Complex bowel care

NDIS - High intensity support skills

 

The high intensity support skills descriptors set out the skills and knowledge that NDIS providers should have access to when delivering complex supports, safely, to NDIS participants.

These complex supports represent some of the highest risks for participants, workers and other, and are areas where NDIS providers must take particular care to source the relevant skills and knowledge to deliver high quality and safe supports.

These complex supports represent some of the highest risks for participants, workers and other, and are areas where NDIS providers must take particular care to source the relevant skills and knowledge to deliver high quality and safe supports.

Overview

Bowel care is an essential part of personal support for people at risk of severe constipation or faecal incontinence due to their disability. This training includes important aspects of personal hygiene and infection control procedures, administration of enemas and suppositories. It also covers importance of bowel care, understanding of stool characteristics indicating healthy bowel functioning and dealing with complications and emergencies.

Who is this for?

This training is tailored for carers and support staff who support people to manage their bowel health, the theoretical and practical knowledge in complex bowel care as part of providing a specialist level of personal support.

outline

It aims to provide an understanding of the correct, best practice techniques and methods for complex bowel care. It also emphasizes the value of privacy, dignity, and respect for the service user.

This training covers:

• Basic anatomy of the digestive system
• The importance of bowel care
• Bowel health and functioning
• Infection control prevention and procedures 
• Issues and causes affecting bowel function, particularly for people with complex health conditions
• Signs and symptoms of bowel problems and dysfunction, and related risks.
• Monitoring and supporting bowel health
• Documenting bowel patterns and changes
• Intervention options and techniques, including conditions requiring intervention by a health professional.

Pinnacle Training Hub can offer training for all High intensity support skills required by NDIS providers for high quality and safe supports.