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A specific service designed to respond rapidly to prevent hospital admission or to facilitate early discharge.
Reablement is about helping people learn or relearn the skills they need for
daily living - which they may have lost through the deterioration of their health and/or increased support needs - to help them gain more independence.
A formal request for an
assessment of a person's needs.
May take the form of either a nursing, or a residential care home, that provides 24 hr care to individuals who, on
assessment, have been assessed as no longer being able to be supported at home.
Residential accommodation can be either long or short stay.
A screen is made up of thousands of dots, called
pixels ("picture elements"), arranged on the screen in columns and rows. The characters, pictures and shapes that appear on the screen are created by changing the colors of these dots. The resolution of a monitor is the number of pixels used within it, and is given as two numbers for instance "1280 by 800" (1280 across the screen and 800 down). With a larger number of pixels ("higher resolution"), screen objects can be shown in more detail and mor
A static or mobile place where technological aids and equipment are available variously to view, try out and purchase.
A service giving
carers a break from their caring responsibilities by providing short term care to the cared-for-person in their own home or in a residential setting.
This is the headteacher or appropriate governor that is chair of the governing body unless the governing body has designated another governor for the purpose. In the case of a nursery school, the
responsible person is the headteacher. The responsible person must be informed by the LA when they conclude that a pupil at a school has
SENs. The responsible person must then ensure all those who will teach the
child know about his or her SENs.
Retinal detachment is an eye problem that happens when your retina (a light-sensitive layer of tissue in the back of your eye) is pulled away from its normal position at the back of your eye.
Retinitis pigmentosa is the term used for a group of closely related inherited eye conditions that affect the retina, the specialised light-sensitive tissue at the back of the eye. A person’s sight loss usually happens gradually, over many years – and sometimes eventually leads to registered blindness. Retinitis pigmentosa is the most common inherited eye condition, affecting around one in 4,000 people in the UK.
Retinoblastoma (Rb) is a type of eye cancer that affects young
children, mainly under the age of six. It develops in the cells of the retina, the
light sensitive lining of the eye. Around 40-50 cases are diagnosed in the UK every year – approximately one child a week. Retinoblastoma can either affect one or both eyes.
Retinopathy of prematurity is a condition that can affect babies who are born early, before the blood vessels that supply the light-sensitive layer of the eye (the retina) have finished growing.
This can refer to re-
assessment of
service user's needs and issues, and consideration of the extent to which services are to meet the stated objectives, achieve the desired
outcomes and respond to changes in circumstances or service criteria.
Review may also refer to an organisational review.
The
assessment of a person's health, their safety, well being and their ability to manage essential daily routines and the impact this has on the individual, their
carers and staff.
