Unit of Competency Mapping – Information for Teachers/Assessors – Information for Learners
CHCAGE008 Mapping and Delivery Guide Implement falls prevention strategies
Version 1.0 Issue Date: May 2024
Qualification
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Unit of Competency
CHCAGE008 - Implement falls prevention strategies
Description
Employability Skills
Learning Outcomes and Application
Duration and Setting
X weeks, nominally xx hours, delivered in a classroom/online/blended learning setting.
Prerequisites/co-requisites
Competency Field
Development and validation strategy and guide for assessors and learners
Student Learning Resources
Handouts Activities
Slides PPT
Assessment 1
Assessment 2
Assessment 3
Assessment 4
Elements of Competency
Performance Criteria
Element: Prepare to implement falls prevention strategies.
Discuss the person’s concerns about falling and how they have coped with previous falls, in a manner respectful of their privacy and dignity.
Discuss requirement for the support of the family, carer or others identified by the person, according to the person’s needs.
Collaborate with the person to ascertain and explore lifestyle, health, environmental and mobility factors that might affect their level of risk of falls.
Determine the person’s physical indicators of risk of falls using appropriate tools and methodologies within scope of own job role.
Confirm the person’s risk factors based on findings, in collaboration with relevant health professional.
Determine strategies which can be implemented within scope of own role and confirm with relevant health professional.
Element: Implement falls prevention strategies.
Explain options to minimise the risk of falls to the person and their family, carer or others identified by the person, respecting their level of understanding, cultural background and the needs and rights of the person.
Provide opportunities for the person and their family, carer or others identified by the person to contribute and ask questions.
Work with the person and their family, carer or others identified by the person to establish and implement strategies that are consistent with the person’s safety needs, priorities, preferences and individual requirements and in accordance with legal and ethical considerations.
Implement strategies in a safe and effective manner that minimises the person’s discomfort.
Support the person’s use of assistive technologies in meeting their individual needs.
Establish needs, issues and concerns of the person that are outside scope of practice and refer to relevant health professional, according to organisational policies and procedures.
In collaboration with the person and their family, carer or others identified by the person, decide how strategies can be tested and how success will be measured and documented.
Element: Monitor falls prevention strategies.
Work with the person and their family, carer or others identified by the person to review and measure the outcomes of falls prevention strategies.
Confirm successful strategies in collaboration with the person and document according to organisational policies and procedures.
Recognise and record when and why strategies are not having the desired result and any indicators of increased risk.
Consult with the person to determine gaps in assistive technology needs and report according to organisational policies and procedures.
Determine future strategies and actions, including referral to other services in consultation with the person, their family, carer or others identified by the person and relevant health professional.
Complete and store documentation and reports according to organisational policies and procedures.
Submission Requirements
List each assessment task's title, type (eg project, observation/demonstration, essay, assignment, checklist) and due date here
Assessment task 1: [title] Due date:
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Assessment Tasks
Copy and paste from the following data to produce each assessment task. Write these in plain English and spell out how, when and where the task is to be carried out, under what conditions, and what resources are needed. Include guidelines about how well the candidate has to perform a task for it to be judged satisfactory.
Copy and paste from the following performance criteria to create an observation checklist for each task. When you have finished writing your assessment tool every one of these must have been addressed, preferably several times in a variety of contexts. To ensure this occurs download the assessment matrix for the unit; enter each assessment task as a column header and place check marks against each performance criteria that task addresses.
Observation Checklist
Tasks to be observed according to workplace/college/TAFE policy and procedures, relevant legislation and Codes of Practice
Yes
No
Comments/feedback
Discuss the person’s concerns about falling and how they have coped with previous falls, in a manner respectful of their privacy and dignity.
Discuss requirement for the support of the family, carer or others identified by the person, according to the person’s needs.
Collaborate with the person to ascertain and explore lifestyle, health, environmental and mobility factors that might affect their level of risk of falls.
Determine the person’s physical indicators of risk of falls using appropriate tools and methodologies within scope of own job role.
Confirm the person’s risk factors based on findings, in collaboration with relevant health professional.
Determine strategies which can be implemented within scope of own role and confirm with relevant health professional.
Explain options to minimise the risk of falls to the person and their family, carer or others identified by the person, respecting their level of understanding, cultural background and the needs and rights of the person.
Provide opportunities for the person and their family, carer or others identified by the person to contribute and ask questions.
Work with the person and their family, carer or others identified by the person to establish and implement strategies that are consistent with the person’s safety needs, priorities, preferences and individual requirements and in accordance with legal and ethical considerations.
Implement strategies in a safe and effective manner that minimises the person’s discomfort.
Support the person’s use of assistive technologies in meeting their individual needs.
Establish needs, issues and concerns of the person that are outside scope of practice and refer to relevant health professional, according to organisational policies and procedures.
In collaboration with the person and their family, carer or others identified by the person, decide how strategies can be tested and how success will be measured and documented.
Work with the person and their family, carer or others identified by the person to review and measure the outcomes of falls prevention strategies.
Confirm successful strategies in collaboration with the person and document according to organisational policies and procedures.
Recognise and record when and why strategies are not having the desired result and any indicators of increased risk.
Consult with the person to determine gaps in assistive technology needs and report according to organisational policies and procedures.
Determine future strategies and actions, including referral to other services in consultation with the person, their family, carer or others identified by the person and relevant health professional.
Complete and store documentation and reports according to organisational policies and procedures.
Forms
Assessment Cover Sheet
CHCAGE008 - Implement falls prevention strategies
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Assessment Record Sheet
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