|Name |Hayley Lucas |
|PI number |A2720406 |
Part A: Essay
|Title |Why can it be difficult to decide whether or not a person is a carer, and does it matter? Base your answer on|
| |the case of someone you know. |
It is important to recognise carers so they can receive help from professionals who can give them the help and support they need. I am going to consider the situation of one of my relatives who I will refer to as Jane. Jane is a partner to her boyfriend, referred to as Adam, and a mother to her 2 year old son referred to as Lewis, who has Cystic Fibrosis. Jane cares for Lewis as a mother; she also manages the care of his Cystic Fibrosis.
It is difficult to decide if someone is a carer because there are four ‘complicating factors’, these are ‘duration and frequency’, ‘labelling and identity’, ‘interdependence’ and ‘networks’.
When thinking about the complicating factor ‘duration and frequency’ I recognise that the government decided that a person qualifies for carer’s allowance if they are caring for more than 35 hours a week. It is difficult to determine whether Jane cares for Lewis at least 35 hours a week because some weeks are worse than others, therefore requiring more care, Jane thinks that on average she does care for Lewis 35 hours a week. I have set out two tables below, table one shows the ‘frequency and duration’ of the care Jane gives Lewis on a good week and table two shows the ‘frequency and duration’ of the care she gives Lewis on a bad week.
The Essay on Health And Social Care 10
As a student on a placement you must remember :- You are a representative of Tameside College and, more importantly, the Health and Social Development. Always try to be a strong, positive ambassador for the College. Always display professional behaviour. Confidentiality is extremely important. College and your placement will expect you to respect confidentiality at all times, even when your ...
Table 1:
| |Hours a day |Days a week |Total hours a week |
|Administering Medication |2.5 |7 |17.5 |
|Giving Physiotherapy |1.5 |7 |10.5 |
|Total | | |28 |
Table 2:
| |Hours a day |Days a week |Total hours a week |
|Administering Medication |3.5 |7 |24.5 |
|Giving Physiotherapy |4 |7 |28 |
|Total | | |52.5 |
Tables 1 show Jane cares for Lewis 28 hours a week, which is not enough to qualify for carer’s allowance, however table 2 shows she cares for Lewis 52.5 hours a week which is enough to qualify for carer’s allowance. Jane believes for every 4 weeks of care, good weeks cover 2.5 weeks and bad weeks 1.5, this totals 36.5 hours a week. Considering all this, for this factor I think Jane qualifies as a carer.
The factor ‘labelling and identity’ is important in deciding whether someone is a carer because the label ‘carer’ has to be accepted in order to get the support needed, however labelling yourself as a ‘carer’ requires a change from seeing yourself as loved one, also seeing yourself as a ‘cared for person’ is hard as your position also changes. I asked Jane whether she feels she is a carer and how she would feel accepting the label, ‘carer’. Jane told me she does not see herself as a carer but only as a mother, she said “I do what any other mother would do and I would resent being called a carer as I would feel I was caring for my son and fulfilling his medical needs out of duty, rather than out of love.”, I also asked Jane if she would consider the label of ‘carer’ if it meant getting extra help and support from professionals. Jane replied “I would never ask for help from organisations as I am quite capable, if I asked for help I would feel like a bad mother, as if I couldn’t cope”. As you can see from Jane’s responses she does not consider herself as a carer and is unwilling to accept the label of ‘carer’, therefore Jane would not qualify as a carer.
The Essay on Health Care Museum 6
John Q. recently moved to a rural community. He works full-time, but qualifies for Medicaid because of his low income. John has high blood pressure and his father recently had a heart attack. Thus, he decided to call to find out which providers nearby accept Medicaid. While there are local doctors, he discovered that the closest primary care physician who accepts Medicaid is a 40-minute drive and ...
The two other factors which are important are ‘interdependence’ and ‘networks’. ‘Interdependence’ is important because people in families may give support to each other, the person being cared for may reciprocate the care in some way. When considering the case of Jane and Lewis this is not an issue because Lewis is too young to be able to reciprocate Jane’s care, therefore when considering this factor, Jane would qualify as a carer. The factor ‘Networks is important because sometimes there are other people contributing to the care and as the role of ‘carer’ is defined as one person giving care, the others contributing are excluded, also by the others contributing it could count against the main ‘carer’. In the case of Jane and Lewis this factor is important because Jane’s partner, Adam, also helps with Lewis’ care, this could count against Jane being formally recognised as a carer.
Jane is not currently formally recognised as a carer, but she has not attempted to register. After looking at all four complicating factors I think Jane would qualify as a carer. I think being recognised as a carer makes a difference because they could receive financial, practical, moral and emotional help and support; home responsibility protection so their pensions are protected whilst unemployed as well as an assessment of their own needs. I feel the case of Jane illustrates the general problem in defining the role of a carer because it shows that the guidelines are too strict and some of the complicating factors raised doubts in her qualifying as a carer but others were not a problem; this makes the decision of qualifying as a carer very difficult.
Part B: Engaging with the K101 online community
You don’t need to put anything here for Part B. You get your marks for leaving two messages in your K101 tutor group forum. Your tutor will fill in your marks in the table.
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An examination of Jane Austen’s 1813 social satire Pride and Prejudice, and the reading of Fay Weldon’s 1984 epistolary text Letters to Alice on first reading Jane Austen, allows understanding of Austen’s novel to be moulded and then shifted. Pride and Prejudice is a novel of manners, focusing on marriage, Pride, Prejudice and Social Class which are projected through the characters, gentry-class ...
| |Marks |
|Task |Possible |Actual |
|Reading the K101 introductory material and following instructions to get as far as completing this |5 | |
|assignment | | |
|(Key skill 5: learning to learn) | | |
|Logging on to FirstClass, find the ‘Families’ forum and leaving two messages (Key skill 3: basic |5 | |
|computing) | | |
|Providing a brief account of your own family changes and making an appropriate reply to another message |5 | |
|(Key skill 1: group communication) | | |
|Total |15 | |
When your marked essay is returned: Comment reading test
Your tutor will return your marked assignment with comments on it. Obviously it’s important that you can see these on your screen. Instructions for reading the comments are provided in the Getting Started Online book.
To ensure that you are able to see all types of comments, your tutor will put two test messages below. When you send eTMA 02 at the end of Block 1, you will be asked to say what these messages were. You and your tutor can then be confident that all comments are reaching you.
Message 1: Comment box
When you get eTMA 01 back from your tutor, you should see a box in the margin on the right, containing a word or phrase. This word or phrase is Message 1.
The Business plan on A Message Without Words
Select one (1) of the picture ads from the Benetton advertisement images document, located in the online course shell. Assume you are the project lead at Benetton. You and your team are tasked with revitalizing a social conscious campaign to address a world issue Benetton wants to draw attention to. Craft a message for this image and its appeal to the public on behalf of Benetton. The message ...
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Message 2: Track changes
You should see a word or phrase inserted here:
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What if you can’t see the messages?
If you can’t see the box with Message 1 in it, check that you have followed the instructions on reading TMA comments in Getting Started Online. If you still can’t see the message, look in the Help menu of Word to find out how to make ‘comments’ visible. Look for ‘comment’ or ‘show comment’.
If you can’t see Message 2, check that you have followed the instructions in Getting Started Online. If you still can’t see the message, look in the Help menu of Word to find out how to make tracked changes visible. Look for ‘tracked changes’ or ‘show tracked changes’.
If you continue to have difficulties seeing either message, phone the Computing Helpdesk (01908 653972).
Alternatively, put a message in the K101 Technical Glitches forum.
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