This course covers the theory and practical aspects of basic care of the elderly needed for a caregiver to confidently provide safe care to the elderly including:

• Nursing care: Personal hygiene, transferring and positioning, eliminating, feeding, monitoring of vital signs, exercises and safety.
• Nutrition: Oral factors affecting normal ingestion and digestion of food and preparation of meals.

By end of the session, students will be able to:

• Demonstrate procedures related to basic care of the elderly i.e., personal hygiene, transferring, mobility and elimination feeding, medication administration, simple exercises to the elderly, and prevention of infection.
• Identify oral factors affecting normal ingestion and digestion of food and beverages.
• Recognise physical signs of nutrient deficiencies.

Open For

Caregivers of the elderly at home/nursing homes, healthcare workers, domestic helpers, public interested to learn about aged care operations.