Compliant Aged Care Practice

Compliant Aged Care
Practice

Table of Contents
PART 1 Ethical and legal requirement for direct client care...........................................................6
1: Briefly explain how the following legal and ethical consideration are applied in
organisation providing care services......................................................................................6
2: Briefly explain the consequence if the following legal and ethical consideration are
breached..................................................................................................................................8
3: Briefly explain how legal and ethical consideration can impact individual worker who
works work in community services and in the health care context........................................9
4: Briefly explain the similarities and differences that may exist between legal and ethical
frameworks...........................................................................................................................10
5: Briefly explain the interrelationship differences that may exist between legal and ethical
frameworks...........................................................................................................................10
6: List two examples of legal issues that commonly arise in an individual support setting.10
7: List two examples of ethical issues that commonly arise in an individual support setting.10
8: Answer the questions that follow based on the scenario described below:......................10
9: Answer the following question based on the scenario described below..........................11
10: Provide an outline how workplace policies, procedures and protocols are/should be
developed and reviewed. Provide a brief explanation for each step....................................11
PART 2 Safe work practice for direct client care..........................................................................12
11: Briefly explain how the following state/territory legislations relevant to individual support
impact workplace regulations...............................................................................................12
12: Briefly explain how the following state/territory legislations relevant to individual support
impact codes of practice.......................................................................................................13
13: Briefly explain how the following state/territory legislations relevant to individual support
impact industry standards.....................................................................................................13
14: Consider a typical Care facility......................................................................................14
15: Briefly outline the typical workplace procedures for hazard identification...................15
16: List three examples of basic home fire safety considerations when working in a home-
based environment................................................................................................................15
17: Identify at least two high-risk groups in aged care........................................................15

18: Refer to your responses on the previous question. Briefly explain fire safety
considerations for individual support workers working with high-risk groups in a home-based
environment..........................................................................................................................16
19: Name three behaviours that may contribute to fire injuries and fatalities when working in
a home-care environment.....................................................................................................16
20: Complete the table below by outlining the prescribed placement, installation and
maintenance of a smoke alarm in the home.........................................................................16
21: List three examples of risks to Individual support workers’ personal safety when working
in a home-based environment...............................................................................................17
22: List three common sources of infection and ways to minimise the transfer of infection
within the care facility..........................................................................................................17
23: List two examples of practices to minimise musculoskeletal injuries to self as support
worker and to clients............................................................................................................17
24: Consider a typical Care facility and answer the questions that follow..........................17
CAS STUDY 1..............................................................................................................................18
SCENARIO 1.................................................................................................................................18
1: Identify two (2) potential ethical dilemmas that Rose might encounter in the given scenario.
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SCENARIO 2.................................................................................................................................18
2: Identify the conflict of interest in the given scenario.......................................................18
SCENARIO 3.................................................................................................................................19
3: What advice will you give Rose?.....................................................................................19
4: Identify one potential and one actual breach described in the given scenario.................19
SCENARIO 4.................................................................................................................................19
5: Identify at least one unethical conduct described in the scenario....................................19
6: You know it was Rose who breached the confidentiality agreement. What will you do?19
7: Identify how the investigation by Lotus Compassionate Care could have been avoided.19
8: Review Lotus Compassionate Care’s Policies and Procedures by clicking.....................20
9: Create an email to your supervisor. In your email, suggest two (2) protocols for Lotus
Compassionate Care on what to do should a scenario like Rose’s happen again. Guidance:
There is no need to send an actual email to address provided below...................................20

CASE STUDY 2............................................................................................................................20
SCENARIO 1.................................................................................................................................20
1: Looking at the picture of Dennis and Tanya in the previous page, identify two manual
handling hazards that Tanya and Dennis face daily.............................................................20
2: Who would be the appropriate person to contact to address Tanya’s problem?..............21
3: Following Lotus Compassionate Care’s relevant policies and procedures, complete the
incident report form provided below....................................................................................21
4: Write an email to your supervisor, Rachel Alcott, about what happened to Tanya and why it
happened. Suggest policies and procedures on how to prevent a similar incident from
happening again....................................................................................................................21
SCENARIO 2.................................................................................................................................22
5: According to the Lotus Compassionate Care handbook*, should you apply infection control
measures when handling Dennis? Briefly explain your answer...........................................22
6: Write an email to your supervisor, Rachel Allcot, about Dennis’ current condition and if
certain measures should be applied......................................................................................22
PROJECT 1 Identifying legal requirement and ethical responsibilities........................................22
Task 1: Review the different legal requirements that apply to Care Workers. Select three that
you find most useful and relevant to your role as a Care Worker. Complete the table below.22
Task 2: Aside from understanding the different legal requirements you must comply with; it is
also important that you know the scope and nature of your own legal rights and
responsibilities as a care worker. This helps ensure that you not only protect your clients, but
also yourself..........................................................................................................................23
PROJECT 2 Self reflection............................................................................................................24
Task 1: What signs do you notice in yourself when you are stressed and fatigued? a. List two
(2) signs you notice when you are stressed and when you are fatigued. b. List two (2) ways
you cope with these conditions.............................................................................................24
Task 2: How do you maintain currency on safe work practices in regards to workplace
systems, equipment, and processes in your own work role? List two (2) responses. List down
three (3) specific sources of information you have referred to............................................25

Task 3: How do you ensure non-judgemental practice in your work role? List two (2) values
that you apply at work, and briefly explain how you apply these to keep a non-judgemental
attitude..................................................................................................................................25

PART 1 Ethical and legal requirement for direct client care
1: Briefly explain how the following legal and ethical consideration are applied in organisation
providing care services
Children in the workplace The legal and ethical consideration are applied in
organisation providing care services in respect of
children in the various pathways which is appropriate
and required quality of the year.
Code of conduct In this the code of conduct is appropriate and show
some of the element and ethical views which is
appropriate and the ethics and based on the morals.
Code practice The code of practice can be for document that
complement of educational health and safety laws and
regulations to provide details practical guidance.
Complaints management The complaint and management is used to provide care
services due to reviews and feedbacks from the other in
order to improvement.
Continuing professional education This help to develop professional ethics and appropriate
for the care service in order to understand the legal and
legislation factors.
Discrimination Discrimination can be ready created by using the legal
and ethical consideration in vision.
Dignity of risk In this the legal and ethical consideration is necessary to
create the self-esteem in order to provide better care
services which is based on the ethical.
Duty of care The duty of care is also applicable because it's provided
the ethical basement for the role and responsibilities of
the individual.
Human rights (universal declaration of
human rights)
This is an appropriate human right which shows the
universal declaration where individual have right to
choose their own choices.