Contains a series of eight guides written specifically with care assistants in mind and designed for everyone involved in the direct care of working in residential and nursing homes. Booklets include: privacy; meal times; restraint; leisure in homes; coping with death in homes; helping resident to hear; dementia; abuse in homes.
Contains a series of eight guides written specifically with care assistants in mind and designed for everyone involved in the direct care of working in residential and nursing homes. Booklets include: privacy; meal times; restraint; leisure in homes; coping with death in homes; helping resident to hear; dementia; abuse in homes.
Eight self contained booklets aimed specifically at care assistants. Each book looks at an issue as it affects people in residential care and nursing homes and discusses how staff can improve their working practice with input and support from their managers and colleagues. Issues are addressed in a practical and accessible format and are ideal for induction programmes, on the job training, or as an aide to study on college courses. The booklets are: new residents; health care; Parkinson's Disease; continence; sight loss; fostering residents' self determination; working in a multi cultural environment; and personal and spiritual values.
Eight self contained booklets aimed specifically at care assistants. Each book looks at an issue as it affects people in residential care and nursing homes and discusses how staff can improve their working practice with input and support from their managers and colleagues. Issues are addressed in a practical and accessible format and are ideal for induction programmes, on the job training, or as an aide to study on college courses. The booklets are: new residents; health care; Parkinson's Disease; continence; sight loss; fostering residents' self determination; working in a multi cultural environment; and personal and spiritual values.
Subject terms:
incontinence, independence, multicultural approach, nursing homes, older people, Parkinsons disease, quality assurance, religions, residential care, spirituality, staff, staff development, training, user participation, visual impairment, black and minority ethnic people, care homes, health care, good practice;