LAA - A3

Question 1

What are some commitments of the care value base system?

Answer 1

• promote anti-discriminatory practice to ensure needs met regardless of differences
• empower individuals and enable them to take control
• ensure safety of staff
• maintain confidentiality and privacy

Question 2

What is the care value base?

Answer 2

Contain good principles, established in 1992 and found in all codes of practice

Question 3

What is anti-discriminatory practice?

Answer 3

Follows legislation of equality act 2010 and aims to ensure needs of service users are met regardless of differences in protected characteristics

Question 4

What are the protected characteristics outlined in the equality act 2010?

Answer 4

Age, gender, race, disability, religion or belief, sexual orientation, gender reassignment, pregnancy and maternity and marriage and civil partnership

Question 5

What is the Human Rights act 1998?

Answer 5

Guarantees rights to all people cared for by public authorities and to be treated equally, fairly, with dignity and respect.

Question 6

What does the Human Rights Act guarantee an individual the right to?

Answer 6

• Right to life, right to a fair trial, right to personal liberty, right to respect, right to not be tortured or treated in an unhuman way,

Question 7

What must health and social care professionals do to challenge discriminatory practice?

Answer 7

• Address their own prejudice and adapt their behavior
• understand and meet an individuals need despite their differences
• celebrate diversity
• ensure setting is a welcoming, accessible environment
• compensate for negative effects of discrimination in society

Question 8

How can individuals be empowered?

Answer 8

• Promoting individualised care
• Promoting and supporting individual’s rights to dignity and independence
• promoting active support consistent with beliefs, cultures and preferences of service users
• support service users to express needs and preferences

Question 9

How can individualized care be promoted?

Answer 9

• gain clients consent
• fully involved in discussion
• fully understand available options

Question 10

How can individual’s rights to dignity and independence be promoted?

Answer 10

• respect preferences and needs
• support alongside as opposed to deskilling individual to promote self esteem

Question 11

How can active support be consistent with beliefs, cultures and preferences?

Answer 11

• celebrate diversity, foods, music festivals, access to English with interpreter, religious observances

Question 12

What support can a translator or interpreter offer?

Answer 12

Translate written language, verbally translate

Question 13

What support can a signer offer?

Answer 13

Communicate info to people who are deaf or have a hearing impairment using sign language

Question 14

What support can an advocate offer?

Answer 14

Represent peoples preferences and needs for someone else

Question 15

What support can family and friends offer?

Answer 15

Informal care at home

Question 16

What are some examples of complications in providing treatment of someone’s choice?

Answer 16

Right to confidentiality vs right to protection from harm, putting themselves at risk, live vs religion

Question 17

What is challenging behaviour?

Answer 17

Any behaviour that puts anyone at risk or affects quality of life for example excessive rudeness, aggression, conflict

Question 18

How can professionals be trained to deal with conflict?

Answer 18

Work alongside a lone working policy which should be put into place by an employer

Question 19

What is a lone working policy?

Answer 19

explains specific guidance for when dealing with vulnerable situations such as calling the employer before and after an appointment

Question 20

What should practitioners do when dealing with conflict?

Answer 20

Stay calm to prevent it worsening, listen carefully and encourage positive ways to deal with conflict, act as an advocate so all views and opinions expressed, be involved with care planning so individual knows how to deal with it

Question 21

What should a professional do in dangerous or violent situations?

Answer 21

Make sure they know where exits are, remove anything that may be used as a weapon, do not stand near aggressor, summon for help

Question 22

What legislation do risk assessments follow?

Answer 22

Health and Safety at Work Act 1974

Question 23

What must employers do to ensure a safe environment?

Answer 23

Put health and safety policy in place, provide up to date information, provide health and safety equipment, provide health and safety training, keep record of all incidents, undertake risk assesments

Question 24

How are risk assessments carried out?

Answer 24

1. identify risk e.g. stairs
2. identify those at risk e.g. everyone
3. evaluate level of risk 1-4
4. identify ways to limit risk e.g. hand rails
5. review measures taken e.g. how effective

Question 25

Explain the table used to evaluate the level of risk in a risk assessment.

Answer 25

1-4 likelihood of risk 1-4 severity of injury likelihood of risk x severity of injury 1-2 minimal risk, 3-4 low risk, 6-8 medium risk, 9,12,16 high risk

Question 26

What should a professional do when safeguarding?

Answer 26

Listen carefully, avoid asking questions, explain concerns and that they must be shared, write info down

Question 27

What are some ways to promote safeguarding?

Answer 27

DBS check, carry out risk assessment, staff training, follow relevant procedures such as anti-discriminatory act

Question 28

How can professionals promote a hygienic environment to minimise risk of infection?

Answer 28

Washing hands, safe handling and disposal of sharp articles, wearing disposable gloves and aprons, cleaning all equipment according to procedures, keep soiled items to designated washing bags wearing protective clothing when in contact with bodily fluid

Question 29

Why should professionals keep soiled linen in designated laundry bags?

Answer 29

To avoid cross contamination and spread of disease

Question 30

When should professionals wear disposable gloves and aprons?

Answer 30

contact with bodily fluids, open wounds, rashes or pressure ulcers

Question 31

What organisation protects service users and professionals from harm and infection?

Answer 31

COSHH (Control of Substances Hazardous to Health) 2002

Question 32

Where should clinical waste such as plasters, bandages and dressings be disposed?

Answer 32

Yellow bag where waste is burned in controlled settings

Question 33

Where should needles and syringes be disposed?

Answer 33

Yellow sharps box which is sealed where waste is burned in controlled settings

Question 34

Where should bodily fluids such as urine, vomit and blood be disposed?

Answer 34

Flushed down a sluice drain which area will be cleaned and disinfected

Question 35

Where should soiled linen be disposed?

Answer 35

Red bag which is laundered at the appropriate temperature

Question 36

Where should recyclable equipment be disposed?

Answer 36

Blue bag which is returned to the Central Sterilisation services 1992 for sterilising and reuse

Question 37

Which organisation should incidents, particular illnesses and serious accidents be reported?

Answer 37

RIDDOR Reporting of Injuries, Diseases and Dangerous Occurrences Regulations

Question 38

What illnesses or serious incidents should be reported to RIDDOR?

Answer 38

Food poisoning, Rubella, tuberculosis and broken bones, serious burns and deaths

Question 39

What is an accident form?

Answer 39

Where less serious incidents and accidents are reported and stored in an accident book.