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CODE COURSE NAME & SUMMARY CPD CODE COURSE NAME & SUMMARY CPD

QUM004 Falls in Client Care 1.5 QUM005B Identification and Assessment of Pain
• Identification of pain in residents
QUM004A Falls Physiology
• Pain assessments
• Physiology of balance • Pain in cognitive impairment
• Impact of falls QUM005C Treatment of Pain

• Common falls risk factors • Treatment options
QUM004B Falls Risk Assessments and Management • Drug and non-drug options
• Falls risk assessments • History of Analgesia
• Management strategies for common risk factors: • Mode of actions of Analgesia

• Balance and Mobility • Adverse effects
• Cognitive Impairment • Adjuvant Analgesics

• Incontinence • Use of Opioids in the elderly
• Feet and Footwear • Oral to IM conversions

• Syncope and Dizziness Sleep and Hypnotics in Client Care
QUM006 1.5
QUM004C Falls management strategies

• Management strategies: QUM006A An introduction to Sleep in Aged Care
• Restraints • Physiology of sleep

• Medication Monitoring • Insomnia – type and causes
• Injury Minimisation • Purpose of sleep
• Consequences of Falls • Stages of sleep
• Changes in sleep pattern with ageing

QUM005 Pain Management in Client Care 1.5 • Results or poor sleep

• Sleep disorders
QUM005A Introduction to Pain • Insomnia in Dementia

• Introduction to pain • Restless leg Syndrome
• Types of pain • Sleep Apnoea
• Pain relief QUM006B Management of Sleep Disorders: Non-drug Treatment
• Pain responses • Define the problem
• Pain processing • Assessment options
• Case Study • Non-drug therapeutic options

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