Manager & Compliance Study Session: Nutrition and Hydration in older people homecare settings – Cohort 01

Course fees: Fully funded – Only available for HCPA Members

Venue: Robertson House | 6 Six Hills Way | Stevenage | SG1 2FQ

This Manager and Compliance Study session focuses on best practice and regulation in relation to nutrition and hydration in homecare services for older people

This session is focused on building knowledge and understanding on the day-to-day delivery of care in relation to nutrition and hydration and to provide clear guidance on expectation of standards for care teams who work in homecare and how to embed these to ensure quality care is achieved.

Topics will be linked to local guidance/ monitoring and CQC standards and includes presentations from local teams and specialists.

Sessions are focused towards managers, leaders and compliance leads who play a key part in disseminating best practice and oversee governance processes.

Certificates of attendance will be a great way for managers to evidence CPD to the CQC and local monitoring teams.

Session Breakdown:

Importance of activities of daily living – Enabling people- Active care over passive care.
Malnutrition 
What is Malnutrition and why is it important to manage and prevent?
Identifying – Using MUST Tool
Roles and Responsibilities
NHS Referrals and Services
Hydration
Importance to Health and Wellbeing
Roles and Responsibilities
Challenges- Fluid intake monitoring, fluid charts, urine charts- What is best practice?
Myth Busting – Different ways to hydrate?
Health and Independent Living Support
Oral Health:
Importance and Effect on Nutrition and Hydration
Regulation and Monitoring – What is required and how to evidence

Please note: As per our T&C’s, this course carries a fee in the event of non-attendance, non-completion or late cancellation.
Delegates who are late may not be admitted into the training and a cost incurred.
Bookings of more than two delegates per site may be amended to allow access to all member organisations at the discretion of HCPA.