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Gabriel Mancebo Toribio

UNIT M/601/8054
HSC 2014: Support individuals to eat and drink
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Establish with an individual the food and drink they wish to consume
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This will help a lot
to our services user to become more happy and open with us
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Encourage the individual to select suitable options for food and drink
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Sometimes we can find out their diet in their care support plan, it is good to check an follow the
instructions
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We need to considerate that no all services users have the same case
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- We need to inform them that they need to have a good healthy
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- Explain them the benefits of eat and drink healthy
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- Explain the consequences not having a good healthy
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Describe how and when to seek additional guidance about an individual’s choice of food and
drink
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Also I will assessor them about the food and drinks that they are eating, especially when I give the a
choice to select they food and drink
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Identify the level and type of support an individual requires when eating and drinking
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- Make their food and drinks
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- Assist them if the need to have help when they are eating or drinking
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Demonstrate effective hand-washing and use of protective clothing when handling food and
drink
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- Also it is important to wash our hand and use gloves at all the time when manipulate food or
Drink
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- It is very important to clean up the area or kitchen after finish
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Support the individual to prepare to eat and drink, in a way that meets their personal needs
and preferences
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- Show them the ingredients or drinks will be good in their preferences
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It is good to find
different methods for cooking or making drinks
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- Sometimes it is better ask them if they borrow us a book for cooking or making a drink
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Provide suitable utensils to assist the individual to eat and drink
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- Another thing that we need to know is to cover them while they are eating or drinking
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- Have some chat about how to use the utensils while they are eating or drinking
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Describe factors that help promote an individual’s dignity, comfort and enjoyment while
eating and drinking
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- Some services users like eat or drink alone so will be good if we let them alone for a while
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- let them to left some food or drink for afterwards
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- Let them to have a sit where they want
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Support the individual to consume manageable amounts of food and drink at their own pace
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- As well it is good to assessor them what they are eating or drinking
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- I will try to offer food or drink in different times
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Provide encouragement to the individual to eat and drink
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Support the individual to clean themselves if food or drink is spilt
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If I see that some of my services users have dirty or spilled food or drink, I will stop for a while and I
will clean the area dirty and I will restart again to give their food or drink
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If some of my services userthrows the food or drink into the floor I will clean and after cleaned it, I
will ask to my service user if they want another one
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- If my services user does not want to eat or drink, I’m not going to force them, I will ask them if they
want to eat
or drink in another time or may be later on
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- I will observe to my services user if like the food or drink
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- I will ask them how they want me to prepare their food or drink
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Be able to clear away after food and drink
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- We need to be sure that services user finish their food or drink because some of them can have a
strictly diet that they need to finish, some of them may do not like the food or drink, some of
them prefer another food or drink
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- Explain to them that they need to eat or drink for their health and own good
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Confirm that the individual has finished eating and drinking
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- Sometime it is good to ask them if they want to finish or they want to left some food or drink for
later on
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We can find
out these checking in their care plan support or asking to their nurse, doctor, GP or nutritionist
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- As to them if their finish their food or drink
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-If they are washing up, ask them if we can help them
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- If they finish and give us the utensils for washing, get it when they ask us
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- The best things it is to try that service user help us when we are doing the washing up
- Help them to wash their hands after finish eat or drink
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- Show them that if they make dirty when they are eating or drinking and change their clothes
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Be able to monitor eating and drinking and the support provided
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It is very important to motoring what services users are eating or drinking, so the specialist like
nurses, doctor, GP or nutritionist will know about that
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Also it is important to observe how services user are eating or drinking because if something
happened we can reduce the risk
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For example:
Today I cooked chicken with salad and roastedpotatoes
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After finish cooking I washed my hand again and Mr
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After he finish his lunch, I washed again his hands and mouth
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Report on the support provided for eating and drinking in accordance with agreed ways of
working
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Also it is very important to explain, have some chat or show to our services user what they going to
eat or drink
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X to have his dinner because he was tired
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x had finish part of the food and he drink plenty of water
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