Description
Overview
This e-learning programme will provide the background knowledge to support people in care homes
The programme is split into three modules:
- Understanding health and social care structures
- Providing and managing medicines in care homes
- Optimising the sue of medicines in care homes
Learning objectives
On completion of all aspects of this programme you should be able to:
- Outline the legal issues, regulations and guidance relevant to medicines management in care homes
- Describe the different care home settings and the responsibilities of the pharmacy team
- Describe good practice for ordering, prescribing, dispensing and supplying medicines to care homes
- Describe good practice for administration of medicines to acre home residents
- Understand the role of the pharmacy team in reducing waste in care homes
- Understand how to use audit, medicines reviews to optimise medicine use and address polypharmacy within care homes
- Describe some common issues encountered by elderly care home residents and how to manage these issues
This course should take you no longer than 6 hours to complete.