CHCAGE010 — Implement interventions with older people to reduce risk
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What an assessment for CHCAGE010 must cover
30 assessable components: 4 elements (18 performance criteria), 2 performance evidence and 10 knowledge evidence requirements. An audit-defensible tool maps every question and task back to these — that mapping is the coverage matrix Auditori generates alongside the assessment.
Elements & performance criteria
1 Assist with preparation for a risk assessment.
- 1.1Confirm risk assessment requirements with supervisor or relevant health professional.
- 1.2Provide information to the older person and their family, carer or others identified by the person, explaining the risk assessment process and results.
- 1.3Provide information to the person and their family, carer or others identified by the person to clarify own role, responsibilities and accountability.
- 1.4Provide opportunities for the person and their family, carer or others identified by the person to contribute and ask questions.
- 1.5Seek the person’s permission to engage in the assessment process.
- 1.6Collaborate with the person and their family, carer or others identified by the person to prepare for risk assessment.
- 1.7Communicate in a supportive manner that is respectful of the person and the level of understanding and cultural background of their family, carer or others identified by the person, and the needs and rights of the person.
2 Contribute to the identification of risks.
- 2.1Recognise through collaboration with the older person and their family, carer or others identified by the person, factors that might affect their level of risk.
- 2.2Assist health professional to conduct risk assessment, maximising participation and minimising discomfort of the person.
- 2.3Engage with the person and their family, carer or others identified by the person to determine needs, issues and concerns outside scope of own job role and refer to appropriate supervisor or health professional.
3 Implement risk minimisation strategies.
- 3.1Explain options to minimise risk to the older person and their family, carer or others identified by the person.
- 3.2Work with the person and their family, carer or others identified by the person to establish risk minimisation strategies that are consistent with the person’s priorities, safety needs and individual requirements and in accordance with legal and ethical considerations.
- 3.3Implement strategies in collaboration with the person and their family, carer or others identified by the person, in a manner that minimises discomfort for the person.
- 3.4Support family, carer or others identified by the person in contributing to the implementation of strategies.
4 Coordinate feedback on risk minimisation strategies.
- 4.1Work with the older person and their family, carer or others identified by the person to ascertain the outcomes of implemented risk minimisation strategies.
- 4.2Recognise indicators of increased risk based on feedback from the person and their family, carer or others identified by the person.
- 4.3Report feedback from the person and their family, carer or others identified by the person to supervisor or health professional according to organisational policies and procedures.
- 4.4Store documentation and reports according to organisational policies and procedures.
Performance evidence
- assist with the assessment of risk and the implementation of risk minimisation strategies for at least two older people, one in a simulated environment and one in the workplace, in a manner that is respectful of the older person’s rights, dignity and privacy
- coordinate the collection of feedback from the above older people and their family, carer or others identified by the person and report to supervisor or health professional.
Knowledge evidence
- rights of the older person
- responsibility of the organisation to older people
- legal and ethical considerations and organisational policies and procedures for working with older people: duty of care, dignity of risk, human rights, privacy, confidentiality and disclosure, work role boundaries, responsibilities and limitations
- major issues, trends and policies relating to the health and wellbeing of older people
- standardised tools for risk assessment and the management and monitoring of risks
- methods used to determine when a person is feeling discomfort and strategies to address discomfort
- major risk areas for older people: depression and anxiety, environmental, cognitive, lifestyle, cultural, isolation, abuse: sexual, emotional, physical, financial, systemic, neglect, falls, medication, dehydration, malnutrition: over and under nutrition, purpose and function of screening tools including the Malnutrition Screening Tool (MST) and Mini Nutritional Assessment (MNA), when to refer to a dietitian for further assessment, dysphagia, continence
- communication practices for working with older people that promote respect and empowerment
- restrictive practices: considerations within the human rights framework, impacts of restrictive practices on a person’s empowerment, instances where restrictive practices may be used as reflected in behaviour support plan, use of authorised restrictive practices as a last resort and proportionate to the risk of potential harm to the person or others, positive proactive approaches to support that eliminate the need to use restrictive practices, physical, psychological and emotional risks related to the use of restrictive practices, use of unauthorised restrictive practices, documentation of use of restrictive practices
- organisational policies and procedures for: collecting feedback, documentation, including the importance of accurate, objective and appropriately detailed records, storage of information, referrals.
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Questions about assessing CHCAGE010
What does an assessment tool for CHCAGE010 need to cover?
To satisfy the Principles of Assessment and Rules of Evidence, an assessment for CHCAGE010 needs to address all 30 unit components: 4 elements with 18 performance criteria, 2 performance evidence requirements, 10 knowledge evidence requirements, and the foundation skills. A coverage matrix mapping each question and task to these components is what an auditor looks for.
How does Auditori generate an assessment tool for CHCAGE010?
Auditori pulls the current release of CHCAGE010 from training.gov.au and generates a complete package: candidate assessment, assessor guide with model answers and observation criteria, and a coverage matrix mapping every component. A suitably qualified person then reviews and approves the draft in a built-in workflow — consistent with ASQA's guidance on AI use in VET — before export as branded PDF and editable Word.
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Yes — upload your existing assessment or learner guide and Auditori maps it against every element, performance criterion, PE and KE of CHCAGE010, showing exactly what's covered and what's missing. Mapping costs a quarter of a credit.
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