A reading list for Health and Social Care learners
May 6, 2020, 14:32
, 14:32
Our Health and Social Care sector manager, Trudy Murray, has compiled a list of useful books, films and TV shows that can help you to learn more about the Health and Social Care sector. They can also support you as you study for your BTEC qualification, so take a look and see what you think!
Books
Secret diaries of a Junior Doctor during his medical training from 2004 to 2010.
Themes: Healthcare services
Story of two cancer-afflicted teenagers who embark on the adventure of their lives. Themes: Illness
An elderly woman descending into dementia embarks on a desperate quest to find the best friend she believes has disappeared.
Themes: Illness/old age
Story of patients in a psychiatric hospital.Themes: Care values
Story of a social worker who is unable to detach from a child the way she should. Themes: Social care
Films
Story of a professor developing early onset Alzheimer's disease.Themes: Illness/Disorders
Three female mathematicians deal with racial and gender discrimination at work.Themes: Care values
Story of a young woman battling anorexia.Themes: Diet and appearance
Identical triplets become separated at birth and adopted by three different families. Years later, their amazing reunion becomes a global sensation.Themes: Relationships/family
TV programmes
The award-winning series that lifts the lid on the ups, downs, tears, tantrums and triumphs of the playground. Themes: Childhood development/life stages
One of the UK's biggest retirement villages opens a nursery where the classmates' ages range from three to 102.Themes: Life stages
The pressures and joys of bringing up disabled children.Themes: Disability and childhood events
Fiona Phillips investigates the care of Alzheimer sufferers in the UK. Themes: Illness/old age
Emergency cases entering A&E. Themes: Life events
Panorama explores our social care system, as our population gets older and more of us need help with day to day living.Themes: Old age/care services
Stacey Dooley takes five teenagers to a care home for work experience.Themes: Types of support/voluntary support/old age
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