Health Aide

COURSE OVERVIEW

Designed to enhance and transfer skills to personnel involved in the care of the elderly. The Online Home health Aide certificate Course is suitable for social workers, nurses and even personnel opting to take up a career in the area of geriatric healthcare in institutional or non-institutional settings.

ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA

• Ordinary Level pass
• Basic knowledge of computer

COURSE DURATION

3 Months

Online Course with 2 days of face to face lectures

VALUE PROPOSITION TO CANDIDATES

• Better equipped to diagnose and treat elderly patients
• Improved skills for care of the needs of the elderly
• Professionalism
• Perform better at appraisals; Improved chances for promotions

COURSE CONTENT

• Population ageing and demographic transition
• Physiology of ageing
• Psychological changes during the ageing process
• Life course perspective of ageing
• Reducing vulnerability among elderly and utilizing them as a potential resource
• Common health problems of the elderly
• Functionality, disability and rehabilitation needs of the elderly
• Policies, programs and legislations for elderly