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BTEC Tech Award Health and Social Care Student Book

BTEC Tech Award Health and Social Care Student Book

Brenda Baker | Colette Burgess | Elizabeth Haworth

(2017)

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Abstract

  • full coverage of all three components, structured to match the spec
  • content broken down into 1 hour lessons to help with your planning and delivery
  • plenty of case studies and examples that students can relate to
  • additional features including key terms, 'did you know' sections and plenty of assessment practice

Table of Contents

Section Title Page Action Price
Front Cover Front Cover
Contents iii
About this book v
How to use this book vi
Component 1: Human Lifespan Development 2
Learning aim A 4
Main life stages 4
What happens at each life stage? 4
Areas of growth and development 6
Physical development – types 8
How we develop 8
Early stages of development 8
Top to toe 8
Inner to outer 8
Same patterns at diff erent rates 9
Physical development in infancy and early childhood 10
Development of physical skills 10
Early childhood 3 to 8 years 11
Physical development in adolescence and early adulthood 12
Adolescence 9 to 18 years 12
Puberty 12
Physical signs of puberty 12
Primary sexual characteristics 13
Secondary sexual characteristics 13
Early adulthood 19 to 45 years 13
Physical development in middle and later adulthood 14
Middle adulthood 46 to 65 years 14
What happens during menopause 14
Later adulthood 65+ years 15
Physical appearance 15
Motor skills 15
Intellectual development 16
Infancy 16
Early childhood 16
Adolescence 17
Early and middle adulthood 17
Later adulthood 17
Language development 18
How language develops 18
Emotional development in infancy and early childhood 20
Infancy 20
Bonding and attachment 20
Security 21
Contentment 21
Independence 21
Emotional development in adolescence and adulthood 22
Independence 22
Security 22
Contentment 22
Self-image and self-esteem 22
Social development in infancy and early childhood 24
Forming attachments and friendships 24
Social development in adolescence and adulthood 26
Informal relationships 26
Friendships 26
Formal relationships 26
Intimate relationships 26
Component 2: Health and Social Care Services and Values 64
Learning Aim: A 66
Primary care 66
Primary care providers 66
Accessing health care online 67
Secondary and tertiary care 68
Secondary care 68
Tertiary care 68
Rehabilitation 68
Palliative and end-of-life care 69
Hospice at Home 69
Primary, secondary and tertiary services working together 69
Allied health professionals 70
Allied health professional roles 70
Allied health professional qualifi cations 70
Clinical support staff 70
Clinical support roles explained 71
Services for children and young people 72
Reasons for needing support 72
Types of support 72
Foster care 72
Residential care 72
Youth work 72
Support workers 73
Services for adults or children with specific needs 74
How specific needs are supported 74
Learning disabilities 74
Sensory impairments 74
Long-term health issues 74
Types of care 74
Residential care 74
Respite care 75
Domiciliary care 75
Changing needs of the individual 75
Services for older adults 76
The problems of ageing 76
Choices for older people: accommodation 76
Informal social care 78
Who are the informal carers? 78
What informal carers do 78
The future of informal care 79
Physical barriers 80
Why people struggle with access 80
Overcoming access difficulties 80
Overcoming other difficulties 81
Sensory barriers 82
The importance of senses 82
Types of sensory impairment 82
Vision 82
Hearing 82
Helping people who have sensory difficulties 83
Social, cultural and psychological barriers 84
Anxiety about accessing services 84
Cultural considerations 84
Breaking down barriers 85
Language barriers 86
The problem with language 86
Overcoming language barriers 87
Electronic assistance 87
Geographical barriers 88
Reasons for barriers 88
Overcoming barriers 89
Intellectual barriers 90
Understanding intellectual disabilities 90
Detection 90
Effect on someone’s health 90
Support 90
Support with reading and writing 91
Resource barriers for service providers 92
What resources are needed 92
Paying for resources 92
Barriers created by lack of staff 93
Making the most of what is available 93
Financial barriers 94
Who pays and who goes free 94
Barriers to accessing a needed service 95
Travel costs 95
Loss of income during treatment 95
Learning aim A: assessment practice 96
How you will be assessed 96
Learning aim B 98
Empowering and promoting independence 98
Care values 98
Empowerment 98
Independence 99
Caring for individuals who lose independence 99
Respect for others 100
Tolerance and acceptance 100
Respecting privacy 100
Respecting mental health needs 100
Respecting older people 101
Respecting adolescents 101
Maintaining confidentiality 102
Confidentiality and rights 102
Breaches of confidentiality 102
Social media and breaches of confidentiality 103
Keeping information private 103
Preserving dignity 104
Preserving an individual’s dignity 104
Why an individual might lose their dignity 104
How carers can demonstrate dignity 104
Effective communication 106
Why we communicate 106
Electronic communications 106
Who needs help with communication 106
Good communication 107
Safeguarding and duty of care 108
Why do we need to safeguard? 108
Types of abuse 108
Safeguarding individuals 109
What to do 109
Duty of care 109
Promoting anti-discriminatory practice 110
What is discrimination? 110
Why people discriminate 110
Effects of discrimination 111
Anti-discriminatory practice 111
Applying care values in a compassionate way 112
Care values and how we apply them 112
Empathy and caring 112
Working together 114
Every care worker counts 114
Staff training 114
What service users think 114
Making mistakes 116
The consequences of mistakes 116
Dealing with mistakes 116
Reviewing own application of care values 118
Learning about our own skills 118
Strengths 118
Areas for development 118
Confidentiality 119
The importance of regular reviews 119
Receiving feedback 120
Purpose and types of feedback 120
Giving feedback to others 120
How feedback helps 121
Using feedback 122
Turning negatives into positives 122
Feedback action plans 122
Involving others 122
An action plan case study 123
Some things to remember… 123
Learning aim B: assessment practice 124
How you will be assessed 124
Component 3: Health and Wellbeing 126
Learning aim A 128
Definition of health and wellbeing 128
Positive definition 128
Negative defi nition 128
A holistic definition of health and wellbeing 128
Life stages and our needs 129
Glossary 210
Index 212
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