1.1 “Duty of Care” is a legal obligation which is imposed on an individual or group requiring adherence to a standard of reasonable care to prevent harm to others 1.2 I am affected by a duty of care which requires me to (amongst other things) ensure that I • do not permit any residents to come to harm through my acts or omissions. • report any reasonably held suspicion of mal practice. • take all reasonable steps to provide the best care I am capable of to resident. 2.1 Dilemas are most commonly experienced around personal hygiene issues, residents may elect to refuse to take a bath/show and if they are deemed to have capacity then it is their right to do so. However if a resident is in dire need of a bath, perhaps due to issues regarding incontinence, then there is a duty of care upon me to ensure the resident is washed and changed.
It is this long term or chronic stress that causes damage to the body. This can affect our immune system and damage it. Headaches, poor energy levels, poor concentration, emotional outbursts, anxiety and depression: all this symptoms can be caused by stress. When you feel stressed this can prevent us from enjoying life and experiencing the feel-good factors. This can make life appear meaningless and lead to depression.
Here are some of the potential hazards that may cause harm to individuals: 1. Hazards in the physical environment: Your physical environment is everything around you and can have a great impact on the welfare of staff and patients. * Poor ventilation can increase the spread of diseases, such as cold and flu, which are airborne. However caution is needed to make sure that this doesn’t mean people are left in a draught as it is more difficult for more vulnerable patients, such as babies and older people, to maintain their body heat. Ventilation is also important to reduce fumes and smoke in the air so that a person’s health is not at risk.
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.
Convincing another that they are sub-human The process of dehumanization is complete when one personally admits that they are less than “normal” and unworthy to live with others. Some practical aspects of dehumanization: Limiting one’s ability to sleep Sleep is necessary for survival. To deprive one of sleep on an ongoing basis is to deny one’s ability to function in a mentally healthy way. Denying the right to go to the bathroom with dignity Eliminating waste is a basic necessity for life. As a part of human society, it is also something to be done in private.
This may effect an individual’s ability to socialize, work, or carry out tasks in their own life. Phobias may cause more do stress to an individual to where that individual will not want be have anything to with anything associated with the phobia. This may cause the individual to draw away from society all together. There are many symptoms associated with phobias, such as: chest pain, sweating, choking sensation, shortness of breath, dizziness, heart palpitations, nausea, and the fear of dying. (Smith, 2010) Classical conditioning may cause an individual to develop a phobia.
They worry about loss of significant relationships or jobs or about being perceived as incompetent. Communication breakdown problems may show up in physical symptoms such as tension, exhaustion, and psychological symptoms.
As therapist we need to understand clients who seek treatment for help for these conditions, fears are often restricting their life often can appear inexplicable to the rational mind. I will also talk about the role the subconscious plays. Stress, anxiety, phobias and habits can be related. Stress causes anxiety and vice versa. Stress can cause a habit as with smokers.
The excessive concern is displayed in terms of the individual’s health and this exhibited even during ordinary diseases and even imaginary symptoms. Individuals may try to gain help and sympathy from others and is usually portrayed during the latter half of adulthood and is more frequent in females than males. 7. Guilt feeling-Realization of committing an offense when one acts contrary to the present moral standard. It arouses anxiety due to fear of punishment and self-devaluation.
Essay Title: ‘’Discuss the relationship between stress, anxiety, habits and phobias and describe how you would treat these issues with hypnotherapy‘’. No of words: 2.080 Indisputably, neurotic conditions such as stress, anxiety, habits and phobias, can affect a person’s life in many different ways. How each person is affected by these issues can vary depending first of all not only on how severely he is affected but also on how well he can cope with them. However, stress, anxiety, habits and phobias, can all be related in some form or another, since in a way, one causes the other and conversely. For instance, stress can cause anxiety and anxiety can cause stress.