Flashcard: Comprehensive Healthcare Support and Safeguarding — 24 carte

Support worker — role?

Assist with daily tasks, emotional support, and confidentiality.

Home adaptations — purpose?

Minimize risks and promote safety.

Confidentiality — meaning?

Share info only with relevant care personnel.

Healthcare providers — support?

Support patients post-discharge and uphold standards.

Advocacy — role?

Help express views, access info, and defend rights.

Social worker — support?

Arrange services and promote independence.

Healthcare assistant — duties?

Wash, dress, toileting, feeding, mobility, monitor vital signs.

Performance management — purpose?

Observation, feedback, and service user input improve practice.

CPD — meaning?

Ongoing training to maintain and develop skills.

Safeguarding children — focus?

Protect from harm and support family wellbeing.

NHS professionals — roles?

Provide safe, coordinated, patient-centred care.

CQC — functions?

Register, inspect, rate, and protect service users.

Care values — importance?

Ensure safety and quality of care.

Brain injury support — worker role?

Assist daily tasks, emotional adjustment, and home safety.

Visual impairment support — worker?

Coordinate services, access to resources, and independence.

Multidisciplinary working — benefit?

Prevents repetition and improves care coordination.

Employer responsibilities — support?

Provide policies, training, and safe working environment.

Children in hospital — safeguarding?

Prevent harm, follow protocols, support families.

Support roles in NHS — teamwork?

Collaborate across disciplines for comprehensive care.

Safeguarding in care — key?

Protection from abuse, neglect, and harm.

Professional standards — maintained by?

Training, policies, supervision, and continuous review.

Support worker — rights?

Work under safe, clear policies and procedures.

Ongoing CPD — purpose?

Keep skills current and improve practice.

Support in nursing homes — focus?

Safeguarding, coordination, and patient safety.