Exam Details

Subject Home Based Care
Paper
Exam / Course Certificate Programme for Home Based care providers
Department School of Health Science (SOHS)
Organization indira gandhi national open university
Position
Exam Date December, 2016
City, State new delhi,


Question Paper

Describe the changes in structure and functions in the following systems due to ageing:

Skin

Bones and Muscles

Nervous System

Enumerate any eight principles which you will follow for providing safe care to an elderly persons at home.

Explain any five points which you will keep in mind while taking care of the elderly at home.

Define fracture.

List the causes, signs and symptoms of fracture.

Explain the measures you may follow as a home care provider to relieve the symptoms.

List the common sites for pressure sores in different positions of a client.

Enumerate the signs and symptoms of pressure sores.

Explain the preventive measures you will take to prevent pressure sores in your client.

Enumerate the importance of monitoring and follow-up in home care.

Prepare a format you may use for monitoring and follow-up of a patient at home.

5.Write short notes on any four of the following:

Cardio pulmonary resuscitation

Measures to relieve symptoms of insomnia

Types of exercises

Points to be kept in mind before giving medicine

First aid measures for burns

Causes of HIV and AIDS


Departments

  • Centre for Corporate Education, Training & Consultancy (CCETC)
  • Centre for Corporate Education, Training & Consultancy (CCETC)
  • National Centre for Disability Studies (NCDS)
  • School of Agriculture (SOA)
  • School of Computer and Information Sciences (SOCIS)
  • School of Continuing Education (SOCE)
  • School of Education (SOE)
  • School of Engineering & Technology (SOET)
  • School of Extension and Development Studies (SOEDS)
  • School of Foreign Languages (SOFL)
  • School of Gender Development Studies(SOGDS)
  • School of Health Science (SOHS)
  • School of Humanities (SOH)
  • School of Interdisciplinary and Trans-Disciplinary Studies (SOITDS)
  • School of Journalism and New Media Studies (SOJNMS)
  • School of Law (SOL)
  • School of Management Studies (SOMS)
  • School of Performing Arts and Visual Arts (SOPVA)
  • School of Performing Arts and Visual Arts(SOPVA)
  • School of Sciences (SOS)
  • School of Social Sciences (SOSS)
  • School of Social Work (SOSW)
  • School of Tourism & Hospitality Service Sectoral SOMS (SOTHSM)
  • School of Tourism &Hospitality Service Sectoral SOMS (SOTHSSM)
  • School of Translation Studies and Training (SOTST)
  • School of Vocational Education and Training (SOVET)
  • Staff Training & Research in Distance Education (STRIDE)

Subjects

  • Home Based Care