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Technology and Livelihood Education

Home Economics

CAREGIVING
EXPLORATORY
Quarter 1 Module 1
CAREGIVING EXPLORATORY 7/8
Alternative Delivery Mode
Quarter 1 – Module 1: Use and Maintenance of Tools, Equipment and other
Items
First Edition, 2020

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Technology and Livelihood Education
Home Economics

CAREGIVING
Exploratory
Quarter 1 Module 1
Introductory Message
To the facilitator:

Welcome to the Caregiving Exploratory7/8 Alternative Delivery Mode (ADM)

Module on Use and Maintenance of Tools, Equipment and other Items!

This module was collaboratively designed, developed and reviewed by educators

both from public and private institutions to assist you, the teacher or facilitator in
helping the learners meet the standards set by the K to 12 Curriculum while
overcoming their personal, social, and economic constraints in schooling.

This learning resource hopes to engage the learners into guided and independent
learning activities at their own pace and time. Furthermore, this also aims to help
learners acquire the needed 21st century skills while taking into consideration
their needs and circumstances.

In addition to the material in the main text, you will also see this box in the body of
the module:

Notes to the Teacher

This contains helpful tips or strategies
that will help you in guiding the learners.

As a facilitator you are expected to orient the learners on how to use this module.
You also need to keep track of the learners' progress while allowing them to
manage their own learning. Furthermore, you are expected to encourage and assist
the learners as they do the tasks included in the module.

For the learner:

Welcome to the Caregiving Exploratory 7/8 Alternative Delivery Mode (ADM)

Module on Use and Maintenance of Tools, Equipment and other Items!!

The hand is one of the most symbolized part of the human body. It is often used to
depict skill, action and purpose. Through our hands we may learn, create and
accomplish. Hence, the hand in this learning resource signifies that you as a
learner is capable and empowered to successfully achieve the relevant
competencies and skills at your own pace and time. Your academic success lies in
your own hands!

This module was designed to provide you with fun and meaningful opportunities
for guided and independent learning at your own pace and time. You will be
enabled to process the contents of the learning resource while being an active
learner.

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This module has the following parts and corresponding icons:

What I Need to Know This will give you an idea of the skills or
competencies you are expected to learn in
the module.

What I Know This part includes an activity that aims to

check what you already know about the
lesson to take. If you get all the answers
correct (100%), you may decide to skip this
module.

What’s In This is a brief drill or review to help you link

the current lesson with the previous one.

What’s New In this portion, the new lesson will be

introduced to you in various ways such as a
story, a song, a poem, a problem opener, an
activity or a situation.

What is It This section provides a brief discussion of

the lesson. This aims to help you discover
and understand new concepts and skills.

What’s More This comprises activities for independent

practice to solidify your understanding and
skills of the topic. You may check the
answers to the exercises using the Answer
Key at the end of the module.

What I Have Learned This includes questions or blank

sentence/paragraph to be filled in to process
what you learned from the lesson.

What I Can Do This section provides an activity which will

help you transfer your new knowledge or
skill into real life situations or concerns.

Assessment This is a task which aims to evaluate your

level of mastery in achieving the learning
competency.

Additional Activities In this portion, another activity will be given

to you to enrich your knowledge or skill of
the lesson learned. This also tends retention
of learned concepts.

Answer Key This contains answers to all activities in the

module.

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At the end of this module you will also find:

This is a list of all sources used in

References
developing this module.

The following are some reminders in using this module:

1. Use the module with care. Do not put unnecessary mark/s on any part of
the module. Use a separate sheet of paper in answering the exercises.
2. Don’t forget to answer What I Know before moving on to the other activities
included in the module.
3. Read the instruction carefully before doing each task.
4. Observe honesty and integrity in doing the tasks and checking your
answers.
5. Finish the task at hand before proceeding to the next.
6. Return this module to your teacher/facilitator once you are through with it.
If you encounter any difficulty in answering the tasks in this module, do not
hesitate to consult your teacher or facilitator. Always bear in mind that you are
not alone.

We hope that through this material, you will experience meaningful learning
and gain deep understanding of the relevant competencies. You can do it!

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 What I Need to Know

This module was designed and written with you in mind. It is an exploratory and
introduction which will lead you in Caregiving NC II. The scope of this module
permits it to be used in many different learning situations. The language used
recognizes the diverse vocabulary level of students. The lessons are arranged to
follow the standard sequence of the course. But the order in which you read them
can be changed to correspond with the textbook you are now using.

This module is focus on the discussion of the:

Lesson 1 – Use and Maintenance of Tools, Equipment and Other Items

After going through this module, you are expected to:

1. classify equipment, tools and other items according to types and functions;
2. use and maintain tools, equipment, and other items based on standards.
The success of this exploratory course on this Caregiving module will be
determined by your ability to perform the abovementioned competencies.

What I Know

I. Directions: Choose the letter that best fits the answer in the box. Write your
answers in your notebook.

A. It is a working surface for ironing.

B. It is an instrument used to measure body temperature.
C. It is used to suck up dust and dirt from a floor.
D. It is used to hold liquid which can help to maintain its temperature.
E. It is used to contain dirty clothes for washing.

1.
4. 3.

2.

5.

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 II. Identify the tools, equipment or items to be used for the following tasks. Write
your answers in your notebook.

1. To do the laundry including linens.

2. To destroy microorganisms in feeding bottles.
3. To listen to the action of the heart of your patient.
4. To hang the garments after doing the laundry.
5. To clean the floor of your patient’s carpeted bedroom.

Lesson
Identify Caregiving Tools,
1 Equipment and Items

What’s In

This lesson covers the knowledge, skills and attitude in providing home care
services and support to elderly and people with special needs by providing a clean,
safe and healthy environment.

I know how to… YES NO

1. use flat iron

2. operate washing machine

3. monitor blood pressure

4. used sphygmomanometer

5. operate coffee maker

Notes to the Teacher

Let the students answer the activities in the “What I know” section
before reading the new discussion so that you will be able to
check what they already know about this subject.

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 What’s New

As a health care provider, one of our duties is to provide healthy and safe home
environment for the elderly and people with special needs. To be a successful
health care provider, we must be equipped with the knowledge, skills and attitude
in using the different tools, equipment and other items.

What is it

Tools, Equipment and items used in Meal Preparation

NAME USE/FUNCTION PICTURE

It uses electricity/gas to cook or

STOVE
heat food.

It is used for reheating or cooking

MICROWAVE
food quickly while maintaining
OVEN
food nutrients.

A tool for cooking. Grilling is a type

of cooking that involves dry heat
GRILL
applied to the surface of food,
commonly from above.

A three-part pan using the steam

from boiling water in the bottom
STEAMER
pan to cook the food above while
maintaining food nutrients.

An electrical mixing appliance

BLENDER used in meal preparation for
liquefying, chopping or pureeing.

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 An electric kitchen tool used to
FOOD
chop, grate, mince, slice, grind and
PROCESSOR
mix food.

A container for storing and

dispensing coffee or other
AIRPOT beverages that maintains a
constant temperature by use of
glass insulation.

COFFEE An appliance used to brew hot

MAKER coffee

CHOPPING A flat board where food items can

BOARD be cut.

ELECTRIC An electrical appliance used to

CAN OPENER open canned goods.

A tool for mixing and spreading

SPATULA
things for cooking

A long-handled spoon with a cup

LADLE shaped bowl used for serving soup
or stew.

A tool used to grip and lift objects

FOOD TONGS usually in grilling. It provides a
way to move, rotate and turn food.

A tool with sharp edges used to

PEELER
remove the outer layer (skin or
(VEGETABLE
peel) food like fruits and
SCRAPER)
vegetables.

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Tools, Equipment and other Items Used in Cleaning

NAME USE/FUNCTION PICTURE

It is used to sweep dust and dirt

BROOM
from floors.

It is used together with a broom

DUSTPAN to scoop the dust and dirt from
the floor.

It used to soak up liquid, for

FLOOR MOP cleaning floors and other
surfaces, to mop up dust.

VACUUM CLEANER It is an electrical appliance used

to suck up dust and dirt.

CLEANING
It is used for wet cleaning and
CLOTH/ANTISTATIC
dump dusting.
DUSTER

It is used to remove dust, scrub

CLEANING BRUSH and deposit from objects and
surfaces.

It is used to clean the toilet

TOILET BOWL
bowl with toilet cleaner
SWAB
solution.

It is used to remove or control

SQUEEGEE the flow of liquid in a flat
surface.

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Tools, Equipment and other Items Used in Washing and Ironing

NAME USE/FUNCTION PICTURE

A machine that is used to do

WASHING MACHINE
the laundry easily.

A machine that dries wet

DRYER clothes by tumbling them in
hot air.

It is an electrical appliance
IRON used to make clothes flat and
smooth.

It is a narrow board, with

IRONING BOARD folding legs, where clothes can
be put flat to iron them.

Its shape is like a human

shoulder which is used to hang
CLOTHES HANGER
garments on (blouse, trousers,
dress etc.)

It is used to hold or transport

LAUNDRY/SORTING
clothing before and after being
BASKET
laundered.

It is used to hold and display

CLOTHES/GARMENTS
clothes after washing for
RACK
drying.

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Tools and Equipment Used for Monitoring the Vital Signs

NAME USE/FUNCTION PICTURE

It is an acoustic medical device to

hear the internal sound in human
STETHOSCOPE
body such as the heart beat and
breathing.

It is an instrument for measuring

THERMOMETER
body temperature

SPHYGMO- It is used to measure blood

MANOMETER pressure.

It is used to measure the pulse

PULSE
rate (oxygen saturation in the
OXIMETER
blood).

What’s More

Activity 1.1 Maintaining Healthy and Safe Environment

Directions: Read each situation and select the appropriate tools, equipment or
other items to use.
Task 1: While your patient is in the doctor’s clinic for a routine check-up, you are
to clean his tiled bedroom floor. List the tools, equipment or other items
that you need to use.

Name of Tools, Equipment, or Items Function/Use

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Task 2: After your patient has taken a bath, you will collect and wash all the soiled
linen and clothes of your patient. List down all that you will need.

Name of Tools, Equipment, or Items Function/Use

What I Have Learned

1. There are several duties and responsibilities you will have to undertake to
maintain a healthy, safe and comfortable home for the elderly and people with
special needs.
2. Meal preparation, cleaning, washing, drying and ironing and monitoring the
vital signs are part of your duties as a health care provider.
3. Cleaning is part of home management; it is an integral part of caring so you
must do it often.
4. You need to use the appropriate tools, equipment or other items for each
specific task.

What I Can Do

Directions: Make a compilation of the activities related to: Washing, Ironing,

Cleaning, Meal Preparation, or Monitoring Vital Signs (Choose at least 2
tasks indicated above). Demonstrate the task you choose with the
guidance of your parents.

Task 1: Document every activity you do by taking pictures or video.

Task 2: Have a list of the things you did in compliance with the given task for the
day. Also, have a list of the tools, equipment and paraphernalia you have
used for the said activities.
Task 3: Post your pictures on the activity sheets then provide with captions to
describe the scene.
Task 4: Write a short reflection (things you have learned) for every activity.

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 Assessment

I. Directions: Choose the answer from the box that best describes the given tools,
equipment and items. Write only the letters in your notebook.

A. Washing, Drying and Ironing

B. Monitoring of Vital Signs
C. Cleaning
D. Meal Preparation

1. Squeegees 6. Spatula
2. Garment Rack 7. Grill
3. Sphygmomanometer 8. Pulse Oximeter
4. Thermometer 9. Floor Mop
5. Dryer 10. Clothes Hanger

II. Directions: Choose the letter that best fits the answer. Write your answers in
your notebook.

1. It a device used to cook food by means of boiling water underneath the food.
A. Grill B. Stove C. Steamer D. Blender

It is used to measure the body temperature of your patient to monitor

his fever.
A. Pulse oximeter C. Stethoscope
B. Sphygmomanometer D. Thermometer

2. A device used to turn and move the fish on the grill pan while cooking
A. Grill B. Spatula C. Food Tongs D. Ladle

3. After doing the laundry, rain is coming. What tools, equipment and other things
are you going to use to dry and hang the clothes?
A. Broom, Dustpan and Floor Mop
B. Dryer, Garments Rack and Clothes Hanger
C. Washing Machine, Dryer and Ironing Board
D. Cleaning Brush, Floor Mop and Cleaning Cloth

4. You have observed that your patient is currently experiencing hypertension,

which of these devices will NOT be needed to monitor his condition?
A. Pulse oximeter C. Stethoscope
B. Sphygmomanometer D. Thermometer

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 Additional Activities

Directions: List down the tools, equipment and paraphernalia that you encountered
while you are helping your mother at home. Make sure you complete
the table below by writing each of their functions. Write your answer in
your notebook.

TOOLS, EQUIPMENT AND PARAPHERNALIA FUNCTION/S

Answer Key

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References
K to 12 BEC Curriculum TLE Learning Module Caregiving Exploratory Course Department of
Education
Patiño, Mary Jane, CAREGIVING Vol II Manila: Rex Bookstore, Inc 2017
Rondilla Aida, et al. CAREGIVING Technical-Vocational-Livelihood Track: Home Economics
StrandManila:Adriana Publishing Co. Inc 2017
Training Regulations Caregiving NC II Technical Education Skills Development Authority
Tuesca, Marie Bernadeth, Caregiving NC II A textbook for Senior High School Manila:
Magallanes Publishing House 2020

Online Resources:
https://dictionary.cambridge.org/us/dictionary/english/dryer
https://setupmyhotel.com/train-my-hotel-staff/hk/459-cleaning-cloths.html
https://www.grainger.com/category/cleaning-and-janitorial/cleaning-supplies/brushes
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/laundry_basket#:~:text=laundry%20basket%20

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