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Medication and Healthcare

This unit contains dialogues related to a number of aspects concerning medication and healthcare, including three dialogues that deal with common first aid situations, presented as part of a training course.

Characters from dialogues

Person receiving care
• Mrs Jones is a 75 year old lady who lives in a residential care facility. She has generally enjoyed good health and remained active, though the ageing process is catching up with her in some ways.

Caregiver
• Peter is a 20 year old caregiver who has worked in the  residential care facility for almost two years. He is well liked by the residents and his mature approach to his work means that he is often given responsibility for activities normally assigned to more experienced caregivers.

Care provision manager
• Mrs Rose is a care provision manager at a nursing home. She is the direct line manager of caregiver Peter.

First Aid course instructor
• Mr Law is the primary instructor on the First Aid professional development course that Peter attends

 

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