Identify other representative bodies and explain what they do. They could include: government departments, professional bodies, trade unions and/or consumer groups

Department of Health: Department of health regulates entire health and social care sector. They make regulations and legislations for health and social care.

Safeguarding Adults Board: The Surrey Safeguarding Adults Board helps and protects adults in Surrey who have care and support needs, and who is experiencing or at risk of abuse. They share information among all safeguarding agencies and monitor their actions regarding safeguarding issues.

Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS): This organization helps employers to check employees suitability to work with vulnerable adults and children.

Police: In some cases, police is the first point of contact to reporting safeguarding issue. They record, report, and prevent from further happening. They also provide advice about preventative measure.

Occupational Therapist: They engage with people in need to maintain skills for day to day activities and well-beings. They work with patients and families to adapt their environment, modify tasks, and use equipment to improve participation in all areas of daily living.

Explain what the following representative bodies do within the sector. • Regulatory Body e.g. Care Quality Commission or Ofsted • Skills for Care or Skills for Health • Local Council Authority

Care Quality Commission (CQC): They monitor, inspect and regulate health and social care services in England. They aim to make sure better care is provided for everyone - in hospitals, care homes and people's own homes. They inspect social care service providers and publish their findings, including ratings to help people to choose care provider.

Skills for Care: Skills for Care provides practical tools and support to help adult social care organizations in England recruit, develop and lead their workforce. It is very useful for learning and career development for the health and social care worker. http://www.skillsforcare.org.uk/About/What-we-do/What-we-do.aspx

Local Council Authority: Local council is responsible to help their local people achieve the best possible outcomes across health and social care. They are also responsible to deploy all the regulations issued by department of health to all the care service providers. They have responsibilities to safeguarding adults at risk. They also assist with funding for care.

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Outline why legislation relating to employment exists

1) To treat all employee fairly and equally

2) To remove barrier to equal rights at work

3) To eliminate all types of discrimination

4) To create a safe and effective working environment

5) To eliminate inequality in the wider society

6) To reduce work related injuries

7) To protect employee, employer and service users from harm and abuse

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Explain the roles of different agencies in safeguarding and protecting individuals from abuse?

CQC: Care quality commission has their duty to set guideline and monitor on health and social care organisations and agencies to protect individual from harm and abuse. If any care provider fails to protect individuals from harm and abuse or does not meet the standard set out by care quality commission then care provider will be forced to close down and pay penalty.

The Police: Police is mostly the first contact to safeguard and protect individual from abuse. Their responsibilities are to record, investigate, safeguard and report.

Safeguarding Adults Board: Their responsibilities are to share information among all local safeguarding agencies and monitor their action and activities regarding safeguarding issues.

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Identify ways of working that can help improve partnership working

Identify skills and approaches needed for resolving conflicts

List of different techniques that can be used to facilitate positive interactions with an individual with dementia?

·        Make sure person is conscious (Not sleeping)

·        Noise free environment

·        Be patient

·        Use of gesture, writings, cards and pictures if required

·        Use clear, short and simple phrases for conversation

·        Repeat conversation if required

·        Nod gently when person is replying or trying to reply

Identify ways of working that can help improve partnership working

Identify skills and approaches needed for resolving conflicts

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Why must dementia not be viewed as disability? (Give example)

People with dementia can live active and fulfilled lives with little assistance from others or assistive technology. They experience emotion like everybody else. They have their identity, a history of present, past and future. They are aware of their independence and dignity. Treatment for dementia is also under development. Treatable disease or treatment under research cannot be described, defined or explained as disability.

Example: Mrs A has difficulties in remembering her daily tasks. A simple note can help her to remember her daily tasks. Gentle reminder (from alarm clock to our daily note) required in every person’s life even without dementia. Mrs A is not different from us. Picture, cards and facial expression may help a person to communicate if someone have communication problems.

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What impact could the attitudes and behaviours of others have on an individual living with dementia?

The implication of dementia on a person and his or her relatives and who care for them can be devastating. In the early stages of the disease, life of a person with dementia and their families and relatives may not change a great deal. But when dementia becomes more serious however, home life for the person with dementia will not be easy as family and relatives will find it tiring and stressful. It is quite common people with dementia have sleep disturbance. So family and relative may experience sleep deprivation. Also providing personal care to a person with dementia by  family or relative may cause physical injury. The following impact can occur:

·        Stress

·        Melancholy

·        Tiring

·        Insomnia

·        Difficulties maintaining family life and work life balance

·        Difficulties maintaining social life

·        Physical and emotional harm

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