Geriatric Caregiver Course

 

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Geriatric care is the process of delivering care to the elderly and others with physical and/or mental impairments to meet their long term care needs, improve their quality of life, and maintain their independence for as long as possible

Geriatrics or geriatric medicine is a specialty that is based on improving health care for elderly people. It supports healthy improvement in older adults by preventing and treating disease and disability that often comes with aging. Geriatric care involves catering help to older adults at their home, hospital or special institutions like the nursing home, psychiatric institution etc.

Understanding Geriatric Care

Senior parents and other aging loved ones often require specialized health attention. Achieving and maintaining optimal health and wellness for geriatric patients, however, is more than a matter of just medicine. Effective care for geriatrics is a job for teamwork between health professionals and caregivers. Both come together to manage health conditions and provide a safe, positive environment for their seniors.

Many health problems occur or intensify simply as a result of the aging process. In the geriatric patient, these problems are often complicated by additional declines in physical or mental abilities. This often leads to a spiral where the patient isn’t able to keep up with their own care and negative health episodes become more likely or frequent.

Geriatric caregivers are compassionate, honest and caring, the play an integral part in making the lives of the elderly worth living well

Benefits

To mention a few…

The Desire to Help

A lucrative profession

Diversity of Client Experience

Patient’s appreciation

Help loved ones without extra cost

Salary

As of Feb 15, 2022, the average annual pay for an Elderly Caregiver in the United States is $27,327 a year.

Just in case you need a simple salary calculator, that works out to be approximately $13.14 an hour. This is the equivalent of $526/week or $2,277/month.

Career path:

The training in Geriatric Care is a useful qualification to possess, and would be beneficial for the following careers:

Aging Services Administrators

Caregivers

Geriatric Care Experts

Geriatric Case Managers

Social Workers.

 

Training Modules

  • Caregiver Job Descriptions, Responsibilities and Protocol
  • Care Plan Notes for Documenting Client Activities
  • Communication Skills
  • Personal Care, Bathing, and Toileting
  • Aging and how aging affects the body
  • Human Anatomy & Physiology
  • Immunity
  • Traumatic injury & care
  • Elderly care and caring for the disabled
  • Assistance with Ambulation, Exercise, Transfers (Adaptive Equipment), Positioning, Fall Prevention
  • Basic Hygiene and Basic Infection Control
  • Maintaining a Clean, Safe and Healthy Environment
  • Basic Personal and Environmental Safety Precautions
  • Emergency Procedures, Including Basic First Aid and Client’s Emergency Preparedness Plan
  • HIPAA PART: Confidentiality of Client Info and HiTECH Act
  • How to Detect, Report, and Prevent Abuse and Neglect
  • Stroke Care

For those who wish for clinical practice, practicum and experience, they can further enroll for a physical practical session and clinical clerkship for a duration of 1-month (at an additional cost of 50,000NGN). A compulsory 1-week intense practical training done at our facility and 1 3-weeks clerkship done at a Nursing/Geriatric care home in Nigeria or the UK

At the end of a successful practicum, an additional Certificate of Training will be awarded, which is of a much greater advantage.

 

Objectives

After the completion of the program, trainees will be able to:

  1. Create safe, healthy and stimulating environment
  2. Promote awareness on common human diseases
  3. Provide nutritional services to the clients
  4. Respond to work place emergencies
  5. Carry out first aid services
  6. Apply comfort measures for the clients
  7. Provide hygienic care services to the clients
  8. Monitor the well-being of the clients

TUITION:

DOMESTIC / RESIDENT STUDENTS:

Tuition is 200,000NGN TOTAL PACKAGE (textbook, handouts, online learning).  And registration fee of 10,000NGN.

There’s no payment plan set for this course.

INTERNATIONAL / NON-RESIDENT STUDENTS:

Tuition is $200

ONLINE COURSE OUTLINE
Classes are pre-recorded and self-paced; with a maximum access time of 3-months
Lectures are provided by highly skilled Nurses, Doctors, Anatomists, Physiologist and Physiotherapist. With vivid videos of practical sessions.

REGISTER BELOW or call 08080386449