ZRecognising and managing the deteriorating resident - 2021-2022
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Target Group:
This study session is for:
- Senior carers and registered nurses in Care Homes and Supported Living Accommodation, within the Private, Voluntary and Independent Sectors within Sutton and those who look after Sutton’s residents and
- Senior carers and registered nurses employed by the London Borough of Sutton, in particular the START Team
Please note this course is not open to domiciliary/home care providers within the private, independent and voluntary (PVI) sectors.
Course Overview:
The aims of the course are to:
- Explore how to recognise changes in your resident that indicate they are becoming unwell
- Enable identification of possible causes, including signs and symptoms of common conditions
- Explore actions to take and escalation of care
- Identify services to support you and how to refer
- Outline the management of on-going care needs
Learning Objectives:
By the end of training session participants will have:
- Gained the skill and confidence to recognise changes in your residents that may indicate a change in their condition
- The ability to identify the potential causes for these changes
- Greater knowledge to ascertain what actions should be taken if you are concerned a resident has deteriorated
- The ability to identify methods of how to escalate your concerns
- Greater knowledge of strategies to manage these residents
- Greater knowledge and skills to prevent deterioration of residents
- Gained the skill of recognising Sepsis as a body reaction to an infection
Special Instructions:
Due to Covid-19, to protect all the delegates, we have reduced the number of spaces.
It is also important that all delegates:
- Do Not to come in if not well
- Remember to wash hands regularly
- Practice respiratory hygiene measures
- Maintain social distancing
- Bring own PPE, gloves, masks, aprons and gel