Disability and Legislation Flashcards
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What is the definition of impairment?
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- Any loss or abnormality of psychological, physiological or anatomical structure or function
- Considered to occur at level of organ or system function
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What is definition of disability?
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- Any restriction or lack (resulting from an impairment) of ability to perform an activity in manner or within range considered normal for human being
- Concerned with functional performance or activity, affecting whole person
- Activity restricted by impairment
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What is the definition of handicap?
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- Disadvantage for given individual, resulting from impairment or disability
- limits or prevent fulfilment of role that is normal for that individual (depending on age, sex, social and cultural factor)
4
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What is the Equality Act 2010?
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- Legally protects people from discrimination in workplace and wider society
- Provides legal framework to protect rights of individuals and advance equality of opportunity for all
- Provides Britain with discrimination law which protects individuals from unfair treatment and promote fair and equal society
5
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What are the protected characteristics?
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- Age
- Disability
- Gender reassignment
- Marriage or civil partnership (in employment only)
- Pregnancy and maternity
- Race
- Religion or belief
- Sex
- Sexual orientation
6
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What are the types of discrimination?
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- Direct discrimination
- Indirect discrimination
- Harassment
- Victimisation
7
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What is direct discrimination?
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- Treating someone with protected characteristic less favourably than others
8
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What is indirect discrimination?
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- Putting rules or arrangements in place that apply to everyone, but someone with protected characteristic at unfair disadvantage
9
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What is harrassment?
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- Unwanted behaviour linked to protected characteristic that violates someone’s dignity or creates offensive environment for them
10
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What is victimisation?
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- Treating someone unfairly becuase they’ve complained about discrimination or harassment
11
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What is the definition of disability in the Equality act ?
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- Having physical or mental impairment that has a ‘substantial’ and ‘long-term’ negative effect on your ability to do normal daily activities
12
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What is the inverse care law?
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- Availability of good medical care tends to inversely go with need for the population served
13
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How does the Equality act 2010 affect dentistry?
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- Places legal duty on organisations including dental services to make reasonable adjustments to reduce barriers that may affect people accessing care
14
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What are the 5 domains for overcoming barriers?
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- Accessibility
- Accommodation
- Affordability
- Acceptability
- Availability
15
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What are some upstream actions to disability services?
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- Policies aimed at social inclusion and better access to education and employment opportunities
- Eligibility for free or subsided dental care
16
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What is a downstream action approach?
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- Design of regional dental care infrastructure to increase access to dental care for disabled people
17
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What is the Adult’s with Incapacity Act 2000?
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- Protect individuals aged 16 and over who lack capacity to make some or all decisions for themselves
- Support their families and carers managing and safeguarding the individuals welfare and finances
18
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What is an individual incapable of doing defined under the AWI act?
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- Acting or
- Making decision
- Communicating decision
- Understanding decisions
- Retaining memory of decisions
19
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What is the Patient Right’s Act?
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- Gives everyone the right to receive healthcare that
- considers their needs
- Considers what would benefit their health and wellbeing
- Encourages them to take part in decisions about health and wellbeing, giving them the info and support to do so
20
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What is the Mental Health (Care and treatment) (Scotland) Act 2003
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- Applies to people who have mental disorder
- Defined under the Act and includes any mental illness, personality disorder or learning disorder
21
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What is emergency detention?
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- Allows person to be held in hospital for up to 72hrs whilst condition is assessed
- Only take place when recommended by DR and where poss a mental health officer should also agree
22
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What is short-term detention?
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- Only take place if recommended by psychiatrist and mental health officer
- Named person should also be consulted
- Usual route into hospital under law
23
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What is a CTO?
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- Compulsory treatment order
- Allows person to be treated for mental illness
- Has set conditions that you need to comply with and depend on whether you stay in hospital or in community
