NCFE CACHE Certificate in Common Health Conditions Level 2 RQF

• Importance of monitoring the health of individuals
• Ways in which the health of individuals can be monitored
• Observations have been agreed to monitor health conditions
• Respecting the individual's dignity and privacy
• Minimising fears and concerns
• Following agreed ways of working
• Records of observations
• Understand when Immediate action should be taken
• Review information with others
• Requirements for monitoring
• How changes to monitoring processes should be implemented

• Negative and positive impacts on individuals with sensory loss
• Attitudes and beliefs
• Overcoming disabling attitudes and beliefs
• The importance of effective communication
• Communicating with individuals with: sight loss, hearing loss and deaf-blindness
• How information is made accessible to individuals with sensory loss
• Main causes and conditions of sensory loss
• Difference between congenital and acquired sensory loss
• How to recognise when an individual may be experiencing sight and/or hearing loss
• The indicators and signs of: sight loss, deaf-blindness and hearing loss
• Advice and support in relation to sensory loss
• Report concerns about sensory loss
• How concerns about sight and/or hearing loss can be reported

• Changes in the brain associated with stroke
• Conditions that may be mistaken for stroke
• The differences between stroke and Transient Ischaemic Attack (TIA)
• Signs and symptoms of stroke
• Key stages of stroke
• Assessment tests
• Potential changes that because of a stroke
• Management of risk factors for stroke
• Prevalence of stroke in the UK
• Risk factors
• Reducing the risk of stroke and subsequent stroke
• Importance of emergency response and treatment for stroke
• Why stroke is a medical emergency
• Actions to be taken in response to an emergency stroke
• Impact on the individual
• Correct early positioning for airway management
• Reporting relevant and accurate history of the incident
• The management of stroke
• Support available
• Agencies and resources

• The most common types of arthritis
• How arthritis affects the joints
• The signs and symptoms
• The possible causes of arthritis
• The risks for arthritis
• Treatment options and support services
• How arthritis is diagnosed
• Treatment options, including medication, surgery, physical therapies, complementary, and alternative therapies
• Support services, including the individual's GP, rheumatologists, physiotherapists, occupational therapists, podiatrists
• Experience of living with arthritis
• Strategies for managing the condition
• Lifestyle changes
• Psychological impact, including the individual, carers, and relatives
• Psychological distress

• Key functions of the brain that are affected by dementia
• Know why depression, delirium, and age-related memory impairment may be mistaken for dementia
• Key features of the theoretical models of dementia
• The social model of dementia
• Whey dementia should be viewed as a disability
• Most common types of dementia and their causes
• Most common causes of dementia
• The likely signs and symptoms
• Risk factors
• Prevalence rates for different types of dementia
• Factors relating to an individual’s experience of dementia
• Attitudes and behaviours of others

• The main signs and symptoms of Parkinson's disease
• The possible underlying causes
• Risk factors
• Differences between young onset Parkinson's disease and traditional onset Parkinson's disease
• Similarities between young onset Parkinson's disease and traditional onset Parkinson's disease
• Conditions that may be mistaken for Parkinson's disease
• Treatment options and support services
• How Parkinson's disease is diagnosed
• Treatment options, including medication, surgery, physical therapy, psychological interventions, and complementary and alternative therapies
• Support services, including Parkinson’s nurse specialists, physiotherapists, occupational therapists, and speech and language therapists
• Experience of living with Parkinson's disease
• Strategies for managing the condition
• Psychological impact of living with Parkinson's disease
• Psychological distress
• Attitudes and behaviours of others

This course is assessed by a portfolio of evidence which is submitted to and marked by your personal tutor. The contents of this will include all your end of unit assignments. No external examination or practical work is required, so you can complete all assessed work from home.

This course will take approximately 100 hours to complete. You will receive a full year to complete the course, which is a lot more time than you will need. This allows you to work at your own pace, without the pressure of tight deadlines.

This course will be studied entirely via distance learning, meaning you will complete your learning either from home or a place that suits you. Full tutor support will be available via email, so if you have any questions or need some guidance, your tutor will be here to help. Your course materials will include a series of self-assessment exercises and tutor-marked questions to allow both yourself and your tutor to monitor your progress.

As this course is studied online, you will be sent your login details to our online portal through which you will access your course materials digitally. You can access your course via a desktop/laptop computer, tablet, or smartphone.

Upon successful completion of the course, you will achieve an NCFE CACHE Level 2 Certificate in Common Health Conditions.

Once you have enrolled on your CACHE course, you will have access to the CACHE Alumni membership for two years. CACHE Alumni is a professional membership network for those who work in the care, health, and education industries, providing valuable resources and advice for your studies when working towards/with a CACHE qualification.