Residential, Home and Community Aged Care Workbook

3rd Edition - July 15, 2022
Authors: Carla Unicomb, Wendy Bell
Language: English
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Well-trained, empathetic staff are integral to quality personal care in the rapidly developing aged and disability care sector.

The Residential, Home and Community Aged Care Workbook is a companion resource to Long-Term Caring: Residential, Home and Community Aged Care by Scott and Webb. Together, they form a comprehensive teaching and learning package for the Certificate III Individual Support.

The Workbook covers core competencies and select elective competencies in a way that is easy to understand and follow. Students will learn to work effectively in aged care, follow safe work practices, support independence and wellbeing, and deal with specific issues such as infection control, abuse, dementia and palliative care

Cover image
Title page
Table of Contents
Copyright
Preface
How to use this workbook
About the Authors
Contributor
List of Illustrations
1. CHCAGE013: Work effectively in aged care
Introduction
1. Structure and profile of the aged care sector
2. Best practice service delivery model
3. Aged care facilities
4. Other services: The multidisciplinary team
5. Duty of care
6. Informed consent
7. Attitudes to ageing
8. Attitudes and stereotypes
9. Social devaluation
10. Common challenges associated with ageing
11. Health needs
12. The nursing process
13. Observations
14. Person-centred support
15. Elder abuse
16. Restrictive practices
17. Monitoring restrictive practices
18. Human rights
19. Care recipients’ rights to make personal choices
20. The medical record
21. Reporting and recording
22. Privacy and confidentiality
23. Use of digital technology
24. Preventing falls
25. Risk management
2. HLTWHS002: Follow safe work practices for direct client care
Introduction
1. Safety
2. Legislation
3. Due diligence
4. ‘Reasonably practicable’
5. Home hazard assessment
6. Preventing falls
7. Preventing poisoning
8. Preventing burns
9. Preventing suffocation
10. Preventing equipment-related accidents
11. Handling hazardous substances
12. Safety data sheets (SDS)
13. Fire safety
14. Evacuation
15. Workplace violence
16. Risk management
17. Manual handling and body mechanics
18. Back care
19. Infection prevention and control
20. Infection
21. Hand hygiene
22. Environmental control and contaminated waste
23. Spills management
24. Linen and laundry services
25. Personal health
26. Focusing on community care
27. Contributing to safe work practices in the workplace
28. Reflecting on your own safe work practices
29. Quality of life
3. CHCLEG001: Work legally and ethically
Introduction
1. The law and the aged care sector
2. Negligence
3. Defamation
4. Assault and battery
5. Restrictive practices
6. Documentation and restrictive practices
7. Monitoring restrictive practices
8. Informed consent
9. Do not resuscitate
10. Duty of care
11. Vicarious liability
12. Abuse
13. Elder abuse
14. Confidentiality
15. Bullying and harassment
16. Sexual harassment
17. Ethics and the aged care sector
18. Guardianship and enduring power of attorney
19. Residents’ rights and responsibilities
20. Residents’ rights to make personal choices
21. Privacy and confidentiality
22. Disputes and grievances
23. Advance health directives
4. CHCDIV001: Work with diverse people
Introduction
1. History of multiculturalism in Australia
2. Culture, race and ethnicity
3. Cultural awareness and cultural sensitivity
4. Cultural safety and the carer
5. Attitudes to ageing
6. Addressing the older person
7. Touching
8. Family attitudes
9. Language
10. Dress
11. Diet
12. Religion
13. Services available for people from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds (CALD)
14. Aboriginal and torres strait Islander culture
5. CHCCOM005: Communicate and work in health or community services
Introduction
1. Communicating effectively with clients
2. Verbal communication
3. Written communication
4. Non-verbal communication
5. Communication methods
6. Communication barriers
7. Caring for the person
8. Needs
9. Culture and religion
10. Effects of illness and disability on communication
11. Residents and clients
12. Communication and changed behaviours
13. Family and friends
14. Documentation and continuous improvement
6a. CHCCCS041: Recognise healthy body systems
Introduction
1. Cells, tissues and organs
2. Integumentary system
3. Musculoskeletal system
4. Nervous system
5. Circulatory system
6. Respiratory system
7. Digestive system
8. Urinary system
9. Reproductive system
10. Endocrine system
11. Immune system
6b. CHCCCS041: Recognise healthy body systems: health assessment
Introduction
1. Physical examination
2. Vital signs
3. Where do you report vital signs?
4. Body temperature
5. Pulse
6. Stethoscope
7. Respiration
8. Blood pressure
7a. CHCAGE007: Recognise and report risks of falls
Introduction
1. Definition of a fall
2. Identify potential risk of falls
3. The ageing process in relation to falls
4. Factors contributing to the risk of falls
5. Impact of falls on the person and their carer
6. Assessing the person’s normal gait and posture
7. Medical causes of falls and recognising signs
8. Communicate to promote respect and empowerment
9. Legal and ethical – duty of care, dignity of risk, human rights
10. Privacy, confidentiality and disclosure
11. Work, health and safety
12. Organisational policies and procedures
13. Report risk of falls – documentation and storage
14. Risk management
7b. CHCCCS031: Provide individualised support
Introduction
1. Assisting with hygiene
2. Assisting with bowel evacuation and management
3. Assisting with urinary elimination and management
4. Assisting with wound care
5. Assisting with identifying and managing pain
6. Assisting with feeding and drinking
7. Assisting with exercise and activity
8. CHCCCCS040: Support independence and wellbeing
Introduction
1. Service delivery models and standards
2. Attitudes, stereotypes and myths associated with ageing
3. Legal and ethical requirements
4. Nutrition and hydration
5. Diet
6. Changes to nutrition and hydration due to ageing
7. The Australian guide to healthy eating
8. The Australian guide to healthy eating for vegetarians and vegans
9. Recreational activities
10. fitness
11. Body work
12. Complementary therapies
13. Comfort, rest and sleep
14. Promoting sleep
15. Good health
16. Spiritual, cultural and sexual needs of the person
9. CHCAGE011: Provide support to people living with dementia
Introduction
1. The brain
2. Confusion
3. Delirium
4. Dementia
5. Alzheimer’s disease
6. Care of the person with dementia
10. CHCPAL003: Deliver care services using a palliative approach
Introduction
1. Loss and grief
2. Attitudes to death and dying
3. Stages of grief
4. Culture, religion and death rites
5. Palliative care
6. Palliative care of the individual
7. Psychological, social and spiritual comfort
8. Signs of death
9. When death occurs
10. Care of the body after death
11. Ethical principles for palliative care
11. HLTHPS006: Assist clients with medication
Introduction
1. What are medications?
2. Generic brands of medications
3. Effects of medication on older people
4. Polypharmacy
5. Medication assistance
6. Supporting clients with administration of medication
7. Self-administration of medication
8. Legislation
9. Delegation
10. Infection control
11. Maintaining a medication record
12. Medication incident reporting
13. Electronic medication management system (EMMS)
14. Storing medications
15. Routes of administration of medications
16. Types of medications
17. Observing for changes in a client’s condition after medication intake
18. Assisting clients with their medications: Procedure
12. CHCCCS036: Support relationships with carers and families
Introduction
1. Carers
2. Context of caring in australia
3. Carer legislation and policy
4. Multidisciplinary teams
5. Work role boundaries for paid support workers
6. Including carers and family members as part of the support team
7. Carer support
8. The family caring for a loved one with dementia
9. Life cycle transitions and how this can have positive and negative impacts on the carer relationship with the person
10. Caregiver burden
11. Rights and roles of different people in the care relationship
12. Responsibilities of different people in the care relationship
13. Assessing and responding to changes in the care relationship
14. Strategies for working positively with families, carers and friends in residential aged care and community settings
15. Monitoring and promoting carer rights, health and wellbeing
16. Attitudes, stereotypes and myths associated with caring

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