Health & Social Care

Naidoo and Wills(2001, p.47) “Health is a state of complete physical, mental and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity’ - WHO (1946).” This definition falls into a holistic way of defining health, which believes that there are more areas to look at when thinking of health than just simply the absence of a disease. It considers the cause of why someone is ill and not just simply about ’fixing it’.

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In this report I will be investigating how care services meet the needs of individuals by firstly analysing the needs of an individual using care services. Then I will go on to explain the roles of the care planning process in identifying needs, and explain the features of a positive care practise. After explaining that, I will analysis positive care environments and evaluate how they meet needs before finally explaining the role of legislation in promoting a positive care environment.

This essay will begin by defining the difference between health care and social care. Health care this is where your needs are met medically this could be through NHS, for example if someone was suffering from illness or injury etc. The national health services are in the responsibility of the Welsh Government, As for social care services are run by local authority and services could be for example would be like day care centres, adult placements and also care homes. According to (Addison 1994), “The social services in Britain, taken all in all, were the most advanced in the world in 1939” In the adult social care sector 1.26 million people receiving local authority-funded social care which works out as an annual budget of around about £13 billion and a work face of some 1.6 million people

• Caring for an individual with a special needs is a commitment that can be challenging. The staff role is worth a great deal and service because of the support you are rendering to the individual in their daily living and enabling them to be a part of their family and community. (Turiana, n.d) The organization acts as a carer support itself especially to those who are terminally ill, or has an ongoing health and intellectual disability provided that they need a 24 hours supervision or care. (How to Claim Carer Support, n.d)

There are many differences in health care reform and access between the United States and Germany. The United States health care exceeds all other countries by 17.1% as well as leading in new medical technologies, according to the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD). Even though, the

Merriam-Webster dictionary (2017, para. 1), provides the following definitions of health: “1a. the condition of being sound in body, mind or spirit”, “1b. the general condition of the body” “2a. a condition in which someone or something is thriving or doing well: well-being”, and “2b. a general condition or state”. These definitions can be, and are, interpreted in many ways by both healthcare providers and patients. The World Health Organization (WHO, 2017, para. 1) defines health as “a state of complete physical, mental and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity.”

Assignment Front Sheet Qualification Unit Number and Title Pearson BTEC Level 5 HND Diploma In Health and Social Care Student Name Unit 16: Understanding Specific Needs in Health and Social Care Student No. Assessor name: Christine Pratt Date of Issue Completion date 30/05/2014 11/07/2014 Submitted on Assignment title LO2 Task No. Assess how perceptions of specific needs have changed over time. 1 1.3 LO1 In this assessment you will have the opportunity to present evidence that shows you are

AccordingHealth can be viewed as the state of being fit and well, as well as a state of mental sanity (WHO 2005). According to Blaxter (2004), if a person can perform daily functions such as going to work, taking care of the household, etc he/she is considered healthy. Many studies have found that lay people define health as the absence of illness, However being healthy means different things to different people as much have been said and written about people’s varying concepts of health. Some lay perceptions are based on pragmatism where health is regarded as a relative phenomenon, experienced and evaluated according to what an individual finds reasonable to expect, given their age, medical condition and social status (Blaxter 2004) and for them being healthy, may just mean not having a health problem, which interferes with their everyday lives (Bury 2005).

Universal Health Care Tamesha Mallard Comm/215 10-01-12 Jennifer Benoist Do you have health insurance? There are millions of people in the United States that would say no. The people that do not have health insurance are not just the homeless or unemployed, but they are the working class too. That means it could be you, your neighbor or even your co-worker that is uninsured. “Nearly 44 million Americans — about 15 percent of the U.S. population — have no health coverage, including 8.5 million children. And eight out of 10 uninsured Americans are in working families (Leydig)”. All citizens of the United States should have health care insurance, because multiple countries have universal healthcare, it will help detect life

When working in health and social care sector, the main things you will do are equality, rights and diversity. These relations hold every personality by including the health and social care sectors and all the people that works with them. It’s important to equal to every person wither there gender is different, race, beliefs, sexuality ,age, disability, ethnicity, sexual orientation, education, language, background or even if their skin colour is different then yours.

The nursing theorist I chose to discuss is Dr. Jean Watson’s. I chose Dr. Jean Watson because I believe and agree with her nursing theories. Dr. Watson’s theories take into consideration the mind, body and spirit of the patient as a whole. She believes that it is not

It is very difficult to compare and contrast the concept of health and ill health as they differ with difference in the social norms and how people interpret them. As per the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare, World Health Organization (WHO) has defined health as 'a state of complete physical, mental and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity’. Illness as per them, is a more subjective concept related to personal experience of a disease, particularly the ones of chronic and infectious nature.

Various indicators can be really useful in in an attempt to evaluate the quality of the financial health of Dudley and other comparable companies in Italy.

Health is a status of a person’s welling being. In this definition it means that a person is able to function both physical and mental. The reason in which I address health as such is, because even a disabled person is still able to experience life. My great-great-great-great uncle has