Aged Care e-Learning Pack | HealthcareLink

Kineo have developed this package to cover essential elements care providers need to support consumers in ensuring high quality aged care provision and needs are met. Australia's growing ageing population presents a challenge to service provision, particularly in the aged care sector. More and more people are receiving residential or home care services. As a result, more and more staff are required to meet these needs and ensure they continue to keep their knowledge fresh and current.

Learning

Identifying, Reporting and Responding to the Abuse of Older People in Care

Valued at A$38.50

Course Overview

This course has been developed to provide learners with an understanding of how to identify, report and respond to the abuse of older people who are in a care relationship. Target AudienceThis course is suitable for professionals who provide care to older people in Australia.

Learning Objectives

This course will provide an understanding of:
Background to and the definitions and prevalence of the abuse of older people in Australia
Types of abuse most commonly experienced by older people
Requirements for the reporting of abuse of an older person in your care
Roles and responsibilities of staff around the abuse of a person in their care
Barriers to staff reporting suspected and actual abuse
Actions to take if there is imminent threat to an older person

Duration 65 Minutes

Interactive

Incontinence Suite - 01 Introduction to Personalised Incontinence Care

Valued at A$38.50

Course Overview

This course has been developed to provide an understanding of the different types of incontinence and the care someone affected by incontinence requires.

Target Audience

The course is aimed at anyone working in the Aged Care sector required to undertake incontinence training.

Learning Objectives

This course will provide an understanding of:

The different types of incontinence and causes of incontinence
The challenges experienced by those who are affected by incontinence
The different types of treatments and lifestyle interventions
Considerations when assessing incontinence needs.

Duration 50 Minutes

Incontinence Suite - 02 Leakage Prevention

Valued at A$38.50

Course Overview

This course has been developed to provide the learner with an understanding of good practice pad leakage prevention for care recipients with incontinence.

Target Audience

This course is aimed at any staff working in an aged care facility required to undertake incontinence training.

Learning Objectives

This course will provide an understanding of:

Good practice leakage prevention
Leakage prevention strategies
Procedures for managing pad leakage
Continuous feedback and improvement

Duration 20 Minutes

Incontinence Suite - 03 Perineal Skin Care in Relation to Incontinence

Valued at A$38.50

Course Overview

This course has been developed to provide the learner with the knowledge, practical tools and support to significantly reduce (or eliminate) incontinence-related perineal skin conditions.

Target Audience

The course is aimed at anyone working in the Aged Care sector required to undertake incontinence training.

Learning Objectives

This course will provide an understanding of:

Perineal skin care
Preventing perineal dermatitis
Teamwork for continuous improvement
Caring for the individual

Duration 35 Minutes

Incontinence Suite - 04 Incontinence Night Care

Valued at A$38.50

Course Overview

This course has been developed to provide you with an understanding of good practice incontinence night care to promote a good night's sleep for incontinent persons and to alleviate caregiver workload.

Target Audience

The course is aimed at anyone working in the Aged Care sector required to undertake incontinence training.

Learning Objectives

This course will provide an understanding of:

The importance of sleep
How to establish night time routines for incontinence care
How to avoid unnecessary pad changing
The importance of personalised care
The coordination of day and night shift staff

Duration 25 Minutes

Incontinence Suite - 05 Pad Changing and Change Frequency

Valued at A$38.50

Course Overview

This course has been developed to provide you with the knowledge, practical tools and support for good practice pad changing and change frequency.

Target Audience

The course is aimed at anyone working in the Aged Care sector required to undertake incontinence training

Learning Objectives

This course will provide an understanding of:

Daily pad changing routines
The benefits of good practice pad changing and change frequency
How to maintain resident dignity and reduce carer workload and strain
How to fit pads properly

Duration 15 Minutes

Incontinence Suite - 06 Individual Assessment and Product Selection

Valued at A$38.50

Course Overview

This course has been developed to provide an understanding of how to assess an individual’s incontinence protection requirements and select an appropriate continence product for them as part of delivering personalised continence care.

Target Audience

The course is aimed at anyone working in the Aged Care sector required to undertake incontinence training.

Learning Objectives

This course will provide an understanding of:

The importance of personalised continence care
How to conduct an individual assessment, including the appropriate mapping criteria to use to ensure the correct data is collected
Product selection
How to maintain personalised continence care at an organisation

Duration 70 Minutes

Incontinence Suite - 07 Dementia and Incontinence

Valued at A$38.50

Course Overview

This course has been developed to provide an understanding of good practice continence care for those with dementia.

Target Audience

This course is aimed at any staff working in an aged care facility required to undertake incontinence training.

Learning Objectives

This course will provide an understanding of:

The different diseases that can cause dementia
The impact dementia can have on a person's behaviour and how this has consequences for their everyday continence care
How to make it easier for dementia sufferers to toilet themselves
How to choose appropriate products to facilitate self-changing and toiletingHow to appropriately approach individuals with dementia

Duration 25 Minutes

Incontinence Suite - 08 Bowel Management

Valued at A$38.50

Course Overview

This course has been developed to provide learners with an understanding of faecal incontinence, constipation, and their causes, management techniques and the type of care someone affected by faecal incontinence requires.

Target Audience

This course is designed for healthcare workers.

Learning Objectives

This course will provide an understanding of:

The basic anatomy and physiology of the gastrointestinal tract
The different types and various causes of faecal incontinence
How to manage faecal incontinence
What someone with faecal incontinence may go through
How to provide better care for someone affected by faecal incontinence

Duration 45 Minutes

Manual Tasks in Aged Care

Valued at A$38.50

Course Overview

This manual handling training course is designed specifically for learners working in aged care environments. The course has been developed to provide learners with training on managing risks of manual handling tasks in this healthcare environment. We recommend using this course as a part of an organisation’s workplace safety and induction training initiatives.

Target Audience

This manual handling course is designed for aged care workers who are required to perform manual handling tasks in an aged care working environment. This course benefits learners who perform push, pull and carry tasks and is most relevant for workers who need to assist or lift clients. The course is also relevant for workers who perform general manual tasks, such as lifting objects and performing repetitive tasks. This manual handling training course may also be relevant for more general healthcare workers who are required to physically assist patients.

Learning Objectives

This course will provide an understanding of:

The physical principles that relate to manual tasks
How to perform hazardous manual tasks as safely as possible
How to assess and reduce the risks associated with hazardous manual tasks

Duration 45 Minutes

Understanding Dementia 2 - Person Centred Care

Valued at A$38.50

Understanding Dementia: Person-Centred Care is one of Kineo's three dementia-specific online learning courses. These courses are designed specifically for the aged care sector. This course is designed to train the learner in how to provide good person-centred care to people living with dementia. It also provides behavioural training in how to care for and support people living with dementia. Kineo’s dementia-focused ‘Person-Centred Care’ online learning course is a key part of aged care professional development. This course is designed to fit in with any organisation’s training mix. The course can be used as a part of Kineo’s Understanding Dementia suite or as a standalone title. The course has a Further Resources sub-menu that can be used for professional development and those that want to take a deeper-dive into the subject. This online learning course is designed to align with the Aged Care Quality Standards. It has been developed in collaboration with experts, including Kineo clients working in the aged care sector, to ensure the course is fit-for-purpose. They’re still the same person. They just live with dementia now. Person-centred care is treating someone as a person first. It means providing care in a way that is specific to them by taking into account their unique wants, needs, likes, dislikes, strengths and weaknesses.

This course advocates the principle that people with dementia do not lose their identity. This is supported by Kitwood’s dementia research and the ‘flower of emotional needs’. Target AudienceThe ‘Understanding Dementia: Person-Centred Care’ course is designed specifically for carers and other health professionals who provide care for a person/people living with dementia.

The online learning is applicable to learners in residential aged care services, home services and flexible care services. This course is suitable for new and experienced carers.

This course includes:

Adaptics
Animations
Assessments
Certificate of completion
Interactive activities
SCORM deployment available
Video
Voice Over
WCAG 2.0 accessible

Understanding Dementia: Effective Communication

Valued at A$38.50

Understanding Dementia: Effective Communication is one of Kineo’s three dementia-specific online learning courses. These courses are designed solely for the aged care sector. This course is designed to train the learner in how to communicate effectively with people living with dementia. It also provides behavioural training in how to care for and support people living with dementia. Kineo’s dementia-focused ‘Effective Communication’ online learning course is a key part of aged care professional development.

This course is designed to fit in with any organisation’s training mix. The course can be used as a part of Kineo’s Understanding Dementia suite or as a standalone title. The course has a Further Resources sub-menu that can be used for professional development and those that want to take a deeper-dive into the subject.

This online learning course is designed to align with the Aged Care Quality Standards. It has been developed in collaboration with experts, including Kineo clients working in the aged care sector, to ensure the course is fit-for-purpose. As the person changes the way they communicate, so should the carer. Kineo’s ‘Effective Communication’ course is designed to teach the learner how to communicate effectively with people living with dementia. As dementia advances, verbal communication breaks down resulting in people living with dementia communicating their emotions in different ways. Good carers make sure that the person they’re caring for feels happy and free to communicate. Target AudienceThe ‘Understanding Dementia: Effective Communication’ course is designed specifically for carers and other health professionals who provide care for a person/people living with dementia.

This online learning course is applicable to learners in residential aged care services, home services and flexible care services. This course is suitable for new and experienced carers.

This course includes:

Adaptics
Animations
Assessments
Certificate of completion
Interactive activities
SCORM deployment available
Video
Voice Over
WCAG 2.0 accessible

Understanding Dementia: What is Dementia?

Valued at A$38.50

Understanding Dementia: What is Dementia? is one of Kineo’s three dementia-specific online learning courses. These courses are designed solely for the aged care sector. This course increases the learner’s understanding of life with dementia and its impact. It also provides behavioural training in how to care for and support people living with dementia. Online learning is a key part of aged care professional development. Because of this, ‘What is Dementia?’, is designed to fit in with any organisation’s training mix.

The course can be used as a part of Kineo’s Understanding Dementia suite or as a standalone title. The course has a Further Resources sub-menu that can be used for professional development and those that want to take a deeper-dive into the subject.

This online learning course is designed to align with the Aged Care Quality Standards. It has been developed in collaboration with experts, including Kineo clients working in the aged care sector, to ensure the course is fit-for-purpose. What is Dementia? Dementia is not a mental illness. It is a syndrome or group of symptoms that affect the person living with dementia in different ways. Dementia involves the gradual loss of memory, the ability to think clearly, sensory stimulation and the ability to perform everyday activities. This is why an individual approach to care and support is best. The causes of dementia vary and the experience can be different from person to person, and even from moment to moment. Target AudienceThe ‘Understanding Dementia: What is Dementia?’ Course is designed specifically for carers and other health professionals who provide care for a person/people living with dementia.

The online learning is applicable to learners in residential aged care services, home services and flexible care services. This course is suitable for new and experienced carers.

This course includes:

Adaptics
Animations
Assessments
Certificate of completion
Interactive activities
SCORM deployment available
Video
Voice Over
WCAG 2.0 accessible