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

After taking this course, you may get a certificate certified by the Filipino Institute, an internationally-accredited organization, for a fee of AED50. The same certificate may also be attested by the Knowledge and Human Development Authority (KHDA) and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA)

To know more about this program, email onlinelearning@filipino-institute.com.