Assisting a Person with Personal Hygiene
The Personal Support Worker is required to have knowledge, skill and sensitivity to provide appropriate assistance to another person, since a significant number of clients for whom the Personal Support Worker provides service have disabilities which affect their ability to look after their personal hygiene.
Sufficient knowledge about the structure, function, ageing changes and common conditions of the skin is covered in thie module to enable the Personal Support Worker to understand why specific personal hypiene methods are recommended.
Course Prerequisite(s)
Students must be enrolled in the Personal Support Worker program.
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