2. Let’s talk about rapport building with your clients
How can you build, improve and maintain a good
relationship with your clients?
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Communication skills
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Respecting Individuality
Daily Living
Activities
Transport
Requirements
Work-life
Therapy
Home-Life
Culture
Use of Aids
and
Equipment
Modification
to Home
Languages
Spiritual
Needs
Support
Persons
4. Ensure you always respect the privacy and
confidentiality of your clients information.
Do not disclose information to persons who are
not relevant or involved in the clients case
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5. Legislation involved in Health and Community Care Work:
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Occupational Health and Safety Legislation
Home and Community Care Legislation
Health Care Legislation
Discrimination Legislation
Aged Care / Disability Legislation
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6. Privacy Specific Legislation
Privacy Legislation
- Regulates the way in which a persons information is handled
Freedom of Information Legislation
- Provides individuals with the rights to request and access their ……
own government-held information
Health Records Legislation
- Protects the privacy of an individuals health information, including
……how it is collected and stored
W.A. falls under the My Health Record Act of 2012
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8. What are strategies you can use with your clients
when setting goals?
• Assess your clients individual needs, ensure you access appropriate documentation
• Have an understanding on what your clients individuals needs are, what is important to them?
• Know what your clients capabilities are, what are their strengths?
• Identify any barriers to supports or potential challenges the client may face
• Ensure you collaborate with your client during the planning process, they should be the main
person developing goals and plans for themselves with you as a support person.
• Have a good exit strategy in place to provide appropriate closure to your clients.
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9. What is a Transitional Care Program?
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A TCP program is a government funded
program which provides elderly individuals who
are at the end of their acute hospital stay with
short term supports and assistance such as;
• Therapy
• Case management
• Advocacy
• Personal Supports
10. What is a Transitional Care Program?
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It aims to help improve the independence and
confidence of individuals in order to minimise
the length of time older persons are staying in
hospitals, or from being unnecessarily admitted
to residential facilities when they are still able
to complete daily tasks themselves with
support and guidance
11. What is Exit Service Planning?
Transitioning clients from therapy and support services, preparing the
client to independently be able to meet their own needs and goals.
Delivered in a way that does not make the client feel overwhelmed
and insecure or abandoned.
This approach empowers the client to maintain their own
independence and gives the client and their support persons closure.
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13. Using a strength-based approach during the assessment process
3. Work with the client to identify what their existing support persons and
networks are
4. .Collaborate effectively with all support persons involved in the process,
including the family members, social support persons and the client themselves
5. .Understand what is most important to the client. Identify what is working and
what is not working in the plan, and what is the best solution for them to meet
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14. Using a strength-based approach during the assessment process
1. .Starts with the gathering and reviewing of client information including their
history and any information from previous assessments in order to gain an
understanding of your clients background, history and current situation.
2. .Next reviewing the clients current status and circumstances, their lifestyle
habits in order to consider any influencing factors on health, attitude, social
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15. Continuous Improvement in the Workplace
Think of ways you might contribute to workplace improvement:
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1. Regular training
• Attending training
• Completing toolboxes
2. Speaking with supervisors
3. Speaking with other Allied Health
Staff
4. Staff meetings
5. Completing Surveys (Client and
Employees)
6. Suggestion Form / Incident Forms
7. Quality Improvement Forms (QIF)
8. Workplace quality reporting
9. Individual upskilling
• Personal development and
16. Circle of Support
Support Networks
Relationship circles exist to helps clients share the key people in their
lives. It is an easier and more visual way to see support persons, contacts
and networks, and to interpret their roles and relationships with the
client
Think about the support persons in your life, ranging from your closest
loved ones – to support services such as your GP, government support,
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19. Infancy
• Inherit reflexes involving suckling, blinking and
grasping
• Vision improves
• Decreased sleep requirements
• Increased sensitivity to sound and light
• New teeth growth
• Bone and muscle strength improves
• Emotional stressors
• Smiling and crying
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20. Teenagers
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• Physical changes occur to the body – including
shape and height
• New hair growth – body hair, facial hair, pubic hair
• Changes to hormones
• Development of breasts and menstruation for
females
• Growth of penis and testes for males
• Changes to vocals
• Identity of self-esteem, self-awareness and social
identity
• Sexual identity and emotional relationships
21. Elderly
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• Thinning of arteries which may potentially lead to stroke or heart attack
• Development of osteoarthritis, particularly in the back, hips and knees leading to mobility concerns
• Thinning of the bones leading to osteoporosis
• Slowing of reflexes
• Reduction of healing process
• Development of irregular sleep patterns
• Thinning of skin and decreased production of sebum, dry skin
• Reduced sense of smell
• Possible development of incontinence, both urinary and bowel
• Changes to cognitive functioning, including short-term
memory loss and problem solving abilities.
Editor's Notes
#2:To meet the needs of your clients and requirements of organisation – be able to work collaboratively with clients to gain the information you need to tailor services that meet their needs
Need to develop a good working relationship with each client that is based on trust, goodwill and mutual respect
Need to be able to adapt your communication skills to suit the environment in which you are communicating and to the person with whom you are talking with
Requires skills of active listening and questioning, and effective verbal and nonverbal communications skills, which are central to your job role
#3:"respecting individuality" means:
Acknowledging and valuing each person’s unique cultural, personal, and belief systems.
Tailoring support to match individual preferences and needs.
Empowering autonomy by allowing individuals to make their own choices.
Focusing on strengths and promoting independence.
Maintaining confidentiality and respecting privacy.
Creating personalized service plans based on individual goals.
Using effective communication that suits the person’s needs.
This approach ensures that support is personalized, respectful, and empowering.
#4:Key Points
Everyone who accesses care and services in aged care is entitled to have their private and confidential information treated with respect and protected from violation under the Australian Privacy Act of 1988
The Privacy Act and the Aged Care Act – allow for the sharing of health information when it is necessary to deliver health services to clients
It may also be the wish of the client that you do not share confidential information about their health or services with members of their family
Respecting these wishes and the dignity of the clients- are important parts of maintaining compliance with Age Care standards.