Compassionate Care

What is empathy?

The ability to imagine another’s experience, through learned self-reflection about the lived experience of others. It is underpinned by robust self-care as per SPA professional standards

What is compassion?

The humane quality of understanding suffering in others and wanting to do something about it. Flows from empathy and involves demonstrating kindness, sensitivity, warmth and empathy.

What is the ICF?

International Classification of Functioning Disability and Health. It acknowledges that a health condition affects many factors in a person’s life which may affect their treatment/response to it.

Summarise the ICF factors

Health condition

Body functions, Activity, Participation

Environmental factors, Personal factor

What does it mean to provide ethical & Evidenced-based practice?

Monitoring and maintaining our health and wellbeing to ensure safe and effective practice.

Why is reflective practice & life-long learning important?

Ensures quality of care is upheld through continually extending professional knowledge & skills (non-maleficence do no harm and beneficence (do good). Also the ability to recognise competence/scope of practice by seeking supervision in education.

What is an OMA?

Oral Motor Assessment is a routine speech practice that conforms with ethical & professional standards.

Purpose of an OMA

To determine the structure & function of the oral structures for speech, voice, swallowing through observation.

4 important things to remember in an OMA

Must comply with legislation, standards, policies & protocols surrounding hygiene & infection control, consent, dress code, communication with service users & their families