Responding to Incidents as a Residential Care Worker

This question set helps residential care workers learn to respond to serious incidents and build positive relationships with the consumers in their care. It provides practical tips and guidance to empower care workers and to ensure that consumers are safe and comfortable.

Category

Aged Care (Residential Care)

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Regulatory Framework

Author

Rebecca Muir

Endorser

Life Care

Description

As a residential care worker, part of the learner's role is ensuring that older Australians feel safe and comfortable in their aged care facility. This set will help them build those positive connections, while also helping them to identify and respond to problems that may arise. Some of these incidents may be reportable serious incidents as classified under the Serious Incident Response Scheme (SIRS). Reportable serious incidents must be reported to the Aged Care Quality and Safety Commission (the Commission) by a manager.

Learning Objectives

By completion of this question set, learners will be able to:

  • Build positive relationships with older Australians and support their wellbeing.
  • Identify and respond to incidents with older Australians while supporting them.

Questions
  1. Get to know me
  2. Building trust
  3. Is this neglect?
  4. Is this unreasonable use of force?
  5. Is this social abuse?
  6. Is she telling the truth?
  7. I don't want it
  8. Running out of time
  9. Money matters
  10. Is this emotional abuse?
  11. Is this unlawful sexual contact?

Responding to Incidents as a Residential Care Worker

This question set helps residential care workers learn to respond to serious incidents and build positive relationships with the consumers in their care. It provides practical tips and guidance to empower care workers and to ensure that consumers are safe and comfortable.

Category

Aged Care (Residential Care)

Regulatory Framework

Audience

Aged Care (Residential Care)

Endorser

Life Care

Author

Rebecca Muir

FMN Campaign Director

Audio Support

Yes

No