This unit is one of the Level 4 Diploma in Adult Care Optional Units and has the following learning outcomes and assessment criteria:
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- 1. Understand issues related to access to healthcare services for individuals with learning
disabilities
- 1.1 Explain the rights based approach to accessing healthcare services
- 1.2 Identify inequalities in access to healthcare services in different sections of the population
- 1.3 Analyse how different investigations, inquiries and reports have demonstrated the need for improved access and services for individuals with learning disabilities
- 1.4 Describe the impact of legislation, policy or guidance underpinning the need for healthcare services to enable access to individuals with a learning disability
- 1.5 Analyse how legislation, policy or guidance on capacity and consent should be used with regards to individuals considering and receiving treatment.
- 2. Understand the healthcare needs that may affect individuals with learning disabilities
- 2.1 Analyse trends of healthcare needs among individuals with learning disabilities
- 2.2 Explain systematic approaches that may support better health and healthcare for individuals with a learning disability
- 2.3 Research the difficulties in diagnosing some health conditions in individuals with a learning disability.
- 3. Understand good practice in supporting people with a learning disability to access healthcare
services
- 3.1 Analyse the effectiveness of existing communication systems and practices in supporting individuals to meet their healthcare needs
- 3.2 Evaluate different ways of working in partnership to support individuals to meet their healthcare needs
- 3.3 Explain how to promote access to healthcare through the use of reasonable adjustments
- 3.4 Analyse the rights of others significant to the individual to be involved in planning healthcare services.
- 4. Understand how to support others to develop, implement, monitor and review plans for
healthcare
- 4.1 Explain how to champion a person-centred focus to the healthcare planning process
- 4.2 Explain factors to consider when supporting others to develop and implement plans for healthcare
- 4.3 Explain how to support others to monitor and review plans for healthcare
- 4.4 Explain how to challenge healthcare providers and services when required to advocate with or on behalf of individuals
- 4.5 Explain how to support others to raise concerns and challenge healthcare services.
- 5. Be able to develop processes to support others to meet the healthcare needs of individuals with
a learning disability
- 5.1 Develop a person-centered strategy to underpin work with an individual to identify and meet their healthcare needs
- 5.2 Develop systems to support others to work across a range of healthcare services to meet the health needs of individuals with a learning disability
- 5.3 Ensure systems are used by others in meeting the healthcare needs of individual’s
- 5.4 Evaluate the impact of systems in meeting individual’s healthcare needs.
- 6. Be able to promote good practice to others in their support of individuals with learning
disabilities accessing healthcare
- 6.1 Promote effective use of communication methods to enable individuals to understand their healthcare needs and what options are available to them
- 6.2 Promote partnership working to meet the healthcare needs of individuals with learning disabilities
- 6.3 Promote awareness of the use of reasonable adjustments to enable individuals with learning disabilities to access healthcare services
- 6.4 Ensure the appropriate involvement of others significant to the individual in planning and delivering healthcare.
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