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Piaget stages of cognitive development - Answer Sensorimotor: Birth - 2 years Pre-operational: 2 - 7 years Concrete operational: 7-11 years Formal operations: 11-18 years Piaget's Theory of Cognitive Development - summary - Answer How children use their experiences to construct their understanding of the world around them - schemas Schemas - Answer Assimilation: the child constructs an understanding or concept (schema) Equilibrium: the child's experience fits with...

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The Public Sector - Answer Organisations that provide health and social care services and are financed and directly managed by the government. E.g. the NHS. Primary healthcare - Answer Care provided by GPs, dentists, opticians and pharmacists. Accessed directly by the service user. Secondary healthcare - Answer Care which includes most hospitals services, mental health services and many community health services. Normally accessed via referral from the GP. Tertiary healthcare -...

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What is growth? - Answer Growth is a increase in a measurable quantity such as wieght or height of other dimensions What is development? - Answer Development is about the complex changes in skills and capabilities that an individual experiences as they grow What is the principles of growth? - Answer Grwoth describes and increase in quanitity; For example, children grow taller as they get older as height and weight increases What is the principles of development? - Answer Develop...

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health and safety policy 1974 - Answer procedures may include: -training on handling patients e.g lifting patients -carrying out risk assessments e.g making sure any trip hazards are removed. -infection control measures - keeping records of accidents Equality and diversity policy - Answer procedures may include: -staff must undergo training for equality and diversity -punishments for those who break the e&d policy guidelines -promoting anti discriminatory practice -report if the...

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preventative care - Answer Care and education that aims to ensure people are healthy and aware of factors that can lead to ill health Antenatal care - Answer Care for mother and baby before baby is born Postnatal care - Answer Care for mother and baby after baby is born Monitoring - CLEWS - Answer C - criminal investigations L - line managers E - external agencies W - whistleblowing S - service user feedback Holistic approach - Answer Emotional, physical and spiritua...

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Aims of public health policy - Answer 1) Planning national provision of health care and promoting the health of the population 2) Identifying and monitoring needs 3) Identifying and reducing inequalities 4) Protecting society from health threats 5) Adressing national health problems 6) Developing screening programmes Planning national provision of health care and promoting the health of the population - Answer Currently public health policy has to address a range of issues such as...

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What are the key roles in health care ? - Answer - Doctors - Nurses - Midwives - Occupation therapist - Specialist doctor - Health care assistant What are the key roles in social care ? - Answer - Social worker - Youth worker - Care manager - Support worker - Care assistant Where do nurses primarily work ? - Answer - Hospitals - Clinics - Doctor's surgeries Who works in GP surgeries ? - Answer General practitioners ( non specialised doctors) and nurses What ...

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Empathise Seeing things from another persons perspective B2 genetic factors that affect development - Answer Genetic predispostion to particular conditions - cycstic fibrois, britte bone disease, phenylketonuria, huntingtons disease, klinefelters sundrome, downs syndrome, colour blindness, duchenne muscular dystrophy. B2 genetic factors that affect development - Answer Susceptibility to diseases such as cancer, high blood cholesterol and diabetes. Biological factors that affect de...

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environmental hazard - Answer anything in the environment that can potentially cause harm Biological Hazards - Answer Any living organisms or its properties that can cause an adverse response in humans. Chemical Hazards - Answer disinfecting agents, waste anesthetic gases, and vapors and fumes from chemical agents psychological hazards - Answer noise, overcrowding, lack of natural beauty working conditions - Answer the environment of the workplace working practices - Ans...

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value of care in health and social care services (MAINTAINING CONFIDENTIALITY) - Answer -staff shouldn't chat in corridors about care home residents, or leave person files laying around. -documents should be filed away safely. -information = only shared on a need to know basis. value of care in health and social care services (PROMOTING EQUALITY AND DIVERSITY) - Answer -care workers should always use non-discriminatory language and not be patronizing. -should challenge discriminatio...

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blood pressure - Answer Pressure exerted by the blood upon the walls of the blood vessels, especially arteries, usually measured by means of a sphygmomanometer and expressed in millimeters of mercury. Heart Rate (HR) - Answer The rate at which the heart pumps Weight - Answer The amount someone weight in Kg's Height - Answer The measurement of someone or something from head to foot or from base to top. peak flow meter (PFM) - Answer Tool used to measure the effects of res...

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General Practitioner (GP) -Answer a doctor who does not specialise in a specific branch of medicine but provides ongoing treatment and preventative care in the community for a variety of medical problems that may be experienced by individuals of all ages. Preventative care -Answer care and education that aims to ensure people remain healthy, and are aware of factors that can lead to illness and poor health. It includes screening and vaccination programmes. Consultant -Answer a sen...

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Health definition - Answer a state of complete physical, mental, and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity holistic - Answer dealing with something as a whole rather than by its individual parts genetic inheritance - Answer the genetic information that gets passed from one generation to another cystic fibrosis - Answer A genetic disorder that is present at birth and affects both the respiratory and digestive systems. chronic illness - Answer a...

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Btec Health And Social Care- Unit 1 La A Physical Development

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Btec Health And Social Care – Revision Question And Answers (2023/2024) (Verified Answers)

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BTEC Health and Social care - Revision Life stages - Answer- Life stages are the number of distinct phases people pass through during their lives. The six life stages - Answer- Infancy, Early childhood, Adolescence, Early Adulthood, Middle Adulthood and Late Adulthood Age range of Infancy - Answer- 0 - 2 years old Early childhood - Answer- 3-8 years old Adolescence - Answer- 9-18 years Early adulthood - Answer- 19-45 years old Middle adulthood - Answer- 46-65 years old Late...

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Health and Social Care Packaged Exams...

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BTEC Health and Social care - Revision Exam 2023...

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BTEC Health and Social Care - Unit 1 / Human Lifespan and development

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BTEC Health and Social Care Level 2 Unit 1 Human Lifespan Development

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