You are required to outline and demonstrate your ability to assist a client with a Bed Bath: Care Skills Assignment, OC, Ireland

You are required to outline and demonstrate your ability to assist a client with a Bed Bath. You should use the below guidelines to write your written account.

• Identifying the needs of the client

1. What are the specific needs of the client?
2. What information do you need and where do you look for that information?
3. How do you prepare the client for the specific task – consent, explanation of the task, etc?

• Implementation

1. How did you assist the client while completing this skill? – step by step of what you did.
2. How did you promote independence and dignity while carrying out the skill?
3. How did you show effective communication with the client and other members of the team?
4. Discuss the importance of being observant of changes in the client’s condition during the procedure

• Evaluation & Conclusion

1. Describe how you would ensure that correct report-writing measures were followed
2. How did you promote positive attitudes in relation to the care of the older person in the home or in a residential facility?
3. A brief evaluation of your performance during the skill – how did you do & what did you learn?