Training Resources

• Help us keep you safe -cleaning top tips (Electronic Version)
• Help us keep you safe -cleaning top tips (Print friendly version)
• Cleaning and Disinfection Wipes; guidance for community, primary care and social care settings
• Cleaning premises using fogging/misting, steam, or UV treatment
• ROUTINE ENVIROMENTAL CLEANING (Not For Body Fluid Spills) Dilution table for 1,000 ppm available Chlorine using tablets
• CLEANING FOLLOWING BODY FLUID SPILL Dilution table for 10,000 ppm available Chlorine using tablets

Social Care Training offer FREE catheter, urinary sheath & stoma care training

Continence and Catheter Care  – online training – NHS Heath Education England
Link: Continence and Catheter Care – elearning for healthcare (e-lfh.org.uk)

SomersetFT Continence Service – Continence – Continence Service – Somerset NHS Foundation Trust (somersetft.nhs.uk)

10 Minute Webinar on Constipation – patientwebinars.co.uk

Changing a Catheter Bag – YouTube

Keeping Hydrated – Preventing Urinary Tract Infections (more info in Nutrition & Hydration below)

Continence – Assessment for disposable pads and correct use – including fitting
For training dates contact – Liz Olley – Essity Accounts Contract Manager
Email – Elizabeth.OLLEY@essity.com

Stoma Care: contact SomersetFT Colorectal/Stoma Nurses – 01823 342453

For any questions, please email: LARCH@SomersetFT.nhs.uk.

Looking after someone with dementia – NHS (www.nhs.uk)

React To Dementia : Reactto

Health and Care Video Library – Dementia (healthandcarevideos.uk)

Tiff Earle’s 3 D’s Dementia Training

• Dementia, Depression, Delirium – the 3 Ds for care homes (Presentation)
• Tiff Earle’s 3 D’s of Dementia: Lunch-time learning session – YouTube
• How To Refer For Undiagnosed Dementias
• Can You Spot Delirium – Single Question to Identify Delirium Poster
• Let’s Talk About Delirium
• About Delirium – Information for Patients and Carers
• Assessment Of Pain in Older People: UK National Guidelines
• Abbey Pain Scale – Assessment of pain in people who cannot verbalise
• Pain Assessment In Advanced Dementia Scale (PAINAD)
• Pain And Dementia Leaflet (Dementia UK)
• Sundowning – Changes In Behaviour At Dusk (Dementia UK)
• How everyday objects can improve quality of life for people with dementia | Dementia | The Guardian
• Dementia care training – The importance of everyday objects in dementia care – YouTube

How to Talk to Someone With Dementia – YouTube

Dementia Friendly Environments

• Dementia-friendly environments – SCIE
• Dementia-friendly environment checklist | Alzheimer’s Society (alzheimers.org.uk)
• Environmental assessment tools – University Of Worcester
• How to Make a Sensory Room for People Living with Dementia

Diabetes (who.int)

World Health Organisation fact sheet about diabetes

Diabetes – NHS (www.nhs.uk)

The NHS pages have information about different types of diabetes, advice during coronavirus, pre-diabetes, when to see a doctor, causes, living with diabetes and diabetic eye screening

Diabetes UK – Know diabetes. Fight diabetes. | Diabetes UK

Diabetes UK is a British-based patient, healthcare professional and research charity. The charity campaigns for improvements in the care and treatment of people with diabetes.

Health and Care Video Library – Diabetes (healthandcarevideos.uk)

(New) Speech and Language Therapy Resources

• FINAL South West Dysphagia Knowledge and Skills Guidance for Paid Carers April 23
• Care Home Referral Form
• Dysphagia Management Checklist – Care Homes
• Food swallowing Diary 1
• Fluid Swallowing Diary 2
• Eating and Drinking Safely Poster

NHS Training

This is the link to the NHS free training that we are currently advising care home staff etc to complete: https://www.e-lfh.org.uk/programmes/dysphagia/ (the module is called Dysphagia Essentials)

You can register with their personal email

If you are not yet registered for eLearning for health or do not hold an Athens account, NHS.net, .gov or other accepted email account please register via the following link.

http://portal.e-lfh.org.uk/Register

From this link:

• Put in your email address
• Selected none of the above apply to me. In the about you section.
• Then press continue (the following content is freely available)
• Fill out your details
• In the job title type “other” and add your organisations name. The system will send you a confirmation of registration email.
• Once registered they give you a temp password and ask you to change it.

Once changed you can log on

With the change over of thickener, here is a link to some online training/information that care home managers/staff etc could access: Training | Fresenius (dysphagia.org.uk)

• Dysphagia Policy
• Eating Drinking and Swallowing Competency Framework
• Eating and Drinking with Acknowledged Risk

Speech and Language Therapy: Community Team for Adults with Learning Disabilities

Do you support adults with learning disabilities?

Did you know people with learning disabilities are at an increased risk of developing dysphagia (eating, drinking and swallowing difficulties) which can lead to aspiration, choking, chest infections, poor nutrition and/or hydration and reduced quality of life.

The Learning Disabilities’ Speech and Language Therapy service specialises in supporting people with a learning a disability who have eating, drinking and swallowing needs. Please note that the above referral form, checklist and swallowing diaries are for referrals for adults without learning disabilities. 

For adults with learning disabilities:

Please click here for a Dysphagia Awareness Poster which details when and how to refer to us.

Please also click here for a Choking Process Map and Action Plan to complete if someone has choked, and here for Dysphagia Frequently Asked Questions where you will find further information.

Infection prevention and control (skillsforcare.org.uk)

Care homes: infection prevention and control – GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)

Infection Control – Somerset CCG

Coronavirus Specific Information: IPC and PPE

Hand-Hygiene Compliance and the “Gloves Off” Campaign

• Hand-hygiene-Compliance-Audit-Tool-for-Domiciliary-Care-July-2024-2.pdf
• Hand-hygiene-compliance-Monthly-Audit-Tool-for-Care-Homes-v3.00-August-2023.pdf
• How-to-care-for-your-hands-British-Association-of-Dermatologists.pdf
• RBL-implementing-the-gloves-off-campaign-within-a-care-home-example.pdf
• To-Glove-or-Not-to-Glove-The-Queens-Nursing-Institute-presentaiton-from-13-August-2024.pdf
• Your-5-moments-for-hand-hygiene-Care-Home-August-2023.pdf

RESTORE2 is a life-saving physical deterioration and escalation tool, used in nursing and care homes throughout the UK. RESTORE2 mini online training, launched by South West Academic Health Science Network and Blue Stream Academy, enables care home and domiciliary care professionals to gain new deterioration management skills and improved knowledge and understanding of the people for whom they care.

The West Of England Academic Health & Science Network have produced these 2 videos:

1. RESTORE2 Mini : https://vimeo.com/436916799/a6411f306c
2. RESTORE2 including NEWS2 : https://vimeo.com/440098413/e50453b586

For any questions, please email: LARCH@SomersetFT.nhs.uk.

PrescQIPP free courses: Managing medicines for adults receiving social care in the community e-learning courses

Please download the flyer for more information and sign up on the PrescQIPP e-learning site.

Somerset’s Mental Health Training Offer

There are several mental health training opportunities provided in partnership with Public Health in Somerset including Mental Health First Aid, Connect 5, suicide awareness and more. Please visit the Healthy Somerset website to find out further information.

NICE Guidance: Promoting positive mental wellbeing for older people | Quick guides to social care topics

Staff Wellbeing

There are a number of resources available to support staff wellbeing.

• Somerset Emotional Wellbeing – Somerset Emotional Wellbeing Staff Hub
• How Are You Feeling Poster
• ShinyMind App – Poster and Information Leaflet

Training:

REACTMH® Active Listening Skills conversation training enables Managers/Supervisors to identify and engage in meaningful wellbeing conversations, using “active listening” techniques, to identify and support colleagues struggling with pressures that are impacting their daily mental health.

We have training dates for both REACT90 MH training and REACT MH Train the Trainer for April and May 2022.

REACT90 MH Training Dates April – June 2022 and sign up details

REACTMH Train the Trainer session, a two and a half hour course to provide managers with the knowledge and skills to train other managers in the REACTMH techniques. REACT TTT Training Dates April – May 2022 and sign up details.

Going forward we will be looking to ensure REACTMH Active Listening Skills training becomes embedded within Somerset, and we would love to hear from any of you who have done the training and now would like to become a trainer within your organisation!

If you are interested in either the training or becoming a trainer (or both!) please email somccg.icsworkforceteam@nhs.net to book.

Thinking Pitstops– information leaflet and training flyer

Thinking Pitstops is a peer-to-peer support designed to help people decompress and think well under pressure in a brief period of time (15 min).

We recommend the eLearning to providers for health which is free to access. There are 11 modules, and it can be accessed here: Mental Capacity Act – elearning for healthcare (e-lfh.org.uk)

Modules:

• Mental Capacity Act as Part of Human Rights
• Assessing Mental Capacity
• Making Decisions
• Best Interests
• Restraint
• Deprivation of Liberty
• Relationship between the Mental Capacity Act and the Mental Health Act
• Mental Capacity Act and Young People aged 16 or 17
• Research involving People who Lack Capacity
• Mental Capacity Act and Adult Safeguarding
• Settling Disputes and Disagreements

Bournemouth University has put together a Mental Capacity Toolkit: Mental Capacity Toolkit

DoLS/LPS

Content to be added

Preventing Falls Videos and Checklists from South Western Ambulance Service

British Geriatrics Society have published some resources to support taking action to overcome the reduction in physical activity and resultant deconditioning effect of the COVID-19 pandemic on older people. You can view them here: Deconditioning information for providers of services for older people and the public | British Geriatrics Society (bgs.org.uk)

SWASFT Falls Page

Post Falls Guidance Pack for Care Providers

Ambulance Admission Form

Example Falls Documentation

Post Falls Decision Making Tool

Falls Service Referral for people at risk of falls

Health and Care Video Library – Falls (healthandcarevideos.uk)

For any questions, please email: LARCH@SomersetFT.nhs.uk.

Nebuliser fact sheet from British Lung Foundation

How to assemble and administer medication via nebuliser – Video Link

Nebuliser care handout

For any questions, please email: LARCH@SomersetFT.nhs.uk.

Malnutrition and Dehydration : Reactto

PEG (percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy) training and competency assessing is provided by Fresenius Kabi.

Contact them directly on 0808 100 1990 for support.

Nutrition

• Dietetics – Information for Care Homes
• Nutrition Support Care Plan booklet,which includes recipes for homemade supplements which are as nutritious as a prescribable supplement
• Malnutrition Universal Screening Tool (MUST) care pathway for care homes
• Nutrition Support Template Letter for GP surgeries/health care professionals which provides guidance for carers on what to do when they have identified a resident at risk of malnutrition as well as links to other useful resources
• Care Home Nutrition Support (link to slides)- Presentation by Lesley Harper, Nutrition Support Lead for Community Hospitals and Care Homes (Nov 2021)
• Care Home Dietetic Referral Form – (Oct 2021)
• Information on end of life nutrition (may be helpful for carers and family of both residents in care homes and in other community settings)
• Nutrition Support for COVID-19 Recovery (Video)
• Malnutrition Training Webinars, including Eating and Drinking Well: Supporting People Living with Dementia

Creating a Fortified diet – recipe book: PDF Link

This is a resource to support food fortification for those caring for people who have been identified as at risk of malnutrition, or who are malnourished. It is likely to be particularly useful for those working in, or supporting care homes for older adults, but could also be used to support people living in their own homes.

Hydration

• Hydration in Care Homes (link to slides) – Presentation by Hels Bennett, Medicines Manager, NHS Somerset CCG
• Keeping Hydrated Leaflet – Somerset CCG
• Keeping Hydrated Leaflet – Somerset Foundation Trust
• Sick Day Rules Card
• Good Hydration Implementation Toolkit (further details/resources can be found here Good Hydration! – Patient Safety Oxford)
• Health and Care Video Library – Dehydration (healthandcarevideos.uk)

For any questions, please email: LARCH@SomersetFT.nhs.uk.

• Oral health toolkit for adults in care homes – GOV.UK (www.gov.uk) – National resource that is updated regularly

Oral health is an essential part of everyone’s overall health.

Oral Health for adults in care homes NG48 Overview | Oral health for adults in care homes | Guidance | NICE

The Care Quality Commission expects registered managers to take account of nationally recognised guidance, including guidance from NICE.

Evidence about how you support residents to maintain good oral health will help you demonstrate that your service is both effective and responsive.

NICE’s guideline on oral health for adults in care homes, including the baseline assessment tool, can be used as part of your preparation for inspection and to support requests for help to other services.

Practical Do’s and Don’ts for avoiding pressure ulcers – Leaflet

For any questions, please email: LARCH@SomersetFT.nhs.uk.

Online learning

The excellence network develops a variety of online courses for health and social care staff.  They will be added to over time so it is recommended that you keep checking back to the Learning hub:

http://www.parkinsons.org.uk/professionals/learning-hub

The following courses I would recommend first for residential care professionals:

Caring for your resident with Parkinson’s: a 20 minute presentation for care home workers

This free 20 minute online presentation from Parkinson’s UK will help care home workers understand the key issues when caring for people with Parkinson’s.

Full information and the link to the presentation can be accessed here: Caring for your resident

My Parkinson’s Interactive Workbook 

This is a free, online, interactive workbook about Parkinson’s which provides information on all aspects of the condition, from diagnosis to advanced stages.

It supports health and social care staff to effectively deliver care to those living with the condition and help ensure that every person living with Parkinson’s receives the best care possible.

This resource is suitable for any level of health and social care worker.

Full information and booking details can be found here:

Sign up to My Parkinson’s Interactive Workbook

Parkinson’s: Foundation modules for health and social care staff

This course is suitable for anyone working in health or social care that wants a foundation understanding of Parkinson’s.   It is self directed learning so you can work through the interactive learning units at a pace suitable to your needs. You can choose to complete the whole course or pick a combination of learning units.  You can expect the full course to take a minimum of 10 hours learning.

Full information and booking details can be found here: Parkinson’s: foundation modules

Parkinson’s UK volunteer educator programme- Introduction to Parkinson’s for Care Staff

This free 1-hour course will give a solid introduction to Parkinson’s for staff in nursing and care homes and home care agencies.

A Parkinson’s UK volunteer educator, trained by the charity and often with personal experience of the condition, will deliver this course virtually.

More information can be found here:

Introduction to Parkinson’s for care staff

The South West Integrated Personalised Care Team would like to offer online training and other resources to care providers. Please see below for links to the PCI Institute and the South West Integrated Personalised Care You Tube Channel to share with your colleagues.

1. Register with the Personalised Care Institute and in ‘Training’ they will see e-Learning opportunities. A great introduction to personalised care, they can register for any one or all the short e-learning modules:

• Core Skills
• Shared Decision Making
• Personalised Care and Support Planning (PCSP)

Each module can be carried out in a single sitting or can be completed in more than one sitting when time allows for them to complete it. Completion and evaluation of these modules gives Continuous Professional Development (CPD) points for those who require them, and a certificate is produced for their portfolios.

2. Have a look at the South West Integrated Personalised Care You Tube channel – brilliant short films that say so much, you could start with The Girl Who Climbs and then discover more.  We are happy to receive feedback about them. Tell us what you think and of these films help share what personalised care can be and what it means to you.  Email us at swipc@nhs.net
3. The poster below can be printed or shared digitally by email to explain the benefits of Personalised Care and the shift in relationships between those who have caring roles with people as well as health and care professionals. The shifts in the type of conversations that are had with people can really enable and empower them to take control of their own care needs and life in general.

Download Poster. Thumbnail:

If you have any questions about the PCI training or questions for the South West Integrated Personalised Care Team please contact us on england.swipc@nhs.net for the attention of the Right Skills Team.

Somerset Safeguarding Adults Board

Learning and Development – Somerset Safeguarding Adults Board (safeguardingsomerset.org.uk)

This page contains links to resources and learning about safeguarding.

Clinical Waste Collection – Clinical waste collection (somersetwestandtaunton.gov.uk)

Video of Enoxiparin Injection – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xQ95DzVzf3g

Somerset Treatment Escalation Plan – 11 minute information video by Somerset LARCH +

For any questions, please email: LARCH@SomersetFT.nhs.uk.

St Margaret’s Hospice is offering training for Verification of Expected Death

All sessions 10am to 12.30pm

This interactive session is for health care professionals who may need to verify an expected death. It covers the role, responsibilities as well as the terminology and the legal position. It gives an opportunity to explore how to support families and loved ones as well as how to care for someone after they have died.

Course dates and locations

2022

• Wednesday 2 November – Yeovil
• Wednesday 14 December – Taunton

2023

• Wednesday 11 January – Yeovil
• Wednesday 8 March – Taunton
• Wednesday 24 May – Yeovil
• Wednesday 12 July – Taunton
• Wednesday 13 September – Yeovil
• Wednesday 22 November – Taunton

Cost: £10 (This booking fee is non-refundable)

Book your place

To book your place on any of these dates please contact Min Perkins via education@st-margarets-hospice.org.uk or call 01823 365607.

Social Care Training offer FREE simple wound care & pressure ulcer prevention training

Skin Protection Treatment Pathway

Pressure Ulcers

International Pressure Ulcer Classification System

Categories of Pressure Ulcer

Personal Pressure Ulcer Prevention Plan

Finger Tip Test

Pressure Ulcer | National Wound Care Strategy Programme

For any questions, please email: LARCH@SomersetFT.nhs.uk.

Pressure ulcers: applying All Our Health – GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)

Resources – National Pressure Ulcer Advisory Panel (npiap.com)

European Pressure Ulcer Advisory Panel – Stop Pressure Ulcers

React To Red: Pressure Ulcer Prevention : Training resources

Tissue Viability

React To Moisture : Training resources for care home staff

Health and Care Video Library – Pressure Ulcers (healthandcarevideos.uk)

Wound Care

Skin Tear pathway

Wound Care Guide for Care Homes

Shared Care for Wounds