Digital Learning to support Care Homes and Nursing workers
This resource is a collation of quality assured learning resources and information to help you perform your role as a member of a care home or nursing home staff. The resources are useful for your day-to-day practice with some emphasis on supporting residents with access to online health services during this COVID-19 pandemic and covers the following;
- Vital signs monitoring and data collection
- How to take residents through an online consultation or video consultation with their GP surgery as a proxy confidently
- Taking a resident through video consultation
- Spotting and responding promptly to red flags
- Communicating effectively with practice colleagues but also residents
- Maintaining the privacy, dignity and confidentiality during interaction with the people you care for and their carers
- Collation and recording of manually collected or automatic remote monitoring information
- NHS App & NHS Login – repeat prescriptions, person held records, organ donation
- Additional useful resources
- Managing the needs of individuals with mental health problems, dementia or Learning Disability (Intellectual Disability)