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Palliative care is an approach that improves the quality of life of patients and their families facing the problem associated with life-threatening illness, through the
prevention and relief of suffering by means of early identification and impeccable assessment and treatment of pain and other problems, physical, psychosocial and spiritual.
This workshop aims to reinforce knowledge of harmful effects of restrictive practices or restraints and seclusion in Aged care and to reinforce and empower Aged care staff to apply strategies to counteract them in line with the new Aged care quality standards. This workshop also touches on restrictive practices being the last resort.
Continence care involves establishing the underlying cause, not just selecting products for containment. Needing to wear incontinence pads every day may have a significant negative effect upon the person’s quality of life,
and can result in decreased confidence and self esteem.
This workshop is designed to give an overview of what a fire warden is and what the required duties aswell as emergency management, procedures and what they may look like within a healthcare setting.
Wound management is no longer simply the application of a dressing to an acute or chronic wound. It is the provision of an appropriate environment for healing by both direct and indirect methods, together with the revention of skin breakdown.
This workshop aims to improve knowledge base and promote best practice in day-to-day work of aged care staff and to empower them to be active participants in the continuous improvement process of the organisation.
This workshop enables the participant to enhance their work
practices with CALD residents and provide care which transcends cultural barriers in a sensitive manner. The workshop also aims to improve cross cultural knowledge
base of CALD staff who work with residents from cultural backgrounds other than their own
An ostomy is a surgically made opening from the inside of an organ to the outside. The stoma is the part of the ostomy attached to the skin.
A stoma bag is then attached to the opening, in the case of colostomies, ileostomies and urostomies, so that either faeces or urine drain into this bag. The stoma is then required to be managed, maintained and empties many times a day.
TThis workshop aims to to provide an overview of delirium and it’s features. Delirium is an abrupt change in the brain that causes mental confusion and emotional disruption. It makes it difficult to think, remember, sleep, pay attention, and more.
The management of older adults with Type 2 diabetes requires careful consideration of the effects that advancing age and changes in health status can have on the competing risks and benefits of therapeutic interventions.
The Course in Supporting People with Disability to use Medications consists of 1 unit.
This workshop aims to to provide an overview of Advanced Care Planning (End of Life Pathway) and it’s features
The management of older adults with Type 2 diabetes requires careful consideration of the effects that advancing age and changes in health status can have on the competing risks and benefits of therapeutic interventions.
The aim is to refresh your skills and knowledge, bringing you in line with current standards and procedures and is ideally suited for those students who completed the qualification but have not entered the workforce as a pathology collector.
This non-accredited / professional development workshop aims to to provide an overview of the correct procedure to use, clean and maintain a Nebuliser.
This skill set reflects the skill requirements to prepare for and provide medication assistance plus completion of medication documentation
Dementia describes a collection of symptoms that are caused by disorders affecting the brain.
It is not one specific disease. This non-accredited / professional development workshop aims to to provide an overview of dementia and it’s features.
Most people who live in aged care homes, assisted living or disability homes take medicines. Many take a number of different medicines for different health conditions. Medications, whilst making a significant contribution to the treatment of ill health, the prevention of disease, and improvement of health outcomes have the potential to cause harm.