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Level 3 Foundation Diploma in Health and Social Care

Establishing Consent and Best Interest Processes

HSC305 · Person-centred Approaches in Health and Social Care Settings — Week 7 of 16

CourseHSC305
Week7 of 16
SemesterII
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This week’s topics

Establishing Consent and Best Interest Processes

  1. Obtaining verbal, non-verbal, and written consent
  2. Best interest decision-making frameworks
  3. Role of Lasting Power of Attorney
  4. Protocols when consent cannot be established
  5. Shared decision making

What you will be able to do

  • 3.3 Explain how to establish consent for an activity or action.
  • 3.4 Explain what steps to take if consent cannot be readily established.

Activity

Start with this week’s video, then: Seminar, guided reading and a short written task: explain how to establish consent for an activity or action.

Study materials

Videos

  • Shared decision making · YouTube · The Health Foundation · 6 min · for registered students
  • Informed consent in health care · YouTube · Metro South Health · 5 min · for registered students

Further resources

  • Mental Capacity Act 2005 Code of Practice · Reading · GOV.UK, guidance · for registered students
  • Decision-making and mental capacity (NICE guideline NG108, 2018) · Reading · Nice, guidance · for registered students
  • CQC: Regulations for service providers and managers · Reading · Other, guidance · for registered students
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Course plan
  • Week 1: Foundations of Person-Centred Care
  • Week 2: Holistic Wellbeing in Care Settings
  • Week 3: Care Planning and Person-Centred Practice
  • Week 4: Assessing Individual Preferences, Wishes, and Needs
  • Week 5: Reviewing Practice and Responsive Care
  • Week 6: Foundations of Consent and Capacity
  • Week 7: Establishing Consent and Best Interest Processes
  • Midterm: Midterm evaluation
  • Week 9: Principles of Active Participation
  • Week 10: Facilitating Active Participation
  • Week 11: Agreeing and Evaluating Active Participation Plans
  • Week 12: Applying Person-centred Approaches in Health and Social Car…
  • Week 13: Assignment workshop: research, planning and referencing
  • Week 14: Assignment workshop: drafting, feedback and improvement
  • Week 15: Review and coursework completion
  • Final: Final assessment and submission
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