Care Assistants: Continually in Demand

The rate of unemployment worldwide is increasing. With the recession, many firms have closed down leaving millions jobless. However, many jobs are still available for grabs if you are able, diligent, hardworking and patient. Care assistants are always in demand where ever you are and where ever you go.

Care assistants help health practitioners like doctors, scientists, nurses and midwives in many ways. Without them, these professionals cannot carry out their duties effectively and efficiently.

What they do

Generally, a care assistant assists health practitioners by washing and dressing wounds; feeding patients; helping people to move; toileting; making beds in hospitals; checking patient’s condition by getting patient’s temperature, pulse, respiration, and weight; and helping patients have overall comfort as well as helping scientists study a disease.

In addition, they work with physiotherapists, speech and language therapists, radiographers, dieticians, podiatrists and occupational therapists. In this case, the usual tasks are getting patients ready for therapy; keeping records; making the equipment ready for treatment session; and helping the therapist in the treatment of the injured or sick.

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Common Collie Health Problems

As with any breed of dog there is always the risk of health problems. With the Collie there are different health concerns, such as Collie nose, CHD (Canine Hip Dysplasia), CEA (Collie eye abnormalities), Epilepsy, Bloat and Kennel Cough.

Collie nose is a condition that causes lesions to the nose, lips and eyelids. This condition is caused by a lack of skin pigment and is aggravated by sunlight. Treatment can include applications of sunscreen, limited exposure to direct sunlight and permanent tattooing of the skin to make the pigment darker.

Due to the Collie being a large breed of dog they have a higher risk for certain health problems, one of which is Canine Hip Dysplasia, where there is an abnormal formation of the hip joint. This will commonly develop after eight months of age when the Collie reaches skeletal maturity.

Possible causes could be genetics, lack of activity, poor diet or obesity. Dogs that are given little exercise and fed a low protein dog food have both a lack of activity and a poor diet and will have a higher chance of developing Canine Hip Dysplasia then that of an active dog who is fed a healthy diet. Canine Hip Dysplasia can either have a gradual or sudden onset and can sometimes cause severe pain. This can be diagnosed with an x-ray of the hips.

Untreated, it can lead to crippling lameness and arthritis, which can both be very painful. A preventive treatment for CHD includes keeping your dog active, on a healthy diet and weight management. Treatments can include medication or surgical intervention.

CEA (Collie eye abnormalities) is an inherited disease caused by a genetic defect, and is where the eyes do not develop normally. It involves the cornea, sclera and retina. Collie eye abnormality can have mild effects or total blindness; unfortunately there is no treatment for this disease. There are tests that can be done on the parents to assess the risks of the offspring developing this condition before breeding the animal.

Collie health problems can also include epilepsy, which is a neurological condition that causes the development of seizures. Epilepsy can be either a congenital (inherited) or acquired disease. The seizures can be controlled with medication.

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