QUM006 Sleep and Hypnotics in Client Care

Locations: QLD
Duration: 6 months

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Course Summary

QUM006A An introduction to Sleep in Aged Care

✓ Physiology of sleep
✓ Insomnia – type and causes
✓ Purpose of sleep
✓ Stages of sleep
✓ Changes in sleep pattern with ageing
✓ Results or poor sleep
✓ Sleep disorders
✓ Insomnia in Dementia
✓ Restless leg Syndrome
✓ Sleep Apnoea

QUM006B Management of Sleep Disorders: Non-drug Treatment

✓ Define the problem
✓ Assessment options
✓ Non-drug therapeutic options
✓ Sleep hygiene
✓ Sleep hygiene in Dementia

QUM006C Management of Sleep Disorders with Medication

✓ Indications for anxiolytics/hypnotics
✓ Benzodiazepine use and side effects
✓ Falls and factures
✓ Tolerance and dependence
✓ Other drug therapies
✓ Guidelines for use
✓ Hint for discontinuing a hypnotic
✓ Indications for long term use