Personal Assistance
Overview
The following global ideas guide the design and delivery of this course:
- Safety issues are important threads that are woven throughout all theory and practice of personal assistance skills.
- Basic cleanliness principles are applied whenever the practitioner is performing personal assistance tasks.
- Proper body mechanics for the practitioner and the person who is being supported help ensure safety and comfort while performing personal assistance tasks.
- Health is not a state, but rather a process and continuum. It is a resource for, not the goal of, living.
- Use of an organized, goal directed decision-making process enables the practitioner to apply learning to individual situations.
- The knowledge of the basic structure and function of human body systems and how health related conditions affect these body systems enhance the practitioner's ability to assist in meeting an individual's basic human needs.
- Awareness of self, values, beliefs, and limitations are integral to optimal skill development.
- Practitioners are responsible for conducting themselves in a legal, ethical and caring manner.
- Practitioners' levels of skill are enhanced by applying theoretical concepts to actual lab practice in a controlled, supervised and safe setting, with their peers.
Lab:
- Mini lectures
- Demonstration and practice
- Small group learning activities
Online:
- Mini lectures
- Small group learning activities
- Readings and video viewing
- Discussion Forums
This course is graded through the mastery grading system and will conform to Douglas College policy regarding the number and weighting of evaluations.
- Quizzes
- Care plan
- Skill Testing
1. Support the self-determination of individuals receiving personal assistance through skill demonstration.
- Respect individual privacy and autonomy
- Seek informed consent for personal assistance activities
- Analyze ethical limits of personal assistance practice
- Seek feedback regarding personal assistance skill competence
- Use touch appropriately
- Advocate for individuals that receive support
2. Anticipate and prevent potential health problems for individuals receiving personal assistance.
- Apply knowledge, critical thinking and analytic reasoning in health care planning
- Assess each individual and situation using critical thinking and a decision making process
- Use knowledge of wellness and body systems to provide timely and appropriate assistance
- Explore disability and aging and the implications for providing personal assistance
- Communicate with team members regarding changes in assistance situation
- Consult and refer when appropriate
3. Demonstrate proper safety awareness while supporting other’s personal care.
- Wash hands and use principles of cleanliness when providing personal assistance
- Use proper body mechanics while moving self and others
- Explain legal limits of personal assistance practice
- Report and record safety and health concerns
- Explain the use and maintenance of personal assistance aids and equipment
4. Provide individualized personal assistance to others.
- Consider how the major principles of personal assistance are incorporated into each skill
- Review and practice steps in personal assistance procedures
- Adapt procedures to suit the individual and situation, using a decision making process and the Basic Principles of Care
- Demonstrate competence in 5-10 personal assistance skills, such as: positioning and transferring, medication administration, vital signs, assistance with elimination, bathing, etc.
TBA
Requisites
Course Guidelines
Course Guidelines for previous years are viewable by selecting the version desired. If you took this course and do not see a listing for the starting semester / year of the course, consider the previous version as the applicable version.
Course Transfers
These are for current course guidelines only. For a full list of archived courses please see https://www.bctransferguide.ca
| Institution | Transfer details for DACS 2370 |
|---|---|
| Camosun College (CAMO) | CAMO CSEA 120 (3) |
| College of the Rockies (COTR) | COTR EAP 110 (3) |
| Kwantlen Polytechnic University (KPU) | KPU EDAS 1281 (2) |
| Langara College (LANG) | LANG EDAS 1130 (3) |
| Okanagan College (OC) | OC HSW 108 (3) |
| Trinity Western University (TWU) | TWU PSYC 2XX (1.5) |
| University of British Columbia - Okanagan (UBCO) | No credit |
| University of the Fraser Valley (UFV) | UFV HSER 196 (1.5) |
| University of Victoria (UVIC) | No credit |
Course Offerings
Winter 2025
| CRN | Days | Instructor | Status | More details |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
CRN
16300
|
Sat | Instructor last name
Polushin
Instructor first name
Sandra
|
Course status
Full
|
This hybrid DACS 2370.070 course is online with content beginning
Jan 6th plus 4 all day workshops Jan 18, Jan 25, Feb 1 and Feb 8. This course is for the EAI Certificate.
| CRN | Days | Instructor | Status | More details |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
CRN
17471
|
Sat | Instructor last name
Polushin
Instructor first name
Sandra
|
Course status
Full
|
This hybrid DACS 2370.071 course is online asynchronous with content beginning Jan 6th plus 4 all day workshops Jan 18, Jan 25, Feb 1 and Feb 8 in the afternoon. This is a required course for the EAI Certificate.
| CRN | Days | Instructor | Status | More details |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
CRN
17472
|
Sat | Instructor last name
Polushin
Instructor first name
Sandra
|
Course status
Open
|
This hybrid DACS 2370.075 course is online asynchronous with content beginning Jan 6th plus 4 all day workshops Mar 1, Mar 8, Mar 15, Mar 22 in the morning. This is a required course for the EAI Certificate.
| CRN | Days | Instructor | Status | More details |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
CRN
17473
|
Sat | Instructor last name
Polushin
Instructor first name
Sandra
|
Course status
Open
|
This hybrid DACS 2370.076 course is online asynchronous with content beginning Jan 6th plus 4 all day workshops Mar 1, Mar 8, Mar 15, Mar 22 in the afternoon. This is a required course for the EAI Certificate.