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PERSONAL CARE MANUAL

For Care Professionals

Providing personal care is a priority for the Care Professional. It is the most important task they do. Personal care provision demonstrates to the Service User concern about their physical health and general well-being.

This manual will explore the importance of providing personal care and provide instruction with performing tasks related to personal care. The importance of infection control and how Care Professionals can work to break the chain of infection in order to keep Service Users healthy is discussed. Bathing, teeth/mouth care, dressing/grooming, toileting, and eating are topics discussed with explanation on how Care Professionals can provide assistance with these types of personal care. Transferring Service Users to and from various positions and assisting with ambulation are detailed.

Contents

Infection Control and Chain of Infection

•            Use and disposal of paper towels

•            Hand Hygiene

•            Donning of Doffing of Gloves Bathing

•            Assisting with a regular bath

•            Assisting with a regular Shower

•            Transferring into tub

•            Bed Bath

•            Shampoo in bed Teeth and Mouth Care

•            Assisting with mouth Hygiene

•            Denture Care

•            Flossing

Dressing and grooming

•            Assisting with dressing

•            Assisting with the use of elastic support stockings

•            Nail Care

•            Hand Care

•            Foot Care

•            Shaving

Assisting with elimination

•            Use of bed pan

•            Use of urinal

•            Assisting with a catheter

•            Assisting with cleaning the skin and catheter tubing

•            Measuring urinary output

Assisting with eating

•            Assisting to eat

•            Special needs

•            Measuring intake Assisting with transfers

•            Proper body mechanics

•            Standing

•            Lifting

•            Proper working height

•            Turning and positioning

•            Positions

•            Turning in bed

•            Positioning

Assisting Service Users to transfer to and from different Positions

•            Transfer to sitting position in bed

•            Helping to sit at the side of the bed

•            Helping to stand

•            Helping to walk

•            Positioning a chair / wheelchair

•            Transfer from wheelchair to toilet

•            Transferring from wheelchair to shower and assisting with shower

•            Transfer from wheelchair to stool or chair in bath tub Environment

•            Making an unoccupied bed

•            Making an occupied bed

Equipment

•            Weighing

•            Assisting with the use of a hydraulic lift

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