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Social prescribing and community care: RCSI aptitude test practice questions
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Social prescribing and community care on the RCSI theory paper
Social prescribing, community care services, the public health nurse, supports for living at home.
20 multiple-choice questions, each with an explanation and the document it was checked against. Three questions are free; the pass opens the other 17 and every other topic. Wrong answers come back first the next time you practise, and a question counts as mastered after two correct answers in a row.
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Question 1
What is respite care?
- ALong-term nursing home care under Fair Deal
- BShort emergency admission for assessment
- CCare in the last weeks of life at home
- DTemporary care that gives family carers a break
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Answer: D. Citizens Information: respite care is temporary care, in the community or a residential setting, which gives family carers a break.
Question 2
Who can receive the HSE Home Support Service?
- APeople aged 65 or over, and some younger people with illness or disability
- BMedical card holders of any age who live alone or with a carer, after a means test
- CPeople aged 75 or over living alone without family support
- DAnyone discharged from hospital in the last 30 days who needs help
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Answer: A. Citizens Information: the HSE Home Support Service is for people aged 65 or over who need support to keep living at home or to return home after hospital; younger people with an illness such as early-onset dementia or a disability may also qualify.
Question 3
What is the Personal Assistant service?
- AHome help for older people organised by the public health nurse
- BA carer provided by the HSE for people with dementia living at home
- CSupport a person with a disability employs and directs themselves
- DA hospital escort service for outpatient visits
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Answer: C. Citizens Information: the Personal Assistant service is for people with a physical or sensory disability; the person employs the assistant and decides how and when support is given, to increase independence.
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