UNIT 2 - C1 How can different needs affect people at different life stages?

Question 1

What are the different types of need an individual might have?

Answer 1

1. Physical ill health
2. Mental ill health
3. Learning disability
4. Physical and sensory disabilities

Question 2

What are the physical developments in early childhood?

Answer 2

Crawling
Walking
Pushing/pulling/ catching/throwing objects.
Taller
Grow teeth
Longer hair

Question 3

what are the intellectual developments in early childhood?

Answer 3

Recognition of faces/people
Attachment
Language development
Coping mechanisms
Playing

Question 4

What are the physical developments in later adulthood?

Answer 4

Begin to show signs of ageing, such as greying hair
Begin to lose muscle tone and strength
Body shape may change with an increase in weight
Men may have hair loss
Menstruation ends – women are no longer able to have children
Joints stiffer
Muscles weaker
Bones more brittle
May stoop/ loose height
Loss of mobility
Hearing/ eyesight decline
Grey hair
Loose strength
Can keep physical health as good as possible by doing light exercise and keeping active
Lose fine motor skills

Question 5

What are the intellectual developments in later adulthood?

Answer 5

Middle adults have learned how to make compromises, question the establishment, and work through disputes.
Many older adults complain about not being able to remember things as well as they once could.
Memory problems seem to be due to sensory storage problems in the short‐term rather than long‐term memory processes.
That is, older adults tend to have much less difficulty recalling names and places from long ago than they do acquiring and recalling new information.

Question 6

What are children’s entitlements? (Prime & core)

Answer 6

Prime areas:
Communication and language
Physical development
Personal, social and emotional development.
Core areas:
Literacy
Mathematics,
Understanding the world
Expressive arts and design

Question 7

What are the specific HSC needs in later adulthood?

Answer 7

1. Treatment of developing or progressing physical and mental conditions
2. Involvement of family and friends
3. Interventions to maintain physical and mental health