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About Elderly Care Course

This course is designed to enhance the knowledge and skill of learners and caregivers who work with older people to effectively address the needs of older people. This course will focus on gaining a greater understanding of the physical, social, cognitive, and spiritual needs of older people, and the challenges that older people face. The trainee will practice the skills necessary to improve the quality of life of the elderly and help him learn the competence and confidence required at work. Therefore, the elderly caregiver must be part of the elderly home nursing cadre, which is the basis for the success of such a program. The cadre includes "nurses who assist nursing - physiotherapists - psychotherapy - nutrition and social workers."

Objectives of Elderly Care course:

 Preparing and organizing a graduate training program.
 Changing society's idea and view of home health care providers.
 Establishing a system for providing home health service through responsible institutions.
 Providing serious and respectful job opportunities for young people. Helping elderly patients to live in dignity and in a decent manner.
 Introducing and teaching the concept of home elderly nursing, following scientific methods.
 Providing moral support to family members and those in charge of nursing home elderly people.
 Educating people properly to reduce the incidence of accidents and chronic diseases among the elderly.
 Reducing the economic burden of the elderly on the health system and their families.
 Providing support in terms of equipment and devices necessary for patients, such as urinary catheters, feeding tubes, wheelchairs, air mattresses, diapers, some medicines, and all that is needed to heal wounds and ulcers.
 Educating the parents inside the homes by coordinating the home visits and providing the service of communication with the nursing staff.

Topics covered in Elderly Care course:

 Basic Concepts of Elderly Care.
 Major skin and organ changes in the digestive system and the senses.
 Psychological and social changes.
 Exercises and periodic follow-up of the elderly.
 Nutrition and sleep.
 Communicating with the elderly.
 Safe environment.
 Falling problems for the elderly .
 Feet care.
 Oral care.
 Eye hygiene.
 How to use the auxiliary tools (stick - walker - walking stick).
 Physiological changes of body systems.