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Home Care Ireland: Practical Home Care Skills

Saturday, January 3rd, 2009 | home care

Sometimes it’s easy to understand what you, as a carer for the elderly, should do every day. But maybe there still are certain points that you might forget about. According to The Further Education and Training Awards Council (FETAC), you should be able to show these practical home care skills:

• Understand the importance of dignity, privacy and confidentiality in providing care to vulnerable people
• Respect the right of the person being cared for to autonomy, independence and choice
• Discuss the normal ageing process and the limitations of age related conditions
• Explain how to provide support with nutrition and feeding of the person being cared for
• Recognise the importance of a well-balanced diet for people who need care
• Discuss how important it is to assist the person being cared for in maintaining personal hygiene routines in the care of hair, teeth and personal grooming, bathing and dressing
• Outline how to manage the personal hygiene routines for elimination and continence for a person in their care
• Outline how to manage moving a person safely who has limited mobility with proper moving and handling techniques
• Identify how to make a bed which is occupied and unoccupied with the use of the particular aids for the process
• Explain how pressure areas occur and know what measures to put in place to prevent them

This applies even more when you don’t have a very close relationship with the person you are looking after. While in families, you might find yourself doing all these points almost automatically, when caring after seniors you don’t know, you usually need to put more effort to be able to perform them successfully.

If you find these difficult to deal with or if you would like to discuss any of these issues, give us a call on 1890 500 005 and see how our carers can help you straight away.

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