Course Objectives
Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to identify:
- different types of home care services, the professionals who make up the home care team, and the role of the personal care attendant in fulfilling the care plan.
- tools that are needed for developing cultural competence and the impact of cultural factors on health care.
- principles of personal care, hygiene, and infection control
- how to care for someone on bedrest, including proper positioning and principles of body mechanics
- general guidelines for taking vital signs, weighing patients, and assessing pain
- safe methods for assisting with medications
- principles of proper nutrition and dietary recommendations for the elderly
- general guidelines when caring for someone with urinary or fecal incontinence.
- how to care for someone on oxygen therapy and safety concerns
- general guidelines for measuring intake and output
- principles of safety and fire prevention.
- general guidelines for care of the elderly and disabled
- signs and symptoms of elder abuse and how to file a report of suspected abuse
- general guidelines for care of clients with specific diseases and conditions
- guidelines for reducing personal stress


