About the Course
This course equips participants with comprehensive caregiving skills tailored to the unique needs of walking seniors. Participants will learn and practice essential techniques to promote seniors' safety, dignity, and well-being through proper nutrition, feeding, hygiene, mobility, toileting, and fall prevention. The course emphasizes practical applications, adaptive strategies, and the use of assistive equipment to encourage seniors' independence and quality of life.
Learning Outcomes
Analyze and apply nutritional principles to plan, prepare, and serve balanced meals for seniors, ensuring food safety and meeting specific dietary needs to promote health and prevent complications.
Demonstrate and adapt safe feeding techniques by using appropriate tools and strategies to support proper nutrition intake and encourage independence for seniors.
Apply and evaluate safe toileting assistance techniques by using adaptive equipment and promoting hygienic practices to preserve dignity, hygiene, and independence for seniors.
Apply and demonstrate personal hygiene and grooming skills to assist seniors with tasks such as bathing, oral care, and skin care to maintain their health, cleanliness, and self-esteem.
Demonstrate and evaluate safe transferring, positioning, and mobility techniques by utilizing proper body mechanics and mobility aids to enhance seniors' comfort, safety, and independence.
Identify and mitigate fall hazards in the home by using effective strategies such as removing hazards, installing safety equipment, and promoting safe behaviors, to prevent falls and ensure senior safety.
Course Outline
1. Nutrition and Hydration
2. Feeding
3. Toileting
4. Personal Hygiene and Grooming
5. Transferring, Positioning, and Mobility
6. Fall Prevention