BASUCAT: BASIC SUPPORT CARE TRAINING
BASIC SUPPORT CARE TRAINING
Course Duration
Mode of Assessment
Written Assessment, Oral Questioning, Written Test
Who Should Attend
- Healthcare Professionals
- Caregivers
- Home Health Aides
Course Overview
This course consists of four modules: preparing to assist the elderly in meeting their basic needs, helping clients with basic hygiene needs, assisting clients with clinical care needs, and providing enhanced personal care. These modules cover a range of skills and knowledge necessary for caregiving in patient care settings.
Course Schedule
Next available schedule
Course Objectives
Upon completing this course, participants will be able to:
- Provide knowledge and understanding of hygiene practices and infection control.
- Equip learners with the ability to assist with clinical care needs and monitor vital signs.
- Enhance the ability to provide personalized care and support to clients in their daily activities (ADL).
Course Outline
Module 1. Prepare to Assist Elderly to Meet Basic Needs
- Identify potential risk situations when working with the elderly client
- WSHA
- Ways to identify potential and types of risk situations
- Methods to manage potential risk situations
- Hygiene and Infection Control
- Mode of transmission
- PPE and Handwashing Practice
- Types of PPE and guidelines for use of PPE
- Handwashing
- Practice
- Mask-fitting
- Proper Waste Disposal and Safe Handling of Sharps
Module 2. Assist Clients to Meet Basic Hygiene Needs
Part 1. Establish rapport and maintain a relationship with the client
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- Importance to build and maintain postive relationship
- Understand diabled/elderly clients
- Build and maintain a positive relationship by applying interpersonal skills
- Effective Verbal and non-verbal communications
- non-verbal
- Affirmation
- Paraphrasing and Empathic response
- Maintaining privacy and confidentiality
Part 2. Assist elderly client in oral feeding
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- Assist Elderly Client In Oral Feeding
- Prepare Client For Oral Feeding In Accordance With Established Procedures
- Steps to prepare elderly client for oral feeding
- Feeding Difficulties
- Causes of feeding difficulties
- Consequences of feeding difficulties
- Symptoms of feeding difficulties
- Reporting observations of feeding difficulties
Part 3. Transfer the elderly client with or without mobility equipment to prevent falls
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- Causes of falls
- Impact and consequences of fall
- Ways to prevent falls
- Fall Prevention - Safe Environment
- Applying methods to support client in use of mobility aids + Practice
- Risk Factors in Transfer
- Assessing client's profile and condition to prevent fall
- Risk factors relating to client, self, and the environment
- Transfer Client In A Safe Manner + Practice
- Preparing mobility equipment and client for transfer
- Purpose and process of transfer
- Apply appropriate transfer techniques
- Complete transfer process
Part 4. Assist the elderly client in toileting
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- Prepare Correct Type Of Toileting Equipment Depending On Gender And Toileting
- Need Of The Elderly Client In Accordance With Organisational Procedures
- Types of equipment
- Assist Client In Toileting In A Timely Manner And According To Organisational Procedures + Practice
- Factor to consider before actual provision of assistance
- Toileting Assistance Checklist
- Aid client to assume necessary position for defecation
- Assist client in cleansing relevant body areas using cleaning supplies
- Reporting of details
- Disposing of waste and cleaning toileting equipment
Module 3. Assist Clients with Clinical Care Needs
Part 1: Assist clients with common health conditions
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- Definition and Description of common chronic health condition
- Signs and symptoms of common chronic health conditions
- Recognise signs and symptoms of common chronic health
- Risks of common & acute chronic health conditions afflicting clients
Apply Contingency Management Skills in the Event of Emergencies Caused By Common Chronic and Acute Health Conditions - Types of Emergency
- Emergency signs and symptoms
- Responding to Emergencies + Responding to diabetes-related emergencies
Part 2: Measure and record vital signs of clients
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- Importance of monitoring vital signs
- Vital signs to be monitored
- Steps Involved in Measuring and Recording Vital Signs of Client
- Prepare appropriate tools and equipment for measuring / taking the different vital signs
- Automated BP set
- Infrared forehead thermometer
- Infrared Ear thermometer + ear probes
- Fingertip pulse oximeter
- Glucometer + lancet + lancing device + strips-
- Conduct proper health and hygeine procedures prior to and after measuring vital Signs
- Prepare clients for measurement of vital signs by using appropriate language and good communication techniques
- Measure and interpret readings of vital signs according to established procedures taking into consideration relevant factors + Learning Activity
- Measure and interpret readings of vital signs
- Clean and restore tools and equipment
- Dispose consumable items according to regulatory requirements and guidelines
- Record and report readings of vital signs, highlighting abnormal readings or difficulties in measuring vital signs in accordance with organisational guidelines
Part 3: Assist in serving medication for clients
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- Five Rights of Medication + Learning Activity
- Monitor Side Effects of Medication Served to the Elderly Clients + Learning Activity
- Apply Proper Health And Hygiene Procedures Prior To And After Assisting In Medication Adminstration
- Assist Clients In Administering Medication According To Established And Relevant Legislative Requirements
- Report Administration Of Medication, Highlighting Any Side-Effects Or Changes In Clients’ Condition That May Impact Ther Ability To Self-Administer Medication According To Organisation Procedures
Part 4: Assist clients with common mental health conditions
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- Recognise Signs and Symptoms of Common Mental Health Conditions Afflicting The Elderly As Well As Its Risks
- Definition, Characteristics and Causes of common mental health conditions afflicting the elderly clients
- Dementia – Signs and symptoms and associated risks + Learning Activity
- Depression – Signs and symptoms and associated risks
- Anxiety disorder – Signs and symptoms and associated risks
- Delirium – Signs and symptoms and associated risks
- Identification and Management of Common Mental Health Conditions Afflicting the Elderly Clients + Learning activity
Part 5: CPR (Hands-only) and AED
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- Heart attack and cardiac arrest
- Hands-only cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR)
- Automated External Defibrillation (AED)
- Chain of Survival
Module 4. Provide Enhanced Personal Care For Clients
Part 1: Assist client with hygiene activities
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- Prepare tools and equipment to assist client in hygiene activities in accordance with care plan
- Apply proper health and hygiene procedures in carrying out hygiene activities
- Prepare client for hygiene activities in accordance with established organisational procedures
- Performing assisted showering – Practical
- Reporting abnormalities and disposing waste in accordance to established proceduresnad regulatory requirements
- Assessing for abnormalities in condition during the hygiene process
- Organisational guidelines for reporting hygiene activities, highlighting abnormalities in condition
- Procedure for disposing of waste
- Performing bed sponging (incorporating hair care, oral care and skin care)
- Bed sponge check list
- Hair Care check list
- Oral care check list
- Skin care check list
- Performing foot care
- Foot care check list
Part 2: Assist client with elimination and perineal care activities
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- Performing Diaper Changing
- Diaper changing check list
- Procedure for disposing of waste
- Performing Diaper Changing
Certificate Obtained and Conferred by
- Certificate of completion from NTUC LearningHub
Upon meeting the attendance and assessment(s) criteria, participants will be awarded with a digital Certificate of Completion from NTUC LearningHub.
Upon meeting at least 75% attendance and passing the assessment(s), participants will receive a Certificate of Completion from NTUC LearningHub.
Additional Details
Medium of Instruction: English
Trainer to trainee ratio: 1:20
Mode of Delivery: <Physical class>
Price
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After GST |
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Full Course Fee |
$1,100.00 |
$1,199.00 |
$1,100.00 |
$1,199.00 |
$1,100.00 |
$1,199.00 |
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For Singapore Citizens aged 39 years and below |
$550.00 |
$649.00 |
$550.00 |
$649.00 |
$330.00 |
$429.00 |
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For Singapore Citizens aged 40 years and above |
$330.00 |
$429.00 |
$330.00 |
$429.00 |
$330.00 |
$429.00 |
Funding Eligibility Criteria
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Remarks
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