Medicines Management for Domiciliary Carers – Foundation Course

This training course in medicines management is delivered as a one day workshop with a short assessment at the end.

It covers the following areas:-

• CSCI Professional Advice on the Administration of Medicines
• National Minimum Standards for Domiciliary Care (Standard 10)
• Regulation 14 of the Domiciliary Care Agencies Regulations 2002
• The Medicines Act 1968
• The role of the care agency
• General rules for adult service users
• 3 Levels of support
• Compliance aids
• Child service users
• Record Keeping in Domiciliary Care
• Medication Administration Records in Domiciliary care
• What is a medicine
• Legal categories of medicines
• How do medicines work
• Names of medicines
• Safe handling of medicines
• Administration (or the prompting of) of different formulations
• Dosage instructions
• Controlled drugs
• Confidentiality and consent
• Side effects and adverse reactions to medicines
• Pharmacy services that support the domiciliary care worker
• Safe storage and disposal of unwanted medicines

This course costs £45 per person

Training sessions are run by a qualified pharmacist, at your premises and cost the appropriate fee per person (minimum of 10 people per session) plus travel expenses of 28p per mile.

Venue: At your premises or suitable venue
Date: 12/02/2008
Time: 10:00 - 16:00
Category: Medicines Management