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Interwork Limited presents
Practical Trainingfor Carers
Provide Support to Meet Personal Care Needs
CONTENT
Understanding the client’s personal support requirements
Providing support to increase maximum participation
Addressing personal support requirements
Recognising and reporting changes in health and or support requirements
Understanding
the
Client’s Personal Care Needs
PERSONAL CARE SUPPORT PLAN
A personal care support plan is developed individually
Each plan is tailored to the needs and the support required by the particular client
The plan is developed through consultation with the client
The plan can be modified to accommodate the support need of the client
What should be included in a Care Plan
DAILY LIVING ACTIVITIES
Daily living activities are activities we do to keep ourselves and where we live, clean safe and organised
Personal support requirements are tasks your client may need assistance to complete
PERSONAL SUPPORT REQUIREMENTS
Personal Hygiene
Dressing and Undressing
Grooming
Oral Hygiene
Mobility and Transfer
Elimination
Hydration, Nutrition and Feeding
Respiration
Skin Maintenance
MORE PERSONAL SUPPORT REQUIREMENTS
POSSIBLE EFFECTS OF PERSONAL CARE
Embarrassment
Fear
Disempowerment
Humiliation
Discomfort
RISKS WHEN PROVIDING PERSONAL CARE
What risks are associated with providing personal support to meet personal care needs?
Risk is the chance that of something may go wrong and cause injury or damage
Risks may be present to both the client and the provider of support
Precautions can be taken to avert, modify or prevent risks
AIDS AND EQUIPMENT
Using equipment, processes and aids
Technical and operational skills need to be practiced before using with clients
Seeking appropriate support and guidance before using any equipment, processes and aids
Types of aids and equipment
Encouraging
Client
Participation
CLIENT INVOLVEMENT
Confirm personal preferences that the client may have
Encourage the client to participate in his/her own support plan
Provide information that may help them to meet their own needs
Addressing
Personal
Support Needs
Equipment, Processes and Aids
There is a range of equipment processes and aids available to ensure clients are cared for safely and properly
An assessment usually takes place to decide what is required
Equipment, Processes and Aids
Different types of equipment such as wheelchairs, mobility aids, bed
Services within South Australia: Technical Aid for the Disabled Independent Living Centre
Useful website: Sa.gov.au
DEALING WITH RISK
Categories of risk include:
Evidence of self neglect
Behaviours of concern
Impaired judgment and problem solving ability
Impaired cognitive functioning
Changes in health status
Home environment hazards
Social right infringements
PROVIDING ASSISTANCE
Assistance you provide varies depending on the client’s needs, examples of providing personal care include
Showering
Bed Bathing
Shaving
Toileting
Eating and Drinking
Oral Health Care
Mobility and Transfer
PROVIDING ASSISTANCE TECHNICAL CARE
Assistance can include technical care
Checking or changing a dressing
Catheter care
Prostheses
Ant thrombotic stockings
Breathing devices
Simple eye care
Maintaining Client’s Confidentiality, Privacyand Dignity
The following are mandatory in the workplace
These form part of the roles and responsibilities of an employee workingin the area of providing support to meet personal care needs
1. Privacy refers to a person’s ability to control access of others to themselves and information about themselves
2. Confidentiality is about data or information , and refers to managing access to private information
3. Dignity refers to a persons pride and self respect
Reporting Changes in
Client’s Health or
Needs
•A client’s condition and/or health may from day to day
Note any changes
Report as is necessary
Seek advice on variations to the work plan that may be required
Modify processes aids and equipment as required
Reporting changes in a client’s health or needs
RECAP
Provide Support to Meet Personal Care Needs• Evaluate the information you have received in this session