booklet 8

• multidisciplinary team~ a group of health care workers of different disciplines who work together to provide care for a patient
• People can develop mental health issues as a result of having physical ill health due to anxiety or depression.
• stress can often be linked to physical and mental health
• why people don't receive help for mental health issues:

  ~ may not believe themselves to be ill

  ~ might not want to admit they have an illness

  ~ may be frightened to seek help
• MENCAP= a learning disability charity which aims to:

  ~ make significant improvements to attitudes

  ~ improve the quality of life for people

  ~ provide early support
• learning disability: a reduced intellectual ability and difficulty with everyday activities which affects someone their whole life.
• LD can effect the ability to process information and cause a person to struggle with being independent
• the community care act 1990= increased the number of people with LD who were cared for and supported in the community
• the disability discrimination act 1995= provided legal protection from discrimination
• impairment= physical or mental loss of function whether permanent or temporary
• segregation= the action or state of someone or something apart from others
• sensory impairment= a condition where a person's sensory organs function abnormally poorly
• disabling environment= a situation where appropriate adaptations or services are not in place to support people with impairment
• there is a link between poverty and disability:

  ~ poverty rate for adults with disabilities is twice that of adults without disabilities
• life stages:

  ~ infancy= 0-2 yrs ~ early adulthood= 19-45yrs

  ~ early childhood= 3-8 yrs ~ middle adulthood= 46-65 yrs

  ~ adolescence= 9-18yrs ~ later adulthood=65+ yrs
• development of infants and young children is a journey and is influenced by physiological changes and social environment
• EYFS= covers 7 areas of learning and development which form a holistic model that address the development of the whole child
• every child matters (ECM)= an initiative to ensure all children have the chance to reach their full potential regardless of background
• the 6 C's are key in health and social care
• regulation means that immediate action can be taken where standards are not being met