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Focuses on person-centred and holistic care to meet the client’s needs and promote independence.
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Advocates that maintaining the dignity, respect and privacy of the client is a primary foundation for care-giving.
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Specifies various types of care equipment used to assist the client or carer perform various Activities of Daily Living.
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Emphasises the importance of hygiene for the dignity, health and wellbeing of the client as well as the prevention of spread of infectious disease.
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Explains the significance of practising good communication skills when delivering care.
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Details the importance of reporting changes in client’s condition and the careful and accurate documentation of all cares given.
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Introduces the key aspects of end of life care.
THE AUTHOR
Gerardine Power RGN, Dip in Healthcare, BA, H Dip in Education teaches variousHealthcare modules at Limerick College of Further Education, where she is theco-ordinator of the Nursing Studies program.
**Resources available: Powerpoint slides supplied to teachers who adopt the text as essential reading for their class.