Caregiving

It is our intent to provide you with the most useful information available to prepare you for a career as a caregiver. With this in mind, the objectives of the course are:

• To ensure that students understand the basic responsibilities of being a caregiver.
• To provide students with the basic tools and information they need to be successful as a caregiver.
• To provide guidance and insight into the caregiver industry and the demands of being a caregiver.
• To make the caregiver course as enjoyable thought provoking as possible.
• To ensure that students understand the core principles and values of a caregiver.

What Topics are Covered?

• Residents Rights
• Communicating Effectively with Residents
• Managing Personal Stress
• Preventing Abuse, Neglect and Exploitation
• Controlling the Spread of Disease and Infection
• Record Keeping and Documentation
• Service Plans
• Nutrition, Hydration and Food Services
• Assisting in the Self-Administration of Medications
• Social, Recreational and Rehabilitative Activities
• Fire, Safety and Emergency Procedures
• The Aging Process
• Assisting Residents with Activities of Daily Living (ADLs)
• Vital Signs
• Medication Types
• Oral Hygiene, Grooming & Bathing
• Skin Integrity
• Resident with Dementia & Alzheimer’s Disease
• Communicating with Residents Unable to Direct Self-Care
• Providing Services and Life Skills
• Managing Difficult Behavior-Residents Unable to Direct Self-Care
• Developing & Providing Social, Recreational & Rehabilitative Activities for Residents Unable to Direct Self-Care
• Risk Management, Fall Prevention and Ambulation

Once done, you may get a certificate certified by the Filipino Institute, an internationally accredited organization, for a fee of AED 70. To know more about the free online courses, contact Sir Alex at onlinelearning@filipino-institute.com or send him a WhatsApp message at +971-58-2439959.