and support plan is a plan for their current and continuing health
Health and social care Health and safety – HSC 37- unit 4222-306 Outcome 1 Understandings own responsibilities, and the responsibilities of others, relating to health and safety. 1. Some legislations that relate to health and safety include: Manual handling regulations 1992- In summary, the Manual Handling Operations Regulations 1992, (as amended 2002) require employers to- Avoid the need for hazardous manual handling, so far as is reasonably practicable; Assess the risk of injury from any hazardous manual handling that cannot be avoided; and Reduce the risk of injury from hazardous manual handling, so far as is reasonably practicable. Control of substances Hazardous to Health 2002 (COSHH): COSHH is the law that requires employers to control substances that are hazardous to health. You can prevent or reduce workers exposure to hazardous substances by: finding out what the health hazards are; deciding how to prevent harm to health (risk assessment); providing control measures to reduce harm to health; making sure they are used ; keeping all control measures in good working order; providing information, instruction and training for employees and others; providing monitoring and health surveillance in appropriate cases; planning for emergencies.
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.
Recognizing at restraint use is a nursing specific indicator can help the staff in this situation develop an appropriate care plan. Having a set care plan makes it possible to easily identify when care is beginning to deviate from the care plan, resulting in lower quality patient care as well as risking patient safety. Quality indicators should be used to standardize all care for patients in restraints, making it less likely for the staff in this situation to experience issues. Another important indicator that can be used in this scenario is the prevention and management of pressure ulcers (Montalvo 2007). Nurses play an important role in the prevention of pressure ulcers.
You are to prepare a presentation about Health and Safety. It must include the following: A i A list of the key legislation relating to health and safety in a social care setting. A ii An explanation of how health and safety policies and procedures protect people using social care settings. A iii An explanation of how health and safety policies and procedures protect people who work in social care settings. Aiv A comparison of the differences in the main health and
Safeguarding and Protection of Vulnerable Adults 1.1 Analyse the differences between the concept of safeguarding and the concept of protection in relation to vulnerable adults Safeguarding and promoting the welfare of vulnerable adults is defined as: · protecting them from maltreatment · preventing impairment of service users health or development · Ensuring that vulnerable adults are living in environments consistent with the provision of safe and effective care. Adult protection is a part of safeguarding and promoting welfare. It refers to the activity that is undertaken to protect specific service users who are suffering, or are likely to suffer, significant harm. Effective protection is essential as part of wider work to safeguard
- To determine if epidemiologic data are consistent with the proposed hypothesis and with current scientific, behavioral and biomedical knowledge. - To provide a basis for developing control measures and prevention procedures for groups and populations at risk and for developing needed public health measures and practices; all of which are used for evaluation of the success of the measures, practices and intervention programs Scope and Application *Epidemiology is the foundation of public health and preventive medicine. *It is used to determine the need of disease control programs, to develop preventive programs and planning activities and to establish the frequency of disease. Uses: 1. Studies the history of disease *trends of a disease for the prediction of
Question and Answer Explain the importance of risk assessments in relation to the prevention and control of infections. What is risk? Risk is the chance or probability that a person will be harmed or experience an adverse health effect if exposed to a hazard. It may also apply to situations with property or equipment loss. The risk is the chance, high or low, that somebody could be harmed by these and other hazards, together with an indication of how serious the harm could be.
“Determinants may be individual, relational or social, communal, or environmental which makes this focus of the investigation of causes and association analytical epidemiology” (Stanhope, 2012, p.256). Epidemiology helps explain factors that contribute to health and disease and the development of health promotion and disease prevention
According to American College of Medical Quality (2010), risk management involves identifying conditions that might put patients or a healthcare organization at the danger of undesirable outcome. In addition, the practice involves putting in place measures of avoiding, preventing, and controlling the risks. Quality management in healthcare organization is useful in managing, reducing, and alleviating risks. Risk management is an essential component of making sure that patients are safe, and that the care they get does not endanger their health or wellbeing. Process improvement is a quality management concept that involves the identification of weak areas in order to come up with ways to improve processes at the medical facility.