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Support individuals to meet personal care needs

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‘How to help someone you care for keep clean’ published on the NHS website

This article further explains what a carer needs to consider when looking after an individual who needs assistance with their personal care.This can be found by clicking the link to the left.

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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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