WELL Footcare Resource

Click for video previewTheir Feet in Your Hands: Basic Foot Care and Use of Ankle Foot Orthoses for People with Disabilities

Do you employ staff or volunteers who assist clients with basic footcare and the correct fitting of Ankle Foot Orthoses?

We can help you train them!

People with disabilities - particularly those with intellectual disability and cerebral palsy, often have significant orthopaedic deformities with consequent foot problems. They are frequently are unable to look after their own feet and because of communication difficulties they may not be able to tell anyone how much their feet are hurting. Foot care for these people has been over looked in the literature and in practice .......until now.

This resource will train support workers to assist clients with basic foot care and the correct fitting of Ankle Foot Orthoses.

Their Feet in Your Hands is based on realistic work situations and supports a number of competencies in the Community Service, Health & Disability Training Packages:

• CHCHC302B Provide personal care in a home and community care environment
• CHCDIS10B Provide care and support
• HLTIN301A Comply with infection control policies and procedures in health work
• HLTAH405A Assist with podiatric procedures
• HLTAH406A Assist with podiatry assessment and exercise
• HLTAH404A Assist with basic foot hygiene

Interactive CD Rom and colour workbook - only $40 plus $10 p&h.

Contains :

• Detailed Lessons and activities to promote better understanding of the need for good foot care and what a support worker can do
• Step by step procedures
• Resources - including foot care plan template
• Facilitator's Guide and Assessment Tasks
• Interactive CD Rom with lots of information and fun learning activities. Can stand alone or be used with the workbook.

Click here to see a video preview.

Click here for the order form and brochure or call us on (02) 4784 1118 for further information.