Assignment 1

7. In capitalism, most businesses have a profit motive. Describe at least one reason that businesses with a profit motive may be helpful for society and at least one reason that they may be harmful for society. Then, explain whether you think profit motive is a good thing or a bad thing for society. (4-7 sentences. 2.0 points)

Looking back from when I began my career, I can say I came a long way learning the concepts of understanding the expectations that arose from all my positions. In my first job just after graduating, I was appointed as a Business Accountant of a multinational company. Since then, I was caught in the myth that people who were in leadership positions or high ranking were leaders. Being in a junior position, I could have the least effect on any new ideas as my voice seems to have landed in deaf ears. I have seen how those businesses were not in line with their Missions and Values only to find later that many of the staff had left the company.

Another example, people with hearing disability may use hearing aids. They are battery-powered electronic devices with small microphones to pick up and increase the volume of sound received by a person. Also, text phones, relay systems and minicoms may be used for people who are deaf or hard of hearing.

addition, the policy indirectly supports the families of the elderly. It does so by offering services to caregivers that prevent or shorten costly nursing home placements, relieving financial strain, and providing educational programs to give a better understanding of aging. However, due to insufficient funding OAA services have restricted access and cannot reach all the elderly in need. Statistical demographics reveal that 27% of seniors that are receiving services are below the poverty line, recipients are more likely to be female (71% vs 57%), twice as likely to be rural, more likely to live alone, have less income, less educated, and less healthy than the average senior (Herrera 2013).

Specialist services involve looking after children or young people with specific needs. A suitable example of this is ‘Sense’ which is a service for children and young people aged 0-18 years who are deafblind or multi-sensory impaired

1) What are Alex’s rights, if any, in this situation? Outline the steps Alex would go

In the end we found this to be a very enjoyable experience. None of us had played bingo outside our own houses or family and thought it was only for elderly people. Attending this event changed our thoughts about it and I recommend others to try going to bingo with your friends to get the experience we

Policy and procedures are often changes in light of new evidence based practice. After education myself on the Safe to Sleep initiative, I set out to educate others. Knowing that many policy and procedure changes must go thru the quality council I began my education there before moving on to staff education.

Task Three. The needs of a client group and the types of services that exist to meet their needs.

Whether you have a loved one at this elderly community living center or you are just looking for a fun, relaxed evening, a GrandeVille Bingo Night is an experience that should not be missed. You’ll be able to meet some of GrandeVille’s kind caregivers and other members of staff, and you’ll also get to enjoy some

In this report I am going to explain factors that contribute to loss of independence and choice in health and social care. 1.1 Dependence individual with dementia have varying degrees of processing information and self-awareness. As the disease progresses the level of process and self-awareness will decline, this can result in them not realizing their own limitation in their abilities of doing things. Example they will feel restless, lost, confused and frustrated. Start forgetting to do thinks for themselves, they cannot even do their own shopping without the support of others they become dangerous to them self if they are living by their own.

Social Care Theory for Practice Assessment As a professional working in a Social Care setting it is important to have an understanding of the responsibilities you have to each individual within your care and to recognize and respect their rights. The National Care Standards were developed as a guideline to ensure care workers support their service users in the manner at which they deserve, it allows the care worker to support each individuals needs based on the view point of the people using the service, The Scottish Government. (2014).These standards of care are based on a set of principles such as Dignity, Privacy, Choice, Safety, Realising potential and Equality and Diversity. Throughout my personal experience I have

Several aspects of the organization, including the quality and price of its services, are pre-existing strengths the organization can leverage to expand its donor base. The center provides consumer-controlled services, meaning that its programs are custom-tailored to fit the needs of its consumers. Services are available to people with physical, mental, sensory or cognitive disabilities. If the center only helped individuals with one type of disability, the target audience would be narrow, but because the center helps individuals on a cross-disability basis, a wider range of donors can be targeted.

People often think of bingo as a meaningless diversion for seniors that carries very little value in their day. Recent studies have revealed that this simple game is beneficial to emotional and cognitive health. The prospect of winning creates excitement which causes the body to release endorphins - the feel good hormone. The bingo environment lends itself to social interactions; residents are engaged with one another, side by side, laughing and helping each other. It’s a failure free game that anyone can play - which increases self esteem, inspires confidence and boosts feelings of success.

The vocabulary bingo strategy consist of bingo cards that has 25 squares with 24 vocabulary words and one free space. The teacher reads definition and students cover the word they believe matches the definition.