Foundation Practical Workshop: Shared Lives, Foster Carers and Personal Assistants

Course Overview

This version of our Foundation Practical Workshop is specific for carers who provide medicines support to a person in their own home: shared lives carers, foster carers or personal assistants.

Duration

10am – 3pm

Handouts

All learners receive a copy of our “Support the Use of Medication in Social Care Settings (edition 3 – community version)” workbook, a 116-page full colour course manual plus an on-line assessment. It is suited to those working in the community (e.g. home care support workers, personal assistants etc).

Course Mapping

NICE – Management of Medicines in Community Settings, March 2017
Health and Social Care Act 2008 (Regulated Activities) Regulations 2014: Regulation 12

Accredited with

Skills for care

COURSE CONTENT (Click to expand)

What’s the difference between self-medication, medicines support and medicines administration?
When is a medicines chart needed?
What should the medicines chart look like?
How to record various scenarios on a medicines chart
How to check medicines received in blister packs (monitored dosage systems) from the pharmacy
What is ‘secondary dispensing’ and why should it be avoided?
How to set up the medicines charts (medicines transcription)
Where to go for reliable information on medicines
How to administer medicines safely from blister packs
How to record medicines taken from blister packs
How to administer medicines from original packs
How to record medicines taken from original packs
How to record variable doses, when required doses, declined doses and other scenarios
Understanding pharmacy labels
Medicines expiry dates
Ordering prescriptions and medicines
Administering non-prescribed medicines
Storage and disposal of medicines
Administering oral liquid medicines
Administering creams and ointments
Administering inhalers
Administering eye drops

Price

(excluding VAT)

£710 for max 16 learners

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