Health and Social Care
How to deal with sensory loss in people you care for
Imagine a world where you couldn’t experience everything fully
Food is insipid at best; reading becomes more of an effort. Your family complain that they can’t hear themselves think when you watch the television, and you can’t really[...]
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Why Health and Social Care is a Rewarding Career
It’s a sad fact of life that within all communities there are vulnerable groups of people. Some need full-time care, while others need help as they can’t manage alone but are still capable of leading an independent life.
As a consequence, there[...]
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New Guidelines For End-Of-Life Care
Draft guidelines have been issued by the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) concerning the end of life care
This new guidance comes after the ending of what became known as “The Liverpool Care Pathway” which advocated the[...]
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Caring for elderly people
Caring for the elderly
When caring for the elderly, you need to take into account their different requirements and individual care preferences. Taking a Health and Social Care (Adults) QCF course is ideal if you have a job as[...]
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Caring For Someone With Dementia
What is Dementia?
Today, more than 800,000 people live with dementia in the UK. This is projected to grow by up to 40% within the next 15 years. Dementia can affect people in different ways, or with different combinations of symptoms.
The risk of developing[...]
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