Dementia Care
Introduction
I have completed my course and have now got my qualifications to be able to
work as a carer in a residential home, my manager has asked me to do training
sessions using my knowledge and my understanding of dementia. This is to
provide all the staff with basic training and understand what guidelines need to
be followed when working with patients with dementia and how to be the best
company and provide them with the best quality of care possible. The
guidance report will include legislations and frameworks and I will explain the
roles and responsibilities.
Legislations
The first act is the enduring power of attorney this is when someone is legally
allowed to act on someone else’s behalf when they are unable to in legal or
financial situations that the person is not mentally capable to have control
over. The person with enduring power of attorney can be useful when
managing the business of people who have lost the ability to be able to deal
with their own affairs. (Wikipedia 2018) This is so that people with dementia
are not taken advantage of financially and people who look after them might
try to steal from them the enduring power of attorney would mean that
whoever is in charge will notice if people have took money from the account.
It will also stop people with dementia from wasting money and making stupid
decisions that will not be helpful for them.
The second legislation is the Human Rights Act. Most of the Human Rights Act
was enforced on 2nd October 2000 therefore if any resident of the UK feels
like their rights have been violated then they have the right to go to court. In
this report I will be writing about this act in relation to careers in health and
social care such as working in nursing or residential homes. Some rights that
people with a career in health and social must obey by are:
1. The right to life
2. The right to freedom from torture and inhumane or degrading
treatment or punishment
Introduction
I have completed my course and have now got my qualifications to be able to
work as a carer in a residential home, my manager has asked me to do training
sessions using my knowledge and my understanding of dementia. This is to
provide all the staff with basic training and understand what guidelines need to
be followed when working with patients with dementia and how to be the best
company and provide them with the best quality of care possible. The
guidance report will include legislations and frameworks and I will explain the
roles and responsibilities.
Legislations
The first act is the enduring power of attorney this is when someone is legally
allowed to act on someone else’s behalf when they are unable to in legal or
financial situations that the person is not mentally capable to have control
over. The person with enduring power of attorney can be useful when
managing the business of people who have lost the ability to be able to deal
with their own affairs. (Wikipedia 2018) This is so that people with dementia
are not taken advantage of financially and people who look after them might
try to steal from them the enduring power of attorney would mean that
whoever is in charge will notice if people have took money from the account.
It will also stop people with dementia from wasting money and making stupid
decisions that will not be helpful for them.
The second legislation is the Human Rights Act. Most of the Human Rights Act
was enforced on 2nd October 2000 therefore if any resident of the UK feels
like their rights have been violated then they have the right to go to court. In
this report I will be writing about this act in relation to careers in health and
social care such as working in nursing or residential homes. Some rights that
people with a career in health and social must obey by are:
1. The right to life
2. The right to freedom from torture and inhumane or degrading
treatment or punishment
