Unit 15 Exam Topics
Q1
Q2
Q3
Q4
Specimen
Paper
Joint swelling
Osteoarthritis
Aids / Adaptations
Mobility – conditions
affecting
Boy / Wheelchair
Barriers – disability,
prejudice
School - adaptations
DMD
Genetic disorders
Reducing genetic
disorders
Ethical issues
Stroke – area of brain,
affecting ability,
NHS practitioners
Adv / disadv. of
residential care
January 2007
Road accident –
physical disability
Practitioners –
assessment of needs
Domiciliary care
Payments
Nerve damage – motor,
sensory, cerebral
cortex, somatosensory,
right cerebral
hemisphere
Brain damage, Stroke,
Communication, Life
QFactors, Aids &
Techniques
DMD
Causes, signs,
symptoms
Practitioners
Aids & adaptations
Types of disability
-Physical
-Barriers to
employment
-Social model of
disability
June 2007
Practitioners
HV / GP / OT / Physio
Chiropodist
Caring skills and
techniques
Spina Bifida
-causes, signs,
disability effects,
treatment,
Care Management cycle
NHS & Community Care
Act
Adv / disadv.
Tests to diagnose
disability before birth
Procedures
Genetic factors
Methods of reducing
incident
Lifestyle factors
Impairments
Disability discrimination
Act
Effectiveness to help
people
Multiple Sclerosis
Signs, progress,
adaptations,
Personal assistant –
compare other
provision to help them
Statementing
January 2008
Osteoarthritis
Tasks/aids/ symptoms
GP / OT / Dom Care /
Social worker
Benefits
Alzheimer's
Caring skills
Symptoms, causes
Unit 15 Exam Topics
Q1
Q2
Q3
Q4
June 2008
Down’s Syndrome – signs
& symptoms
How is it caused
Learning disabilities – how
acquired in children
Test for Downs syndrome
– issues arising with this
test
Aids & Adaptations:
hearing induction loops,
utensil cuffs, callipers.
Link with disability
conditions
Barriers – ignorance,
prejudice, discrimination –
define each.
How can they be reduced
for people with disabilities?
Stroke – unable to speak.
Define a stroke. Lifestyle
factors. .Speech part of the
brain / motor area – affects
of damage.
Life quality factors affected
by stroke. How can they
be provided by a carer.?
Physical effects of Cystic
Fibrosis
2 common treatments for
people with CF – relate to
practitioners
How is CF caused?
January 2009
Stroke (CVA) – paralysed,
unable to speak
Life Quality factors – in
scenario
What is a stroke
Speech area of the brain –
damage & location
Side of body paralysed
Osteoarthritis – causes &
symptoms
Practitioners
Aids & adaptations
Legislation - Care
Management System
Cerebral Palsy – signs /
symptoms. Causes
Advantages & limitations of
education – mainstream
versus special school.
Different perspectives
Blindness
Barriers to employment
Physical barriers
Provision for employment for
people with disabilities
Social model of disability
Impairments
June 2009
MS – progression
3 stages in care Planning
Cycle
Residential care –
advantages &
disadvantages
Downs Syndrome –
causes
Tests done before birth
Practical & ethical issues
of termination of pregnancy
Special Education –
access to it
Reasons for using SEN
schools
Residential care home –
dementia
Symptoms of Alzheimer’s –
how is it caused
Caring skills & techniques
to use for residents
Causes of impairment:
Genetic factors
Birth trauma
Infectious disease
Nutritional factors – link
conditions
Lifestyle choices
Disability Discrimination Act
Barriers & discrimination
Unit 15 Exam Topics
Q1
Q2
Q3
Q4
2010
Specimen
Paper
Downs Syndrome
signs and symptoms
Suitable test before
birth
Ethical issues of
testing
How this disability
might affect
achievement at
school
Aids & Adaptations:
Hearing induction loops
Utensil cuffs
Callipers
Link to disabilities
Barriers resulting from
ignorance, prejudice
and discrimination.
Explain these terms
Stroke – cannot speak
Define a stroke
Lifestyle factors affecting stroke
Speech area damaged by stroke
Motor area
LQF lacking.
Cystic Fibrosis –
physical and
psychological effects
Two treatments for CF
and practitioners
Genes affecting CF
February
2010
Mobility difficulties in
the elderly
Role of social worker
Legislation regarding
Care Management
System
Day care
LQF lacking
Name disability
conditions:
Chromosomal
Birth trauma
Infectious disease
Foetal deficiency of
folic acid B9
Tests in pregnancy
How to reduce genetic
disorders
Cystic Fibrosis – signs and symptoms
Treatments
Practitioners
How it is causes
Duchenne Muscular
Dystrophy
Signs to diagnosis
Process into
mainstream school
Statementing
Issues arising for the
client in school
June
2010
Accident scenario –
spinal injury.
Practitioners,
adaptations used.
Social security
benefits
Co-ordinated
teamwork
Psychological LQF
lacking
Cause of Downs
Syndrome
Tests to detect it
Barriers a DS sufferer
will face
Employment
opportunities for the
disabled.
Effect on life of injuries:
Damage to motor nerves, Damage to
cerebral cortex, Damage to somatosensory
area
Parts of brain, Damage to nervous system
Provisions of Disability Discrimination Act
Aids to improve communication with a:
Visual impairment, Hearing impairment
Speech impairment
Symptoms of
Alzheimer’s disease
How it is caused
Respite care, and it’s
appropriateness to the
condition
Unit 15 Exam Topics
Q1
Q2
Q3
Q4
February
2011
Stroke victim and lifestyle
choices
Motor area in one
hemisphere
Difficulties with speech –
speech area damaged by
stroke
Caring skills for client
Signs and symptoms of
Cerebral palsy
How it is caused
Suggest practitioners
involved.
Causes of spina bifida
Tests before birth
Treatment after birth
Unable to walk –
impairment
Adaptations to home
Barriers faced at school
NHS & Community Care
Act 1990 – care
management system –
care planning cycle
Features of the Act
Community care (Direct
Payment) Act1996 –
employing own personal
care assistant
Domiciliary Care
June 2011
Multiple Sclerosis
#Blurred vision
Signs and symptoms of
the condition
Progression of MS
How caused
PLQF lacking as a result
of MS
Tests to diagnose
disability conditions
before birth – describe
test and conditions
detected.
Genetic factors causing
disability
Birth trauma
Methods to reduce
incidence of genetic
disorders
Signs & symptoms of
cystic fibrosis
Practitioners – roles
Condition- attending
mainstream school
Osteoarthritis
Problems with living tasks
Aids and adaptations
Physical LQF – how they
can improve with
adaptations
Govt legislations –
discuss Acts that help
people with disabilities
January
2012