LAA - A3 Flashcards
What are some commitments of the care value base system?
- promote anti-discriminatory practice to ensure needs met regardless of differences
- empower individuals and enable them to take control
- ensure safety of staff
- maintain confidentiality and privacy
What is the care value base?
Contain good principles, established in 1992 and found in all codes of practice
What is anti-discriminatory practice?
Follows legislation of equality act 2010 and aims to ensure needs of service users are met regardless of differences in protected characteristics
What are the protected characteristics outlined in the equality act 2010?
Age, gender, race, disability, religion or belief, sexual orientation, gender reassignment, pregnancy and maternity and marriage and civil partnership
What is the Human Rights act 1998?
Guarantees rights to all people cared for by public authorities and to be treated equally, fairly, with dignity and respect.
What does the Human Rights Act guarantee an individual the right to?
- Right to life, right to a fair trial, right to personal liberty, right to respect, right to not be tortured or treated in an unhuman way,
What must health and social care professionals do to challenge discriminatory practice?
- Address their own prejudice and adapt their behavior
- understand and meet an individuals need despite their differences
- celebrate diversity
- ensure setting is a welcoming, accessible environment
- compensate for negative effects of discrimination in society
How can individuals be empowered?
- Promoting individualised care
- Promoting and supporting individual’s rights to dignity and independence
- promoting active support consistent with beliefs, cultures and preferences of service users
- support service users to express needs and preferences
How can individualized care be promoted?
- gain clients consent
- fully involved in discussion
- fully understand available options
How can individual’s rights to dignity and independence be promoted?
- respect preferences and needs
- support alongside as opposed to deskilling individual to promote self esteem
How can active support be consistent with beliefs, cultures and preferences?
- celebrate diversity, foods, music festivals, access to English with interpreter, religious observances
What support can a translator or interpreter offer?
Translate written language, verbally translate
What support can a signer offer?
Communicate info to people who are deaf or have a hearing impairment using sign language
What support can an advocate offer?
Represent peoples preferences and needs for someone else
What support can family and friends offer?
Informal care at home
What are some examples of complications in providing treatment of someone’s choice?
Right to confidentiality vs right to protection from harm, putting themselves at risk, live vs religion
What is challenging behaviour?
Any behaviour that puts anyone at risk or affects quality of life for example excessive rudeness, aggression, conflict
How can professionals be trained to deal with conflict?
Work alongside a lone working policy which should be put into place by an employer
What is a lone working policy?
explains specific guidance for when dealing with vulnerable situations such as calling the employer before and after an appointment
What should practitioners do when dealing with conflict?
Stay calm to prevent it worsening, listen carefully and encourage positive ways to deal with conflict, act as an advocate so all views and opinions expressed, be involved with care planning so individual knows how to deal with it
What should a professional do in dangerous or violent situations?
Make sure they know where exits are, remove anything that may be used as a weapon, do not stand near aggressor, summon for help
What legislation do risk assessments follow?
Health and Safety at Work Act 1974
What must employers do to ensure a safe environment?
Put health and safety policy in place, provide up to date information, provide health and safety equipment, provide health and safety training, keep record of all incidents, undertake risk assesments
How are risk assessments carried out?
- identify risk e.g. stairs
- identify those at risk e.g. everyone
- evaluate level of risk 1-4
- identify ways to limit risk e.g. hand rails
- review measures taken e.g. how effective
Explain the table used to evaluate the level of risk in a risk assessment.
1-4 likelihood of risk
1-4 severity of injury
likelihood of risk x severity of injury
1-2 minimal risk, 3-4 low risk, 6-8 medium risk, 9,12,16 high risk
What should a professional do when safeguarding?
Listen carefully, avoid asking questions, explain concerns and that they must be shared, write info down
What are some ways to promote safeguarding?
DBS check, carry out risk assessment, staff training, follow relevant procedures such as anti-discriminatory act
How can professionals promote a hygienic environment to minimise risk of infection?
Washing hands, safe handling and disposal of sharp articles, wearing disposable gloves and aprons, cleaning all equipment according to procedures, keep soiled items to designated washing bags wearing protective clothing when in contact with bodily fluid
Why should professionals keep soiled linen in designated laundry bags?
To avoid cross contamination and spread of disease
When should professionals wear disposable gloves and aprons?
contact with bodily fluids, open wounds, rashes or pressure ulcers
What organisation protects service users and professionals from harm and infection?
COSHH (Control of Substances Hazardous to Health) 2002
Where should clinical waste such as plasters, bandages and dressings be disposed?
Yellow bag where waste is burned in controlled settings
Where should needles and syringes be disposed?
Yellow sharps box which is sealed where waste is burned in controlled settings
Where should bodily fluids such as urine, vomit and blood be disposed?
Flushed down a sluice drain which area will be cleaned and disinfected
Where should soiled linen be disposed?
Red bag which is laundered at the appropriate temperature
Where should recyclable equipment be disposed?
Blue bag which is returned to the Central Sterilisation services 1992 for sterilising and reuse
Which organisation should incidents, particular illnesses and serious accidents be reported?
RIDDOR Reporting of Injuries, Diseases and Dangerous Occurrences Regulations
What illnesses or serious incidents should be reported to RIDDOR?
Food poisoning, Rubella, tuberculosis and broken bones, serious burns and deaths
What is an accident form?
Where less serious incidents and accidents are reported and stored in an accident book.
