Short, Practical Training Workshops for Care and Nursing Homes
We offer a number of workshops for care and nursing home staff. They are all facilitated by registered, practising healthcare therapists who are also experienced trainers. Our sessions are informative and include lots of practical advice. We always aim to focus on issues being encountered in a specific home. A few of our currently most popular sessions are listed below.
Choking Prevention
This workshop is facilitated by a registered, experienced Speech and Language Therapist. It explores a number of areas that care staff need to be aware of including:
* What can cause choking and other swallowing problems?
* How can you help those who have
eating and drinking difficulties?
* What should you be looking out for?
* When should you refer to a Speech and
Language Therapist?
* What are the things you can do to help
prevent choking incidents?
The session, lasts two hours, can be run 'in house' and costs £299 for up to fifteen members of staff. Participants are presented with a certificate of attendance and a handout covering the important 'takeaways' from the workshop.
Comments made by carers who have previously attended this workshop:
“The trainer really made me think what it must be like for some of the people I care for and gave me some great ideas about how I could help them and keep them safe” – Julie
(Care worker at The Wingfield Care Home, Trowbridge)
“The trainer made sure all levels of staff felt able to participate and that everyone took away valuable lessons from the session.
(Trained nurse at St Monica Trust, Cote Lane, Bristol)
Better Communication in Care
This popular workshop covers:
* What is communication?
How do we communicate to other people?
How do we receive communication from others?
* The importance of communication / what would it
be like to loose the ability to communicate well?
* What can cause a breakdown in communication?
* How is a person’s communication ability altered by
various conditions such as stroke or dementia,
Parkinson’s Disease or hearing impairment?
* What can you do to improve communication with
the people you care for?
* Understanding different communication styles.
* What do you know about the people you care for /
what can you chat to them about?
* How can you improve the way you communicate
with the people you work with?
The session, lasts two hours, can be run 'in house' and costs £299 for up to twenty members of staff. Participants are presented with a certificate of attendance and a handout outlining the theory and the practical advice given.
Comments made by carers who have previously attended this workshop:
“Practical, fun, instructive and really useful”.
(Nicola - Trained nurse at Sunnymead Nursing Home, Bath)
"Very interesting and useful session. I particularly liked the practical bits of advice about how I can help residents who find communication difficult."
Kathy - Care Assistant - Deerhurst Care Home, Bristol)
Maintaining Residents Independence in Care.
This workshop is facilitated by a registered Occupational Therapist. It covers the following areas:
* How important is it to keep your
independence?
* Ways to encourage residents to be
as independent as possible.
* What can get in the way of
resident’s independence?
* What is ‘Ergonomics’ and why is it
important?
* Working with memory.
* When is equipment useful / what
equipment might help?
* Equipment may not always be the
ideal solution / other ways to
manage.
The session, lasts two hours, can be run 'in house' and costs £299 for up to twenty members of staff. Participants are presented with a certificate of attendance and a handout outlining the theory and the practical advice given.
Comments made by carers who have previously attended this workshop:
“My staff certainly learnt a lot and seemed to thoroughly enjoy the course. I would recommend it most highly to any other care home”
(Senior Nurse at Robinson House, Bristol)
“Very good, a practical, enjoyable and informative session”
(Bob - Care Assistant at St George’s Care Home, Bristol.)
