{"id":2983,"date":"2019-11-29T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2019-11-29T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.alturalearning.co.nz\/assisting-a-person-to-shower\/"},"modified":"2021-09-21T08:23:57","modified_gmt":"2021-09-21T08:23:57","slug":"assisting-a-person-to-shower","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.alturalearning.co.nz\/assisting-a-person-to-shower\/","title":{"rendered":"Assisting a Person to Shower"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Course Aim:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">One of the key roles of care staff is the maintenance of people&#8217;s personal hygiene. Through this course you will discover how to provide full assistance with showering a person in your care.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Learning Outcomes:<\/strong><b><br \/>\n<\/b><\/p>\n<ul style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Understand the importance of maintaining personal hygiene<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Assist the person to shower safely whilst maintaining their dignity<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Assess and monitor the person and report any changes in their condition<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Supporting people with their personal hygiene is a core duty for many care and support workers. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It&#8217;s not just about the procedure of showering an individual, but also requires consideration of communication, privacy and dignity, as well as manual handling and infection control risks. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">What may seem a simple procedure to some is actually a multi-faceted task that supports people when they are at their most vulnerable. <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Like much of what we do in the care sector, the procedure for assisting a person to shower is supported by research and evidence based practice. The video illustrates how to provide full assistance when supporting a person to shower and can be used as initial training or as a refresher to demonstrate to staff how to perform the procedure.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The suite of learning resources that supports this course includes our Evidence Assessment, which is<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">a skills assessment of the procedure. <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This <a href=\"https:\/\/www.alturalearning.co.nz\/\">online care training<\/a> course replaces the course Activities of Daily Living: Showering<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><b>Tips<\/b><\/p>\n<ul style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Assisting a person with a shower provides an opportunity to encourage reablement and independence. <\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Assisting a person with a shower is a great opportunity to informally assess the person\u2019s skin or assess their pain.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Course name: <\/strong> Assisting a Person to Shower<br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 17px; font-family: Ciutadella-Regular, Raleway, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;\"><strong>Course Codes:<\/strong> AOC17034-BC-HR-GN<br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 17px; font-family: Ciutadella-Regular, Raleway, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;\"><strong>Countries:<\/strong> All countries<br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 17px; font-family: Ciutadella-Regular, Raleway, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;\"><strong>ResHC:<\/strong> Residential and Home Care Libraries<br \/>\n<\/span><strong style=\"font-size: 17px; font-family: Ciutadella-Regular, Raleway, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;\">Target Audience:<\/strong><span style=\"font-size: 17px; font-family: Ciutadella-Regular, Raleway, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;\"> Care\/Support Staff<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Go to our Digital Course Library to find out more &amp; watch the trailer:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/library.alturalearning.com\/courses\/assisting-a-person-to-shower-766\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-3177 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.alturalearning.co.nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Australia-Flag.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"125\" height=\"63\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/library.alturalearning.com\/courses\/assisting-a-person-to-shower-766\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-3179 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.alturalearning.co.nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/New-zealand-flag.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"125\" height=\"63\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/library.alturalearning.com\/courses\/assisting-a-person-to-shower-766\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-3178 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.alturalearning.co.nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/uk-flag.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"125\" height=\"63\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"et_pb_row et_pb_row_0\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_column et_pb_column_4_4 et_pb_column_0 et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode_passthrough et-last-child\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_module et_pb_text et_pb_text_0 et_pb_bg_layout_light et_pb_text_align_left\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\">\n<p><strong>Find out More<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 17px; font-family: Ciutadella-Regular, Raleway, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;\">To find out more about this course please <\/span><a style=\"font-size: 17px; font-family: Ciutadella-Regular, Raleway, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.alturalearning.com\/contact\/\">contact<\/a><span style=\"font-size: 17px; font-family: Ciutadella-Regular, Raleway, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;\"> Altura Learning for assistance.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When you&#8217;re working in the home care setting as a care\/support worker, you may be the only person who sees a client on a regular basis. It\u2019s expected that older people will have changes in their care or support requirements as they age or as their condition deteriorates so, as a home care worker, you are in the perfect position to recognise and act on these changes to ensure the person is supported appropriately.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3430,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Assisting a Person to Shower Training Course - Altura Learning NZ<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.alturalearning.co.nz\/assisting-a-person-to-shower\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Assisting a Person to Shower Training Course - Altura Learning NZ\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"When you&#039;re working in the home care setting as a care\/support worker, you may be the only person who sees a client on a regular basis. It\u2019s expected that older people will have changes in their care or support requirements as they age or as their condition deteriorates so, as a home care worker, you are in the perfect position to recognise and act on these changes to ensure the person is supported appropriately.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.alturalearning.co.nz\/assisting-a-person-to-shower\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Altura Learning NZ\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AlturaLearning\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2019-11-29T00:00:00+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2021-09-21T08:23:57+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.alturalearning.co.nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Online-Thumbnail_Assisting-a-Person-to-Shower_AOC17034.jpeg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1080\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"675\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Creative Asset\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@alturalearning\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@alturalearning\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.alturalearning.co.nz\/assisting-a-person-to-shower\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.alturalearning.co.nz\/assisting-a-person-to-shower\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Creative Asset\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.alturalearning.co.nz\/#\/schema\/person\/0818ecaed62ccdcaabeca397bc184a78\"},\"headline\":\"Assisting a Person to Shower\",\"datePublished\":\"2019-11-29T00:00:00+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2021-09-21T08:23:57+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.alturalearning.co.nz\/assisting-a-person-to-shower\/\"},\"wordCount\":323,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.alturalearning.co.nz\/#organization\"},\"articleSection\":[\"Altura Blog\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-NZ\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.alturalearning.co.nz\/assisting-a-person-to-shower\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.alturalearning.co.nz\/assisting-a-person-to-shower\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.alturalearning.co.nz\/assisting-a-person-to-shower\/\",\"name\":\"Assisting a Person to Shower Training Course - Altura Learning NZ\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.alturalearning.co.nz\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2019-11-29T00:00:00+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2021-09-21T08:23:57+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.alturalearning.co.nz\/assisting-a-person-to-shower\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-NZ\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.alturalearning.co.nz\/assisting-a-person-to-shower\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.alturalearning.co.nz\/assisting-a-person-to-shower\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.alturalearning.co.nz\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Altura Blog\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.alturalearning.co.nz\/category\/blog\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":3,\"name\":\"Assisting a Person to Shower\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.alturalearning.co.nz\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.alturalearning.co.nz\/\",\"name\":\"Altura Learning NZ\",\"description\":\"Online aged care training solutions for your whole company\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.alturalearning.co.nz\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.alturalearning.co.nz\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-NZ\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.alturalearning.co.nz\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Altura Learning New Zealand\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.alturalearning.co.nz\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-NZ\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.alturalearning.co.nz\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.alturalearning.co.nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Altura-NZ-logo.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.alturalearning.co.nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Altura-NZ-logo.png\",\"width\":1431,\"height\":500,\"caption\":\"Altura Learning New Zealand\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.alturalearning.co.nz\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AlturaLearning\/\",\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/alturalearning\",\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/alturalearning\/\",\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/company\/alturalearning\/\",\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCV2BYTWNSqyPlB_F_A5nsDg\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.alturalearning.co.nz\/#\/schema\/person\/0818ecaed62ccdcaabeca397bc184a78\",\"name\":\"Creative Asset\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-NZ\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.alturalearning.co.nz\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/a47f11579eee79746be4e84ec2a91608?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/a47f11579eee79746be4e84ec2a91608?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Creative Asset\"}}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Assisting a Person to Shower Training Course - Altura Learning NZ","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.alturalearning.co.nz\/assisting-a-person-to-shower\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Assisting a Person to Shower Training Course - Altura Learning NZ","og_description":"When you're working in the home care setting as a care\/support worker, you may be the only person who sees a client on a regular basis. It\u2019s expected that older people will have changes in their care or support requirements as they age or as their condition deteriorates so, as a home care worker, you are in the perfect position to recognise and act on these changes to ensure the person is supported appropriately.","og_url":"https:\/\/www.alturalearning.co.nz\/assisting-a-person-to-shower\/","og_site_name":"Altura Learning NZ","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AlturaLearning\/","article_published_time":"2019-11-29T00:00:00+00:00","article_modified_time":"2021-09-21T08:23:57+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1080,"height":675,"url":"https:\/\/www.alturalearning.co.nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Online-Thumbnail_Assisting-a-Person-to-Shower_AOC17034.jpeg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Creative Asset","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@alturalearning","twitter_site":"@alturalearning","schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.alturalearning.co.nz\/assisting-a-person-to-shower\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.alturalearning.co.nz\/assisting-a-person-to-shower\/"},"author":{"name":"Creative Asset","@id":"https:\/\/www.alturalearning.co.nz\/#\/schema\/person\/0818ecaed62ccdcaabeca397bc184a78"},"headline":"Assisting a Person to Shower","datePublished":"2019-11-29T00:00:00+00:00","dateModified":"2021-09-21T08:23:57+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.alturalearning.co.nz\/assisting-a-person-to-shower\/"},"wordCount":323,"commentCount":0,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.alturalearning.co.nz\/#organization"},"articleSection":["Altura Blog"],"inLanguage":"en-NZ","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.alturalearning.co.nz\/assisting-a-person-to-shower\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.alturalearning.co.nz\/assisting-a-person-to-shower\/","url":"https:\/\/www.alturalearning.co.nz\/assisting-a-person-to-shower\/","name":"Assisting a Person to Shower Training Course - Altura Learning NZ","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.alturalearning.co.nz\/#website"},"datePublished":"2019-11-29T00:00:00+00:00","dateModified":"2021-09-21T08:23:57+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.alturalearning.co.nz\/assisting-a-person-to-shower\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-NZ","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.alturalearning.co.nz\/assisting-a-person-to-shower\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.alturalearning.co.nz\/assisting-a-person-to-shower\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.alturalearning.co.nz\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Altura Blog","item":"https:\/\/www.alturalearning.co.nz\/category\/blog\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"Assisting a Person to Shower"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.alturalearning.co.nz\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.alturalearning.co.nz\/","name":"Altura Learning NZ","description":"Online aged care training solutions for your whole company","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.alturalearning.co.nz\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.alturalearning.co.nz\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"en-NZ"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/www.alturalearning.co.nz\/#organization","name":"Altura Learning New Zealand","url":"https:\/\/www.alturalearning.co.nz\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-NZ","@id":"https:\/\/www.alturalearning.co.nz\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/www.alturalearning.co.nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Altura-NZ-logo.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.alturalearning.co.nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Altura-NZ-logo.png","width":1431,"height":500,"caption":"Altura Learning New Zealand"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.alturalearning.co.nz\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AlturaLearning\/","https:\/\/twitter.com\/alturalearning","https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/alturalearning\/","https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/company\/alturalearning\/","https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCV2BYTWNSqyPlB_F_A5nsDg"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.alturalearning.co.nz\/#\/schema\/person\/0818ecaed62ccdcaabeca397bc184a78","name":"Creative Asset","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-NZ","@id":"https:\/\/www.alturalearning.co.nz\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/a47f11579eee79746be4e84ec2a91608?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/a47f11579eee79746be4e84ec2a91608?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Creative Asset"}}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.alturalearning.co.nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2983"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.alturalearning.co.nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.alturalearning.co.nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.alturalearning.co.nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.alturalearning.co.nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2983"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.alturalearning.co.nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2983\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.alturalearning.co.nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3430"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.alturalearning.co.nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2983"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.alturalearning.co.nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2983"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.alturalearning.co.nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2983"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}