Social care Flashcards
Policies, procedures, and regulations
Protect service users from risk, ensures they are cared for by qualified people who are informed of the best ways to meet their needs safely
How policies, procedures and regulations protect service users
- Work together to prevent and protect service users from abuse
- Empower people to make choices
- Investigate actual or suspected abuse and neglect
- Provide services to those experiencing abuse
How policies, procedures and regulations protect staff
- Apply best practice to meet needs
- Work with the law
- Work effectively with colleagues
- Follow guidelines designed to keep them safe at work
- Minimise risk to themselves and service users
- More protected if something goes wrong
Physical and mental ill health
People with ill health more likely to develop mental health problems
Care professionals take holistic approach to meet all needs
Physical signs of stress
- Tiredness
- Tighness in chest
- Indigestion
- Headaches
- Apetite/ Weight changes
- Joint and back pain
Psychological signs of stress
- Anxiety
- Tearfulness
- Feeling low
- Mood changes
- Indecision
- Loss of motivation
- Increased sensitivity
- Low self-esteem
Behavioural signs of stress
- Increased smoking/drinking
- Withdrawal or aggression
- Lateness
- Recklessness
- Difficulty concentrating
Learning disability
Reduced intellectual ability and difficulty with everyday activities
Physical and sensory disabilities
A condition where a person’s sensory organs function abnormally poorly which limits their ability to perform activities
Person with impairment may only be disabled if adaptations are not in place
Poverty and disability
Twice more likely for disabled people due to high rate of unemployment
1 in 5 adults with disabilities want to find work but can’t find employment
Face extra costs managing impairment
