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What you will learn from this course?
- Gain an understanding of medication management in domiciliary care
- Explore fundamental principles of safe medication administration
- Learn the process of obtaining medication when required for service users
- Insights on important legislation and regulations governing medicine management
- Acquire knowledge of safe administration of a wide range of medications
- Develop proficiency in recordkeeping ensuring accurate medication administration
- Address challenges like swallowing difficulties and covert medication
- Learn to deal with significant events relating to the handling and administration of medicines
Domiciliary Care and Medication Management Training
Safe and proficient management of medications plays a crucial role in delivering high-quality care within domiciliary settings. Our Domiciliary Care and Medication Management Training is designed to empower caregivers with the essential skills and knowledge required for the safe and effective administration of medication in home-based settings.
From understanding legislation and guidance to the practical application of safe medication, this course dives into the core principles of medication management. It addresses the diverse needs of service users, ensuring thorough assessment and tailored care plans. Participants will gain insight into obtaining medications, supporting users with specific needs, safe administration, and disposal. This course also addresses the most critical challenges, such as swallowing difficulties, covert medication and dealing with significant events related to medication.
Upon completing the course, you will develop a comprehensive understanding of medication management in domiciliary care. This knowledge will enable you to deliver exceptional care to those in home-based settings, equipped with the expertise to responsibly and safely handle and administer medications.
Who is this Course for?
- This course is ideal for domiciliary care workers
- Home caregivers seeking a deeper understanding of medicine management can join this course
- This course is ideal for community healthcare assistants seeking a deeper understanding of medicine management
- This course is also suitable for care assistants, locum and agency care workers seeking a deeper understanding of medicine management in a home-based setting
Entry Requirements
This Medication Management Training has no academic prerequisites and is open to students from all academic disciplines. You can access the course anytime and anywhere from any location. You will, however, need a laptop, desktop, tablet, or smartphone and a reliable internet connection.
Assessment
This Domiciliary Care Training assesses learners through multiple-choice questions (MCQs). Upon successful completion of the modules, learners must answer MCQs to complete the assessment procedure.
- Through the MCQs, it is measured how much a learner can grasp from each section.
- In the assessment, the pass mark is 60%.
Advance Your Career
This Training For Home Care Workers will enable you to design your career by entering your chosen job market. Therefore, with your acquired skills and qualifications, your level of proficiency will increase and make you a tough competition in your desired field, enabling you to develop a successful career. However, suppose you’re interested in advancing your career in medicine management. In that case, we recommend you join the Safe Handling of Medicines Course Online and gain the necessary skills along with a recognised certificate.
Recognised Accreditation
CPD certificates are accepted by thousands of professional bodies and government regulators here in the UK and around the world. Many organisations look for employees with CPD requirements, which means, that by doing this course, you would be a potential candidate in your respective field.
Course Curriculums
In this module, you will have a thorough understanding of domiciliary care. You will learn about different types of domiciliary care, the role of a domiciliary care worker, how domiciliary care differs from other types of care settings and more from this module.
In this module, you will learn about the legislation and guidance for medication management in domiciliary care. You will learn about various laws regarding medication management and the roles and responsibilities accompanying the regulations.
In this module, you will gain an understanding of medication management in domiciliary care. You will also know about the principles of safe medicines management, and medication management principles in detail.
In this module, you will understand how to assess and review a personโs medical support needs. You will also learn about joint working between health and social care, the process of sharing information about a personโs medicines with the social care providers or any other relevant parties from this module.
In this module, you will learn about What is consent to treatment and why is it important for domiciliary care. You will understand how to obtain valid consent from the people you care for or their representatives and how to document and communicate consent and any related issues in domiciliary care.
In this module, you will gain an understanding of obtaining medication in domiciliary care. You will learn how to order medication for domiciliary care, how to transport and deliver medication, how to store medication and more from this module.
In this module, you will understand what is general support with medication and why it is important for domiciliary care. You will also learn how to assess the general support needs and preferences of the person receiving care, how to provide general support with medication according to the care plan and more from this module.
In this module, you will learn about the principles of the safe administration of medicines. You will understand the governance for managing medicines safely and effectively, several key principles of effective medication management in domiciliary care and more from this module.
In this module, you will understand the awareness needed for specific medication in domiciliary care. You will learn about the classification and action of various medicines, the dosage and formulation of medicines, the monitoring and reporting of medicines and more from this module.
This module discusses the practical considerations for the safe management of medicines in domiciliary care. Here you will learn the procedures for managing medicines in domiciliary care, the assessment and review of medicines support needs and preferences and more.
In this module, you will learn about dysphagia: the difficulties of swallowing that can occur with many service users. You will also learn about the signs and symptoms of dysphagia, the referral and management of dysphagia, the support and communication with service users with dysphagia and more.
In this module, you will learn about the covert administration of medicines. Here you will understand the scope of the covert administration of medicines, the assessment and management, the monitoring and reporting of covert administration of medicines and more.
In this module, you will understand the recordkeeping procedures in domiciliary care. Here you will learn the purpose and importance of medicines administration records, the principles and guidance of recordkeeping in domiciliary care and more.
This module discusses the self-administration of medicines where you will learn about the definition and scope of self-administration of medicines, the assessment and review of self-administration of medicines and the support and monitoring of self-administration of medicines in domiciliary care.
This module discusses the self-disposal of medicines where you will learn about the legal and ethical aspects of self-disposal of medicines, the assessment and education of self-disposal of medicines, and the support and monitoring of self-disposal of medicines in domiciliary care.
From this module, you will learn to deal with significant events relating to the handling and administration of medicines. Here you will learn the assessment and reporting of significant events involving medicines, the review and learning from significant events involving medicines and dealing with significant events involving medicines in domiciliary care.
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FAQs
Medicine management in domiciliary care involves the effective administration, regulation, and monitoring of medications in home-based settings to ensure the well-being of individuals receiving care.
Medication training is necessary to ensure safe, accurate, and responsible administration of medications, promoting the well-being and safety of individuals under care.
Challenges can include diverse medication needs, ensuring proper administration, addressing adverse reactions, and supporting individuals with specific health conditions.
The course is typically delivered online through our Study Plexโs learning platform, where you can access all the course materials and assignments at your own pace.
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Definitely, you can enrol for this self-paced online video training course. Once you purchase the course, you will receive your login details via email. As you will receive lifetime access to the login portal, you can complete your course at your convenient time.
Our online courses come with lifetime access and have no time limit for completion. Each course is completely accessible from a tablet, mobile or laptop, as long as you have a secure internet connection.
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