Manage domiciliary services
In this tutorial you will learn:
- The role of managers in providing domiciliary care
- The purpose of homecare, including values and aims
- About procedures and regulations
Table of Contents
- Tutorial Video
- Reading Materials
- ‘What can you expect from a good home-care agency?’ by the Care Quality Commission
- ‘Domiciliary care provided in people's own homes’ webpage on the HSE website
- ‘Domiciliary Care: National Minimum Standards’, produced by The Department of Health
- ‘Regulations for service providers and managers' on the Care Quality Commission website
- ‘Domiciliary Care Agencies: Minimum Standards’ by the Department of Health, Social Services and Public Safety, Northern Ireland
- ‘National minimum standards for domiciliary care agencies in Wales’ by the Welsh Assembly Government
- ‘National care standards: Care at home’ by the Scottish Government
- ‘Home care: delivering personal care and practical support to older people living in their own homes’ by the National Institute for health and Care Excellence (NICE)
- ‘Leading and managing home care teams’ by Skills for Care
- Presentation
- Good Practice Example
- Good Practice Example
- Interactive Quiz
- Evidence Opportunities
- Extended Learning
- Click the icon to access the Care Quality Commission’s webpage entitled ‘Legislation’ which outlines current laws that regulate the health and social care sector and provides links to further information.
- Click to read 'Messages on the future of domiciliary care services' by The Institute of Public Care (IPC), Oxford Brookes University.
- Click to read about ‘The Care Act 2014’ on Age UK website.
- Click to read this advice from the NHS for people who are considering ‘Help at home from a carer’.
- Think And Challenge
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