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Support individuals to meet personal care needs

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In this tutorial you will learn:

How to assist people with their basic care
Ways to ensure people can maintain their basic human dignity
How to support individuals to use toilet facilities, maintain personal hygiene and manage their personal appearance

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Click on the link to the left to access the Social Care Institute for Excellence's Guide: 'Dignity in care'.
Click on the link to the left to visit the website of the Shetland NHS Board where you will find a policy document explaining the importance of careful disposal of medical waste, and how each type of waste should be disposed of.
Click to read ‘Good personal hygiene’ by A Dignified Revolution.
‘Prevention and control of infection in care homes’ by the Health Protection Agency. Click on the icon to the left to read this summary for staff from the Department of Health.
Click to read ‘Regulation 11: Need for consent’ on the CQC website.
Click to read ‘How to use personal protective equipment’ on the Nursing Times website.

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