The Home Support Worker
Who are the clients?
Seniors, younger adults who have had surgery and only need help for a little while, people with intellectual disabilities or someone who is dying and has chosen to stay at home.
Who can be members of the client's care team?
Family, dietician, social worker, doctor, physiotherapist/occupational therapist, regional nurse, community health nurse, team leader.
What are Non-Insured Health Benefits?
A government program providing eligible First Nations and Inuit residents with coverage for medically necessary goods and services not covered by provincial, territorial or private insurance.
Who would assign daily tasks to you?
The community health nurses: Ashley or Shirley
What is the clinic phone number?
497-8202
Where do home support workers work?
In personal care homes or long term care facilities. In peoples homes, clients may live alone or with other members of their family.
How can you be a professional?
Be positive and responsible, dressing appropriately, speaking to your client respectfully and keeping client lives private.
What is covered by NIHB?
Drugs, dental services, eye glasses and eye appointments, medical supplies and equipment and prosthetic/orthotic devices.
Where should you find information about your scope of practice?
Your supervisor, employer's policies, and the educational program
When did the Mani Ashini Clinic open?
September 2000
The ultimate goal of support work is to:
Improve the client's quality of life by providing compassionate care.
When a nurse delegates a task to a support worker who is accountable for the delegated task?
The nurse.
What does Mani Ashini Clinic provide for the community?
Clinic nurses that see people when they are sick or have been in an accident, help people with illnesses that they may have had for a long time, bloodwork, or arrange for people to see a doctor.
What is the regulation of a home support worker?
Home support workers are unregulated care providers. They adhere to employer policies
Who was the first Innu nurse in the Province?
Mary Pia!!!
Activities of daily living include:
Bathing, toileting, feeding, personal hygiene and ambulating or transferring.
What does it mean to collaborate?
To work together toward a common goal.
What does the Labrador Health Centre provide that the clinic does not?
Tests like X-rays, ultrasounds, CAT scans, mammograms, surgeries, dialysis, chemotherapy. The ER is also located here as well as the rehab centre and inpatient stay. Telehealth is also done here or virtual doctor appointments.
What does the support worker's scope of practice refer to?
The limit and extent of a health care worker's role as determined by the employer's policies
What was the name of the Innu Nation before 1990?
Naskapi Montagnais Innu Association
What do home support workers do?
Give support to clients and families, provide: respite, home management, nutrition and personal care, and work as part of a team.
What are some benefits of working on a team?
Opportunities for collaboration and communication, working with people who have a wide range of abilities, skills and perspectives and better decision making and problem solving.
What happens if you need a test or procedure done and you cannot receive it at the clinic or the Labrador Health Centre?
You will have to travel outside of the community. NIHB will make the arrangements and cover the costs. Appointments outside of Labrador mean that people will be away from their communities for more than 3 days.
What is NOT an appropriate reason for a support worker to refuse a task?
Disliking the nurse who assigned the task
When was Sheshatshiu Innu First Nation established as a band?
November 23rd 2006 as a federal reserve
2002 under the Indian Act