BASUCAT: BASIC SUPPORT CARE TRAINING
BASIC SUPPORT CARE TRAINING
Course Duration
Mode of Assessment
Written Test
Who Should Attend
- Healthcare Professionals
- Caregivers
- Home Health Aides
Course Overview
This course consists of three modules: preparing to assist the elderly in meeting their basic needs, assisting clients with clinical care needs and helping clients with basic hygiene needs. These modules cover a range of skills and knowledge necessary for caregiving in patient care settings.
Course Schedule
Next available schedule
Course Objectives
Upon completing this course, participants will be able to:
- Provide knowledge and understanding of hygiene practices and infection control.
- Equip learners with the ability to assist with clinical care needs and monitor vital signs.
- Enhance the ability to provide personalized care and support to clients in their daily activities (ADL).
Course Outline
Module 1. Prepare to Assist Elderly to Meet Basic Needs
Part 1. Identify potential risk situations when working with the elderly client
- Why is it important to identify potential risk situations when working with the elderly client?
- What can you do to identify potential risk situations when working with the elderly client?
- Types of potential risk situations
- Method to manage potential risk / risk situations
Part 2. Infection Prevention and Control – Infection Transmission
- Chain of infection
- Mode of Transmission
Part 3. Infection Prevention and Control – Basic Principles of Infection Prevention and Control
- Standard Precautions
- Hand hygiene
- Respiratory and Environmental Hygiene
- Transmission Based Precautions
- Donning / doffing of PPE
- Mask-fitting
- Proper Waste Disposal and Safe Handling of Sharps
Module 2. Assist Clients with Clinical Care Needs
Part 1. Assist the elderly clients with common chronic health conditions
- Why is this module important for my work in the Eldercare Sector?
- Definition and Description of common chronic health conditions afflicting elderly clients
- Signs and symptoms of common chronic health conditions and acute health conditions afflicting elderly clients
- Risks of common chronic & acute health conditions afflicting clients
- Types of Emergencies
- Responding to Emergencies
Part 2. Measure and record vital signs of the elderly clients
- Importance of monitoring vital signs
- Vital signs to be monitored
- Measuring vital signs
- Measure and interpret readings of vital signs according to established procedures
- Practice Measurement and Interpretation of Vital Signs
- Record and report readings of vital signs
Part 3. Assist in serving medication for the elderly clients
- Five rights of medication
- Monitor side effects of medication served to the elderly clients
- Procedures in Assisting Elderly Clients with Serving Medication
Part 4: Assist the elderly clients with common mental health conditions
- Definition, Characteristics and Causes of common mental health conditions afflicting elderly clients
- Recognise signs and symptoms of common mental health conditions afflicting the elderly as well as associated risks
- Dementia – Signs and symptoms and associated risks
- Assist Clients with Clinical Care Needs Learner’s Guide
- Depression – Signs and symptoms and associated risks
- Anxiety disorder – Signs and symptoms and associated risks
- Delirium – Signs and symptoms and associated risks
- Identification and Management of Common Mental Health Conditions Afflicting the Elderly Clients
Part 5: CPR (Hands-only) and AED
- Heart attack and cardiac arrest
- Hands-only cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR)
- Automated External Defibrillation (AED)
- Chain of Survival
Module 3. Assist Clients to Meet Basic Hygiene Needs
Part 1: Establish rapport and maintain relationship with client
- Why is it important to build rapport and maintain positive relationships with clients?
- Effective verbal and non-verbal communications
- Maintaining privacy and confidentiality
Part 2: Asisting patients with activities of daily living (ADL)
- Ambulating
- Transfer client from one position to another
- Assist Client Moving Around/Walking
- Basic Prevention for Risk for Falls
- Feeding
- Eating / drinking
- Prepare client for oral feeding in accordance with established procedures
- Procedures for assisting client during feeding
- Procedures for assisting client after oral feeding
- Dressing and Personal Hygiene
- Assisted Shower and Bed Sponge
- Hair Care
- Skin Care
- Foot Care
- Toileting
- Assist Client in Toileting
- Diaper Change
Certificate Obtained and Conferred by
- Certificate of completion from NTUC LearningHub
Upon meeting the attendance and assessment(s) criteria, participants will be awarded with a digital Certificate of Completion from NTUC LearningHub.
Upon meeting at least 75% attendance and passing the assessment(s), participants will receive a Certificate of Completion from NTUC LearningHub.
Fees and Funding
Medium of Instruction: English
Trainer to trainee ratio: 1:20
Mode of Delivery: <Physical class>
Price
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SME |
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After GST |
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After GST |
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Full Course Fee |
$1,100.00 |
$1,199.00 |
$1,100.00 |
$1,199.00 |
$1,100.00 |
$1,199.00 |
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For Singapore Citizens aged 39 years and below |
$550.00 |
$649.00 |
$550.00 |
$649.00 |
$330.00 |
$429.00 |
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For Singapore Citizens aged 40 years and above |
$330.00 |
$429.00 |
$330.00 |
$429.00 |
$330.00 |
$429.00 |
Funding Eligibility Criteria
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Individual Sponsored Trainee |
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Remarks
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Terms & Conditions apply. NTUC LearningHub reserves the right to make changes or improvements to any of the products described in this document without prior notice.
Prices are subject to other LHUB miscellaneous fees.
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