Complex Bowel Care Training – Ostomy and Stoma Care

This complex care training provides support workers with essential knowledge and skills to assist participants with their High Intensity Support Daily Activity (HIDPA) relating to stoma care. Support workers learn how to assist participants to clean and maintain a healthy stoma, change an ostomy bag and troubleshoot common problems. It is an essential component of a support workers role to understand how to follow correct procedures detailed in a support plan for complex bowel care, and communicate and document bowel function. The training is competency based and assessment is undertaken of knowledge or knowledge and skills, depending on the delivery option selected. This course is consistent with the NDIS High Intensity Support Skills Descriptor for Complex Bowel Care relating to a participant living with a stoma.

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Describe strategies to maintain regular bowel function Troubleshoot common problems Follow a support plan for complex bowel care (stoma) Demonstrate the changing of an ostomy bag Demonstrate appropriate infection control precautions whilst cleaning a stoma