NZQA registered unit standard
26888 version 2
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Title
Describe effects of brain injury on cognitive function, and implement
strategies to support a person after brain injury
Level
4
Credits
10
Purpose
People credited with this unit standard are able to describe: the
effects of brain injury on cognitive function, and strategies to
support a person whose cognitive function has been affected
by brain injury; and implement strategies to support people
whose cognitive function has been affected by brain injury.
Classification
Health, Disability, and Aged Support > Brain Injury Support
Available grade
Achieved
Entry information
Recommended skills
and knowledge
Unit 26887, Describe rehabilitation after brain injury and
support a person after brain injury.
Explanatory notes
1
Codes and standards relevant to this unit standard include:
Health and Disability Commissioner (Code of Health and Disability Services
Consumers' Rights) Regulations 1996;
NZS 8158:2012Home and Community Support Sector Standard.
2
References include:
Accident Compensation Corporation. (2006). Traumatic brain injury: Diagnosis,
acute management and rehabilitation. Wellington: New Zealand Guidelines Group
for ACC, available at http://www.acc.co.nz (search for ACC2404);
Centre for Neuro Skills Glasgow Coma Scale (GCS) available at
http://www.neuroskills.com/assess.shtml, and http://www.shoestringgraphics.com/CP2020/medtech/glossary/glasgow.htm.
3
Support should aim to: maintain, improve, or restore a consumer's independence
and/or interdependence; utilise the consumer’s existing strengths; and, where
possible, utilise the resources of the local community.
4
Definitions
Activity refers to the execution of a task or action by an individual.
Activity limitation refers to difficulties or constraints that an individual may have in
executing an activity.
Others refer to support workers, family/whānau, people in the community, peers, and
colleagues.
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Participation refers to an individual’s involvement in life situations.
Participation restriction refers to problems or limitations that an individual may
experience when involved in life situations.
Service plan is a generic term that covers the individual or group plans (which may
also be referred to by other names) that are developed by service providers for
people receiving support (and may include their family/whānau as appropriate).
Outcomes and evidence requirements
Outcome 1
Describe the effects of brain injury on cognitive function.
Evidence requirements
1.1
Post-traumatic amnesia is described in terms of its measurement and its
common presentations.
Range
1.2
The effects of mild brain injury on cognitive function are described in terms of
activity limitation and participation restriction.
Range
1.3
effects – attention, memory, speed of processing, executive
functioning, fatigue.
The effects of moderate to severe brain injury on cognitive function are
described in terms of activity limitation and participation restriction.
Range
1.4
activity, activity limitation, participation, participation restriction.
effects – attention, memory, speed of processing, executive
functioning, post-traumatic amnesia, fatigue, insight.
Risks arising from cognitive effects after brain injury are identified in terms of
the safety of the person and others.
Range
risks include but are not limited to – poor judgement, vulnerability,
impaired memory, physical and financial risk.
Outcome 2
Describe strategies to support a person whose cognitive function has been affected by
brain injury.
Range
evidence is required for a minimum of two strategies.
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Evidence requirements
2.1
Strategies to support a person whose cognitive function has been affected by
brain injury are described in relation to minimising risks to the safety of the
person and others.
risks include but are not limited to – poor judgement, vulnerability,
impaired memory, physical and financial risks.
Range
2.2
Strategies to support a person whose cognitive function has been affected by
brain injury are described in accordance with the person’s service plan.
strategies may include but are not limited to – prompting, cueing,
scripts, memory aids, communication aids, electronic devices,
errorless learning.
Range
Outcome 3
Implement strategies to support people whose cognitive function has been affected by
brain injury.
Range
evidence is required for two different people and a minimum of two different
strategies – one related to each person's service plan, of which one is related to
minimising risks.
Evidence requirements
3.1
Strategies to support people whose cognitive function has been affected by
brain injury are implemented in accordance with the person’s service plan.
3.2
Strategies to minimise risks for people whose cognitive function has been
affected by brain injury are implemented in relation to the safety of the person
and others.
risks include but are not limited to – poor judgement, vulnerability
and/or safeguards, impaired memory, physical risks, financial
risks, repetition.
Range
Planned review date
31 December 2016
Status information and last date for assessment for superseded versions
Process
Version Date
Last Date for Assessment
Registration
1
19 November 2010
31 December 2014
Revision
2
14 December 2012
N/A
Consent and Moderation Requirements (CMR) reference
0024
This CMR can be accessed at http://www.nzqa.govt.nz/framework/search/index.do.
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Please note
Providers must be granted consent to assess against standards (accredited) by NZQA,
before they can report credits from assessment against unit standards or deliver courses
of study leading to that assessment.
Industry Training Organisations must be granted consent to assess against standards by
NZQA before they can register credits from assessment against unit standards.
Providers and Industry Training Organisations, which have been granted consent and
which are assessing against unit standards must engage with the moderation system that
applies to those standards.
Requirements for consent to assess and an outline of the moderation system that applies
to this standard are outlined in the Consent and Moderation Requirements (CMR). The
CMR also includes useful information about special requirements for organisations wishing
to develop education and training programmes, such as minimum qualifications for tutors
and assessors, and special resource requirements.
Comments on this unit standard
Please contact the Community Support Services ITO Limited info@careerforce.org.nz if
you wish to suggest changes to the content of this unit standard.
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