Continence Care in Aged Care
AU$59.00
Course Duration: 30 mins
Accessible for: 31 days
In this course, you will learn about the physical and emotional impacts of incontinence and the importance of aged care legislation in providing person-centred continence care. You will learn about SMART goals and explore assessment tools such as bladder diaries, bowel charts, and skin integrity checklists, considering factors like medications, mobility, cognition, and hydration. You will also learn about different continence aids and implement hygiene routines to ensure comfort and dignity and prevent infections. You will explore preventive strategies such as proactive toileting, hydration, diet management, and trigger monitoring to improve continence care outcomes in aged care.
After this lesson, you’ll be able to:
- Explain bladder and bowel functions and the physical and emotional impacts of incontinence.
- Use assessment tools and checklists to create SMART goals for continence care.
- Understand various continence aids and hygiene routines to prevent infections and ensure comfort, dignity, and effectiveness.
- Implement preventive strategies and trigger monitoring to enhance continence care outcomes for ageing individuals.
- E-learn (30min)
- Assessment (10 questions)
- 7 resources:
- Continence Health Australia.
- Your Bladder Diary.
- Your Bowel Diary.
- Dementia and Bladder and Bowel Control.
- Tips for Carers.
- Continence Products.
- Looking After Your Skin.
- Certificate of completion
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