Health, Wellness, Illness & Disability
A state of complete physical, mental and social well being and not merely the abscence of disease or infirmity
What is Health?
People who support each other,
understand each other’s scope of practice,
and communicate with each other effectively
What is The Healthcare Team?
Rules of conduct that guide us when deciding what is right or wrong (moral/immoral)
What is Ethics?
A body of law that governs the behaviour of a country's residents
What is Legislation?
Not performing a task or procedure correctly . Performing a task or procedure that you are not qualified to do
What is Negligence?
The loss of physical or mental health
What is Illness?
Opportunities for collaboration
Opportunities for communication
Opportunities for mentorship
What is Benefits of Working on a Team?
Autonomy,Justice,Beneficence,Nonmaleficence
What is Four Basic Principles of Healthcare Ethics?
This is federal legislation that applies to all Canadians, regardless of where they live in Canada.
What is the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms?
Unfair treatment as a result of a illness or disability
What is Discrimination?
Physical, Emotional, Social, Spiritual and Cognitive Health
What is Dimensions of Health?
.......are responsible/accountable to their supervisor, their clients, and their co-workers.
What is a support worker?
Respecting your clients’............ means that you do not judge their choices or their lifestyle.
What is Autonomy?
Right to be treated with dignity and respect Right to privacy and confidentiality Right to give or withhold informed consent Right to autonomy
What is Client Rights?
Usually includes the client, family members,
the case manager, the family physician,
nurses, and support workers and their
supervisors.
What is Home Care Team
The loss of Physical or Mental Function
What is Disability?
a function, procedure, or activity that you assist the client with or perform for the client
What is a Task?
Doing or promoting good
What is Beneficence?
Person’s right not to have his image, words, character description, or comments about his reputation made public by electronic means.
What is Electronic Privacy?
The transfer of function
What is Delegation?
Income, Social status, Social Support Networks, Education/Literacy, Employment/Working Conditions, Social Supports and Physical Enviornments
What is Determinants of Health?
Right task Right circumstances Right person Right directions and communication Right supervision and evaluation
What is Five Rights of Delegation?
Seeking to do no harm
What is Nonmaleficence?
The client has the right to decide what will and will not be done to his or her body and who can touch them.
What is informed consent?
A situation in which a difficult choice has to be made between two courses of action, either of which entails transgressing a moral principle.
What is an Ethical Dilemma?