Given the importance of dignity in care, professional associations representing care sectors came together to produce a pack of training material which will help residential care home owners and domiciliary care providers ‘dignity-proof’ the care their staff offer, and to raise awareness of the importance of providing services that respect people’s privacy, confidentiality and dignity.

 
A free copy of the material, sponsored by the Department of Health, was sent on a CD-rom to every care provider registered by the end of October 2009. The same material is downloadable below. to download the Home Care or Residential Care Set

• Choose the Homecare version of the material or the Residential Care version, as appropriate to your organisation’s needs.
• Open the How to Use this Resource document first.
• For trainers and managers planning supervision or training sessions, download the Resource Guide and the Training Programme.
• Once you’re ready to prepare the training, use the Tutor’s Guide and the Handouts and client Expectation Card.
• Presentation material is available on the PowerPoint slides for electronic presentations or printable for acetates
• The key messages are summed up for care staff on the Aide Memoire sheet.