INCARE SERVICES – TRAINING PEOPLE WHO CARE

 

REF PER01

Personal Care, Care planning and Medication 6hrs

Elements of competence

Skills for Care induction references

1.1The Values

1.3 Person Centred Approaches

3.6 Medication and Health care procedures

4.3 Principles of good record keeping

Links to NVQ core units

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NVQ Mapping

PROMOTING INDEPENDENCE 

 

Z units in Level 2

 

 

Y4.1      Support individuals in undertaking procedures, treatments and dressings

Y4.3      Support individuals to administer the client’s own medication

Z9.1      Enable clients to maintain their personal cleanliness

Z9.2      Support clients in personal grooming and dressing

 

Summary

 

A comprehensive one day course for workers in residential or community settings to explore and develop an understanding of how to deliver personal care, included is a brief summary of common medicines, dispensing techniques.

Who this unit is aimed at

 

This unit is relevant to workers who provide personal care to clients in all care settings - hospital, residential, day- or foster-care or in the client’s own home. 

Proposed Candidate Outcomes

The worker must be able to:

 
  • Understand how to provide support with personal care.
  • Understand the importance of supporting service users to take medication as directed by their doctor.
  • Understand why it is important for workers to follow policies and procedures.
  • Develop an overview of the most comm9on medicines and their effects on the client
  • Develop confidence in recording and observation skills 

How many candidates may attend?

This training is not limited in numbers.

Specific content

  • Bathing in bed/bathroom/chair to include aspects of personal hygiene.
  • Assistance with management of continence of bladder and bowel
  • Catheter Care (suprapubic and urinary)
  • Assistance with dressing and undressing, assistance with feeding
  • Ensuring a safe environment within the Clients Health & Safety Policyn (Cross Infection, MRSA)
  • Hand Washing, Assistance with appliances (hearing aids, spectacles, artificial limbs, leg callipers)
  • Care of skin and hair, including assistance with shaving.
  • Care of pressure areas and prevention of sores. Care of mouth and teeth, including dentures.
  • Key points in administering or assisting clients with medication in their own homes or in residential care settings  
  • The legal implications associated with administering medication in the community  
  • Key issues relating to the existing medication policy and procedures specific to your medication policy and understand how to interpret these into practice  
  • Potential side effect of medication on the individual
  • Effective observation and reporting skills  
  • Complete, in small groups, a case study (Where time allows)
  • Complete a multiple choice audit (All students)

 

Other relevant information 

1.       For registered nurses who wish to incorporate this training into your PREP portfolio’s, you should carry out practice reflection and attach subsequent evidence from this training  

  1. Certificates are issued for each candidate and are valid for approximately 3 years
  2. A candidate assessment is available (Word 2000) for post training audit
  3. The training venue should be quiet and undisturbed.
  4. Staff should not be expected to be on duty
  5. Staff attending should remain for the entire length of the session.
  6. The use of a venue that has access to wash basins, beds, bathrooms etc is preferable but not essential.

 

 

 

 

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