Unit 2

What type of health and social care professionals would work with an elderly individual with dementia?

• Geriatricians, neurologists, psychiatrists, nurses, occupational therapists, speech therapists, social workers
• Dentists, veterinarians, pharmacists
• Physiotherapists, nutritionists, optometrists
• Cardiologists, dermatologists, radiologists

Organize these options into the right categories.

Groups:

(a) Non-professional job roles

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(b) Professional job roles

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(c) Health professionals

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(d) Social care professionals

• Social worker

• Health care asistant

• Physical therapist

• Engineer

• Support worker

• Care assistant
• Doctor

• Community support worker

• Dentist

• Physician

• Nurs

• Care worker

• Residential care worker

• Architect

• Pharmacist

• Case manager

• Youth worker

• Nurse

• Lawyer

• Family support worker

What are the day-to-day responsibilities she has as a professional health care worker has to Jonah

• Supporting independence

• Prescribe medication

• Providing personal care

• To not follow all policy and legislation

What policy and procedure would a health care worker follow?

Which one of these is not classed as one of the 6 C’s

• Competence

• Commmitment

• Care

• Cost

Describe what is meant by whistleblowing?

Two ways that service user feedback is obtained.

• Through forcing service users to talk

• Using a patients group or forum

• By telling a service user what feedback to give

• A commments or suggestions box

Briefly describe the purpose of health and safety policy.

Answer explanation

A documents that is to comply with requirement set out by the health and safety at work act and others relevant legislation.

Provides guidelines for managing health and safety in the workplace, ensuring safe working environment for employment.

Choose two factors that determine the type of support given to people who are ill.

• The condition of a person - the type of severity

• The persons social needs and circumstance

• The wishes of a person

• The persons current health

Conditions that may be helped by rehabilitations

• Mental illness crisis

• Hunger

• Physical injury

• grazed knee