This problem question is about claiming for damages due to psychiatric harm. It involves questions regarding primary victims, secondary victims, and special duties problems.
Annie: Annie who suffered from uncontrollable grief after being her dead husbands body would most likely not be able to successfully sue for damages. In Hinz v. Berry [1970] Q.B. 40 it is stated that in english law one can´t claim for damages because of grief or sorrow. Annie would be classified and try to sue as a secondary victim since she was not present or received personal injury herself. As a secondary victim there are a few requirements that must be fulfilled, Annie does not fulfil the requirement of `the immediate aftermath`, meaning that Annie didn't see her
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Either Cedric could claim for damages as a priorly victim stating that the the defendant could have foreseen that the incident which caused the fire alarm to go off could have given Cedric personal injury, whether it is physical or mentally injury does not matter. But, most likely Cedric wouldn't be able to sue as a primary victim based on the decision in Rothwell v Chemical & Insulating Co Ltd (2007). In this case it was held that the claimant couldn't sue even though the Page v Smith principle was applied because the defendants could not have foreseen the claimants reaction. Applying this case authority onto the problem question regarding Cedric I would advise the Saveloy Hotel company to that Cedric´s claim as a primary victim is not likely to succed. Reasoning for this is because the hotel company could not have foreseen that Cedric´s reaction to the fire alarm, which in itself was a reaction to the fire. The hotel company could not foresee that Cedric would think that the hotel was being attacked by aliens, which is the reason of why his mental illness
Many people could be affected if staff did not ffollow regulations, an outbreak of food poisoning could occur and this would affect the service, people we support, staff and visitors and they could become very ill with diagnoses of sickness, diarrhea, which could lead to being admitted to hospital and have further complications as well as be less able to fight off infections, or be vulnerable due to their age/lifestyle/circumstances. This could also affect people in an emotional way. For example stress and worry. Some staff may want to stay off work as they would be worried they will catch an illness and this would affect the service staffing levels. Family and friends would be angry, worried and may not be able to visit. Reputation of the
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I will now talk about each patient needs as they all differ from each other. Nusrat Patel is 19 years old and has learning disability. This means Nusrat has difficulties in keeping knowledge and skills to the expected level of those the same age as her. Nusrat also has epilepsy which is neurological brain disorder when someone has epilepsy, it means they tend to have epileptic seizures, a seizure is a sudden attack of illness. Nusrat has left residential school to receive full time carer from her mum who has stopped working to care for Nusrat. At times this can be stressful so Nusrat attends the community centre on Tuesday and Thursday which allows Nusrat mother to have a break. Maria montanelli is 34 years primary school teacher who is much like Nusrat mother and takes care of her 96 years old mother who has dementia. Dementia is memory loss and difficulties with cognitive development. Being a primary care for her mother Maria feels she not performing at her best ability because of her lack of sleep which occurs when she assists her mother to the toilet several times. The last patient I would like to mention is Alice Fernandez she is 74 years old who recently lost her husband who had lung cancer. Alice doesn't use her pension the right way as she purchases many drinks as an alcoholic and has increased since her husband passed away. She has been prescribed antidepressant tablet by her G.P but made her lethargic this means she's become slow and sluggish.
In Jones v Kaney cases, Mr. Jones (Plaintiff) was claiming for the damages of physical and psychiatric injury after the impacts of a road accident and instructed by Dr. Kaney (Defendant), who is a consultant clinical psychologist as his expert to determine the level of damages. In the initial report, Dr. Kaney’s opinion was that Jones was suffering from depression and post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). However, the view taken by the advisor psychiatrist, Dr. El-Assra instructed by the insurers defending the claim was that Jones had been "exceptionally misleading and tricky in his reporting", suggesting that he might be deliberately giving incorrect information or exaggerating his physical symptoms and injuries
Specific issues that should be monitored over the next decade include: (1) having access to the entire care continuum and to increasing and to measure insurance coverage and; (2) Addressing disparities that affect access to healthcare (e.g., race, ethnicity, socioeconomic status, age, sex, disability status, sexual orientation, gender identity, and residential location); (3) Assessing the capacity of the healthcare system to provide services for newly insured individuals; (4) Determining changes in healthcare workforce needs as new models for the delivery of primary care become more prevalent, such as the patient-centered medical home and team-based care; (5) Monitoring the increasing use of telehealth as an emerging method of delivering health
The patient is a transgender and has HIV. Our society has not fully accepted transgender as a societal norm, because of their gender identity and expressions are different to societal expectations of gender. The patient hardly has family support, which can possibly cause poor adherence due to isolation. HIV
What happens if a member of staff phones in sick but they are later seen out at the shopping centre or down at the pub? Does that mean their skiving?
Over the last century health and social care has changed and developed immensely with the implementation of the NHS and becoming a welfare state. Prior to this health care was only available to a minority of people, those who could afford it. In 1815 the old poor law was passed, it stated that each parish must look after its own poor and those who could not work were provided enough money to help them survive. By 1830 the poor law cost around £7 million, which came from taxing the middle and upper class, causing a sense of resentment towards lower class, unemployed people. In 1834 the new poor law was passed, its aim was to reduce the cost of looking after the poor. Workhouses helped with this, they provided clothes, food and healthcare in return for manual labour. Despite
A resident's name or conditions cannot be discussed with anyone other than the care team. Photos and other personal information can't be shared on social media sites and to maintain privacy and emails containing a resident's personal should not be sent because there is a possibility the email will be sent to the wrong person or someone may have access to your account. Information regarding a resident should only be discussed in person to ensure that only the necessary personnel know. When seeing a resident in public, you should not mention knowing them from a care facility in case they wish to keep that a secret from the person they may be with.
On 4/21/17 at 0715 hrs, I was dispatched to 6154 110th Ave N, in reference to an emotional crisis. Upon my arrival, I made contact with the Charles Hollen, at the front door of the residence. Hollen advised he wants to go to the hospital to receive help.
There are many things which can affect access to complementary therapies. The ones I will be explaining are:
Reporting of Injuries,Diseases and dangerous occurrences regulations of 1995 requires the reporting of work-related accidents, diseases and dangerous occurrences. The Act applies to all work related activities, but not to all work related incidents. The objective of the regulations is to enable the enforcing authorities to identify where and how risks arise and to investigate serious accidents so as to prevent them from occurring in the future and thus providing a safer work environment. The enforcing authorities can then help and advise you on preventive action to reduce injury, ill health and accidental loss,the main points of our own policy that relate to this are:
The aim of the organization (red hut day nursery) was to carry out high standards of care from children age from 3 months to 5 yrs old. Whilst following the curriculum guidelines of early years foundation. The role of the organization was to care for children within their responsibilities whilst the Childs parents or carer has left them in the organization care. Policies such as ensure every child is treated fairly and equally depending on that Childs needs in order for their needs to be meet , was expected of all staff members to conduct themselves in such away . the role of each staff member was to ensure that
No Secrets – Guidance published by the Department of Health, builds upon the governments respects for human rights and highlights the need to protect vulnerable adults through effective multi-agency work.
Abuse of vulnerable people in most parts of the world needs to be stopped because it falls under the protection of human rights as It is fundamental right for all people to living a life