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Module 7: PROVIDING SAFE AND EFFECTIVE CARE


Meeting Basic Needs
As a Respite Care Provider, one of your responsibilities will be attending to the basic needs of individuals with developmental disabilities. Activities such as eating, dressing, bathing and toileting can present special problems. 
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Back Safety
YOUR BACK / THE SPINE

Purpose
  • Your back maintains you in a stable upright position
  • Your back helps you to be mobile
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Fire Safety
Three elements that must be present for a fire to occur:
  • Oxygen (more properly, an oxidizing agent)
  • Fuel (a reducing agent)
  • Heat
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Blood Borne Pathogens
How do infections occur?
In order for an infection to occur, the following must be present:
  • A pathogen (germ)
  • A large amount of the pathogen (germ)
  • A susceptible person (host)
  • An entry site (where the germ gets in)
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Funding for this program provided by the Department of Health and Human Services

It is explicitly understood by all parties that the Provider or Vendor is an independent contractor only and not an employee of Woodfords, the Children’s Center, UCP or DHHS