The reasons for increased interest and use of complementary therapies are not well understand ,though many opinions have been offered .Some have suggested that the move towards complementary therapies represents a '' flight from science
Complementary Therapies Introduction: Complementary therapies in health care are not new. The use of herbs, oils, lying on of hands or the treatment of forms of energy within the human body appears to have existed in some form or another for thousands of year. Social trends and cultural change similarly influences a person's health care beliefs. As a result ,some health care practices such as herbalist or healing have been the object of persecution during certain periods of social history .Perhaps current health care trends demanding choice in health care treatment are simply social trends and a response to consumer desire in the search for the 'Panacea for all ills'. Interestingly the shift towards individualised forms of health care is not only occurring in one small area of western society but, according to the British Medical Association (BMA), a number of indicators suggest that there has been an increase in the use of non-conventional therapies not only in the UK but also in the US and in Europe. Additionally, the successful use of preventive medicine and enhanced quality of health in the West has resulted in an increasingly critical reflection of the way in which health and illness is perceived and care meted out when treating disorders. There is growing recognition of the interplay between mind and body upon the state of an individual's health and wellbeing.
Health And Social Care A01 Unit 2 Communication
Communication A01 There are many different ways in which you communicate with somone, these include, oral communication, written communicaion, computerised communication, and communication for people with special needs for example, braile, sign language and makaton. Oral communication is communication by the word of mouth for example having a conversation with someone requires the development of skills and social coordination meaning to show an interest, being able to interest the person you are having a conversation with and having the ability to start and end conversations. Argyle 1983 devised a model called the, "Sender and Reciever Model." This model encodes oral messages by the sender and then decodes by the reciever: Sender Encodes Message Decodes Reciever Thompson 1986 argued that communication is important for two reasons such as, enabling people to share information and enabling to have relationships with people as Thompson claimed that, "relationship is the communcation." Oral communication helps with everyday tasks such as, * Problem solving * Greeting people * Asking for information * Providing support * Explaining issues and procedures * Exchanging ideas or Learning ideas Oral communication is central in being able to bond and to have relationships with people, health care workers have to have highly developed social
Critically Assess Sociological Explanations for Inequalities in Health by Gender
Critically Assess Sociological Explanations for Inequalities in Health by Gender Inequalities in health happen. They are not just a biological fact, if they were purely biological we would see health and illness randomly occurring across the population, with virtually everyone having a similar chance of being ill, this is not the case. Inequalities in health both physical and mental vary depending on what class, ethnic or gender group that you may belong in. Sociologists have attempted to explain why men and women have different health chances, how gender roles are socially constructed, and are learnt through the process of socialization and not biologically determined. These social variations are assessed and explained within four general approaches of health inequalities. The social constructionist approach or artefact theory suggests that health inequalities are not actually as unequal as they first seem. Alison Mcfarlane suggests that 'the statistics are misleading'. An example of how morbidity rates are being exaggerated is that, women see their GP more frequently than men do and they report more illnesses. This is probably because women are more sensitive to the symptoms of illness and family health. It is much easier for the women/mother to see their GP than a man because generally their partners are the full-time worker, which makes it harder for them to
Poverty and healthcare.
DIPLOMA IN NURSING 02/09 DN1 POVERTY AND HEALTHCARE ID NO: 13121 Submission Date: 3 February 2002 Word Count: 1,437 The aim of this assignment will be to explore poverty and how it influences peoples understanding of healthcare. I will be focussing on mental health clients and welfare benefits. I will aim to define poverty, discuss the effects it has on my client group, and their perception of healthcare. For reasons of confidentiality, pseudonyms will be used for any client referred to in this assignment. Poverty then, for most people, according to Hallawell & Brittle (1995), is a condition to which most of us strive to avoid, an unacceptable concept which is far removed from modern day living, and only affects 3rd World countries or was from past eras. Poverty is a term with negative connotations, associated with words such as deprivation and lack. Being poor is to lack what others - the 'comfortable' possess. It is a stain or stigma on an individuals or social group's identity ( Brooking, Ritter and Thomas 1992). There are two categories of poverty - absolute and relative poverty. Both these definitions have an adverse influence on an individuals health. (Calman 1997) Absolute, as defined by Walsh Stephens and More (1999) is basic human needs in terms of shelter, clothing and food. Anything less than minimum standard needed to live on, was said to be
Critical Success Factors of e-prescribing.
Critical Success Factors of e-prescribing Introduction E prescribing is thought to provide number advantages to the medical profession and more specifically the prescribing process once successful implementation has been achieved This short essay will the critical success factors required to achieve success and identify the key benefits that can be realised as a result of e prescribing According to the Audit Commission report entitled 'A Spoon full of Sugar' 1200 patients die each year as a result of prescribing and medication errors. Nick Mapstone, one of the principal authors of the report predicts that as much as 70% of such errors can be eliminated via the use of computerised prescribing systems. But how do we achieve success? Achieving Success: Critical Success Factors Mark Horsely has worked the NHS for many years and has acquired experience in the practical implementation of Electronic prescribing systems. As a clinical manger he helped manage a number of successful electronic prescribing projects. According to Mark the key too improving patient care via the use of computerised clinical systems will mean many problems of the current manual system will be eliminated. For instance obvious problems such as poor handwriting and transcription errors between prescriber and pharmacy are eliminated. The benefits go further than this to the extent that that any
Elderly people in Residential Care.
Elderly people in Residential Care The New Labour Government is committed to raising the care service standard for elderly and children. On taking office in 1997, the government acknowledged there are many problems and failures in the care service left by the Tory legacy. Labour decided to modernise the service to counter the problems and crisis faced in the care service. Policy consultants of the Better Service Task Force are reviewing a wide-ranging of current welfare provisions in the UK. This report aims persuade the government as part of the modernisation programme there is a need to bring a change in the Residential Care for elderly as there has been a growing concern at the poor level of service provided in institutional homes. Care homes should provide a quality of service meeting the needs of the residents as in a normal setting. However, the institutionalised nature of the care has many negative impacts on the residents' as they perceive it is as negative form of care and a service denying independence, autonomy, privacy, power and other principle of human rights. Elderly are abused and neglected in some care homes while large proportion of staff caring for them are untrained and incompetent in caring. Funding for elderly care is major issue, on one extreme elderly are being forced to pay for care and on the other local authorities struggle to manage service within
Unit 10 care practice and provision
Pippa Douglas Unit 10 care practice and provision National organisations like National health service (NHS) that provide health care fit for the 21st century, is designed around the service user, so that they get the individual care they need. It is divided into 'primary' and 'secondary' services, Primary services are usually the first place people contact for health advice or treatment, the service is provided locally to the particular person's home by GPs, nurses or therapists and secondary health services are based in hospitals which provide medical or surgical care. They are provided and supported by the NHS national organisations called primary care trusts (PTCS). PCTS research areas from national websites such as statistics finding the census population numbers, and find out what the people of a particular area are lacking regarding health care, they deal with providing primary and community services, and commission secondary services. They do this in order to determine what the area needs to make sure that it can provide the people with adequate services to improve the health of the local people within the area. The national PCT received back over 140,000 of completed questionnaires, surveys and listening events form where they got some opinions, feedback and statistics. Local PCTS, working with the national PCTS, the NHS, and the council work together, to
The purpose of this essay is to carry out an assessment of a patient and present a plan of care of three specific problems that the patient has encountered. The model chosen to guide the care plan is the Roper, Logan and Tierney's Model of Nursing
Fact Essay INTRODUCTION The purpose of this essay is to carry out an assessment of a patient and present a plan of care of three specific problems that the patient has encountered. The model chosen to guide the care plan is the Roper, Logan and Tierney's Model of Nursing (Roper et al 2000). This will enable me to develop my skills in assessment, problem-solving and planning care. The essay will begin by introducing the patient and outlining the rationale for choice. Following this, I will identify and discuss the care required through all stages of the nursing process (Roper et al 2000). I will discuss this in relation to assessment of three patient needs. I plan to show an understanding of holistic care and how it is used in each stage of the nursing process. Pseudonyms will be used in accordance with the Nursing and Midwifery Council (2004) which states that "you must guard against all breaches of confidentiality by protecting information from improper disclosure at all times. CHOSEN PATIENT AND RATIONALE FOR CHOICE Jane is 81 years old, widow who lives alone in a bungalow, married for 54 years and has 2 daughters, one of which lives abroad and the other locally. She stated she has had a good life with many memories and had travelled to several countries with her late husband. She had enjoyed going to dance halls and outdoor bowling. Jane suffers with osteoarthritis
Concepts of Health, Health Care And Health Promotion.
South Bank University Number: 9905890 May 2000: Group 3 Unit 6 Concepts of Health, Health Care and Health Promotion. Personal Tutor: Alma Ramanuth Word Count: 1,647 ? Concepts of Health, Health Care And Health Promotion. ? Unit 6 CONTENTS TITLE PAGE 2 CONTENTS 3 ASSIGNMENT ESSAY 4 APPENDIX 14 REFERENCE 15 BIBLIOGRAPHY 19 Word count (excluding references and charts) 1,647 "Making the healthy choice the easier choice" (Milio1986 cited in Naidoo J, Wills J. 2000: 84) Health promotion has come a long way since the 'Band of Hope' lectured young people on the "virtue of abstinence ", in the late eighteen hundreds (Naidoo J, Wills J. 2000: 72). The emphasis was on reform or damnation, after nearly a century of telling people what not to do attitudes began changing. The World Health Organisation (WHO) recommend "advocacy, enablement, and mediation " as effective methods (Baric L. 1996:129), defining modern health promotion as, "...the process of enabling people to increase control over, and to improve, their health." (Ewles L, Simnett I. 1999: 23) Nurses are ideal health promoters as they are present at significant moments in their patients' lives (DoH 1999:132); they have long been required to be competent in "advising on the promotion of health and the prevention of illness..." (Statutory
Social work assessments are an art and a science.
The assessment took place after an initial referral from social services that Mrs P was entitled to day-care at the Apna Ghar daycentre. A NHS single adult overview was provided which I referred to, however the agency has to carry out there own assessment to gain a broader understanding of the services users needs in order to facilitate appropriate care for them. I liased with my line manager and social services for additional information before evaluating it all and arranging a home visit to carry out the contact assessment. Mrs P is a very vulnerable elderly lady with severe physical and emotional needs, which consist of depression, social isolation, communication and poor mobility. Mrs P is also fed through a peg and is on various medications. Mrs P cannot communicate at all due to a major stroke. Mrs P's daughter in law is her main carer however she is no longer able to provide care for Mrs P, as she has five children and is having great difficulty in caring for both an managing the household. Therefore a referral was made to the day centre. Due to Mrs P's communication problems she is unable to communicate her needs, wishes and feelings. Consequently the assessment and care plan were carried out with the family. Assessment is a key element in social work practice and without it practitioners would be left to react to situations and intervene in an unplanned and
