This free online homecare training course explains how to safely support the infirm with their daily household tasks. ‘Domiciliary care workers’ are trained carers who support the infirm at home by performing daily household tasks that maintain their quality of life. Do you find fulfilment in assisting people in need? Have you considered a career in homecare? We teach you how to provide quality services to those in need and provide today’s best homecare practices before examining the UK’s laws designed to protect the wellbeing and dignity of those in your care.
| Course Category | Care Assistance, Health Care |
| Course Type | Online Learning |
| Course Qualification | CPD Certificate |
| Course Duration | 1.5-3 hours |
| Course Fee | Free |
| Entry Requirements | Like all courses on the Alison Free Learning platform this is a free, CPD-accredited course. A Graduate can choose to buy a certificate or diploma upon successful completion of a course, but this is not required or necessary. At Alison we believe that free education, more than anything, has the power to break through boundaries and transform lives. Alison is the world’s largest free online empowerment platform for education and skills training, offering over 5000 CPD accredited courses and a range of impactful career development tools. It is a for-profit social enterprise dedicated to making it possible for anyone, to study anything, anywhere, at any time, for free online, at any subject level. Through our mission, we are a catalyst for positive social change, creating opportunity, prosperity, and equality for everyone. |
| Career Path | In This Free Course, You Will Learn How To • Recall who provides and receives domiciliary care support • List the core elements that are required to manage health and safety in the home • Describe the factors to consider when identifying individuals who are at particular risk • Outline how to carry out a RIDDOR report of an accident • Distinguish between people ‘infected’ or ‘colonised’ with methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) • Discuss how MRSA and blood-borne viruses are spread and how to practice good hand hygiene • Analyse how the National Early Warning Score (NEWS) work and how it is used • Outline the six simple physiological parameters that form the basis of the scoring system ‘NEWS’ • Indicate how to perform CPR • Outline the seven Caldicott Principles • Summarise how to communicate effectively |
| Course Code | 5121 |
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