Care Certificate | Standard 7: Privacy and Dignity e-Learning

Care Certificate: Standard 7 - Privacy and Dignity
This session is designed to support you in learning about privacy and dignity. It forms part of the learning for the Care Certificate.

Session overview
This session is designed to support you in learning about privacy and dignity. It forms part of the learning for the Care Certificate.

Duration: 25 minutes.

By the end of this session you should be able to:

• describe what is meant by privacy and dignity
• list situations where an individual’s privacy and dignity could be compromised
• explain why it is important not to disclose anything about the individual that they may wish to be kept private, unless it is appropriate to do so
• describe ways of helping individuals to make informed choices
• explain how risk assessment processes can be used to support the right of individuals to make their own decisions
• explain why personal views must not influence an individual’s own choices or decisions
• describe the importance of how valuing people contributes to active participation