If you’re interested in the field of healthcare and you want broaden your knowledge, you can’t miss this Course on the Characteristics and Healthcare Needs of Dependent People. With this course, you’ll be able to acquire the necessary knowledge to carry out this work with professionalism, responsibility y effectiveness. You will learn and apply health techniques and practices to attend properly patients with substance dependence, focusing on the health and hygiene care, improving their quality of life, as a proper hygiene prevents infections and diseases.
Sector-specific
Nursing
3 pm
Characteristics and healthcare needs of people requiring care
Nursing
3 pm
Introduction
Objectives
- To understand working protocols and the various forms of healthcare provision for dependent patients
- Recognising when they need more care and attention
- Apply hygiene and personal care techniques for the patient
- Knowledge of hospital care for immobilised patients
- To help the patient feel more comfortable and improve their hospital stay
Table of Contents
TEACHING UNIT 1. IDENTIFYING THE CHARACTERISTICS AND NEEDS OF DEPENDENT PEOPLE
The ageing process.
Illness and convalescence
Disabilities
Concept
Classification and common causes.
Characteristics and requirements
Quality of life, support and self-determination for people with disabilities
TEACHING UNIT 2. DEFINING THE SCOPE OF HOME CARE
Households with dependants: types and roles. Needs and risks faced by primary carers
Services, programmes and professionals providing direct home care for people in need of care: characteristics and functional structure. The interdisciplinary team and the role of the direct care professional
Primary carers and the home help service
Use of basic home care vocabulary
Ethical principles of social work with individuals and groups with special needs. Attitudes and values
Respect for the ethical principles governing work with people in care
Confidentiality when handling personal and medical information.
Respect for the privacy of those in care
Maintenance of personal hygiene and professional appearance by the home care worker.
Holistic care for people. Techniques for humanising care
Dynamics of the helping relationship: adaptation, difficulties, limits and the prevention of psychological risks
Intervention in situations of bereavement.
The observation and recording of functional progress and the delivery of physical care activities. Observation techniques and tools applied to home settings.
Assistive devices for personal care and hygiene
TEACHING UNIT 3. APPLICATION OF HYGIENE AND PERSONAL CARE TECHNIQUES FOR DEPENDENT INDIVIDUALS
Anatomical and physiological principles of the skin and the basics of personal hygiene. The most common conditions
Personal care and hygiene techniques according to the type of home help provided
Pressure ulcers. Prevention and treatment
Types of beds, accessories and bed linen. Techniques for making beds
Care for patients with incontinence and a stoma
Infection prevention and control
Post-mortem care. Purpose and preparation of the body
Techniques for cleaning and maintaining dentures
Promoting the independence of the person requiring care and those around them in order to improve their
hygiene and personal care
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