Communicating in Aged Care

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24m
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CPD24m of CPD
First Published
Updated29 October 2023
Expires 30 October 2024
Recorded InMelbourne, Australia

Course Overview

An Ausmed Training Module to equip care staff with the skills to communicate effectively with colleagues, clients and their loved ones. This activity highlights the crucial role of effective communication in ensuring the provision of safe care, as well as using the ISOBAR handover tool as a practical means to convey critical information in the workplace.

Topics
  • Communicating with clients
  • Communicating with loved ones and carers
  • Communicating interprofessionally
  • Using ISOBAR during handover
Learning Outcomes
  • Understand the importance of effective, clear and open communication with older adults.
  • Know how to appropriately communicate with clients, their loved ones and carers.
  • Recognise the importance of using an effective handover communication framework such as ISOBAR to communicate interprofessionally.
Target Audience

All healthcare staff working with older adults or in an aged care setting.

Disclosure

No conflict of interest exists for anyone in the position to control content for this activity. Wherever possible, generic or non-proprietary names of medications or products have been used.

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Details
CPD time24m
First Published
Updated29 October 2023
Expires
30 October 2024
Recorded InMelbourne, Australia
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Aged Care
Communication
Community Nursing
Cultural Diversity
Home Care
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