Personal Care
Course Aims:
This eLearning course is designed to enable you to increase your understanding about Personal Care in health and social care.
The course begins by explaining the term ‘personal care’ and ensuring the learner has a good understanding of dignity, privacy and respect in relation to providing personal care. The course explains how to provide personal care in a safe and hygienic way, including hand washing, use of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) and disposal of waste.
The course goes on to outline in detail good practice in supporting an individual in various aspects of their personal care and hygiene, including washing, going to the toilet, dental care, shaving, nail care, dressing and grooming.
Accreditation: This course is CPD certified.
Course Price:
£18.00 Inc VAT
Learning Outcomes:
Explain what is meant by the term ‘personal care’.
Explain how an individual may feel when requiring personal care.
Identify the importance of finding out about an individual’s preferences for personal care tasks.
Describe ways to promote dignity and respect when providing personal care.
Explain the importance of personal hygiene and a clean environment.
Wash your hands properly.
Identify the correct use of Personal Protective Equipment when providing personal care.
Explain the procedures for disposal of waste.
Identify good practice when supporting an individual with washing, going to the toilet, dental hygiene, shaving, nail care, grooming and dressing.
FAQs
Courses are fully certified. Once a learner successfully completes a course you are able to contact us directly to receive your Certification.
Courses are delivered online and work on any internet enabled device. As long as you have access to an internet connection you can complete courses when and where you like 24 hours a day.
Yes, our Courses are CPD Certified.
Some of our shorter courses will typically take between 30 minutes and an hour to complete. Some of the bigger ones will take longer and depends largely on each individual’s learning speed.
Course Price:
£18.00 Inc VAT
Level:
2
Course Syllabus Includes:
Individual preferences
Dignity and respect
Active support
Infection control
Washing hands
Personal Protective Equipment (PPE)
Disposal of waste
Washing and bathing
Going to the toilet
Use of bed pans
Toilet aids
Continence equipment
Dental hygiene
Nail care
Shaving
Dressing and grooming
Dressing aids
Monitoring, reporting and recording
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