SIRS Obligations for In-Home Care Workers

In-home care providers have a responsibility to report serious incidents to the Aged Care Quality and Safety Commission under the Serious Incident Response Scheme (SIRS). This question set will help them, as a carer, learn what types of incidents they need to report and how to identify them. They'll improve the quality of aged care services by being aware of the serious incidents and reporting them promptly.

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

• Practise serious incident identification and reporting.
• Classify different types of serious incidents.
• Implement prevention strategies for serious incidents.

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1. Unreasonable use of force
2. Preventing psychological abuse
3. Inappropriate sexual contact
4. Unexpected death
5. Missing older Australian
6. Neglect
7. Restrictive practices
8. Stealing or financial coercion
9. What type of incident?
10. What to report?