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Understand the principles of elderly care
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People in the UK now have an average life expectancy of 72 years. The population aged 65 years and over is growing faster than the working age population aged 16 to 64 years; but not everyone remains healthy throughout their longer lives.
This is something you will look at in more detail during this course when learning what types of care an elderly person may need currently and at the end of their life. Throughout this qualification, learners will develop their knowledge and understanding of working in elderly care. This course includes information on the principles of elderly care, health issues affecting the elderly, individual rights, and communication.
The free online course is designed for those who wish to understand the principles of elderly care, learn more about common health issues and legislation that relates to elderly care. All units are compulsory.
Simple answer – if you meet the eligibility criteria below, then, yes! No fee, no card details and no trial periods…Â
We connect you with training providers that use the UK Government’s Adult Education Budget to fund the free online courses.Â
*EEA nationals will need to have obtained either pre settlement or settled status and provide evidence of this.
The certificate is a record of achievement and your reward for completing a nationally recognised qualification.
The Caring for the Elderly course is split up into six units. Each unit is then split into smaller sections.
Section 1: Understand the context of elderly care in the UK (4 questions)
Section 2: Understand the range of care available (3 questions)
Section 3: Understand regulation by the Care Quality Commission (CQC) (2 questions).
Unit 1 Summary: In this unit, learners will learn what caring for elderly is, about ageing populations and the range of care available. This unit also covers the role of the Care Quality Commission (CQC).
Section 1: Understand individuality and independence (4 questions)
Section 2: Understand the importance of service users maintain contact with and support from friends and family (1 question)
Section 3: Understand how to maintain health and well-being of the elderly in care (8 questions).
Unit 2 Summary: In this unit, learners will discover the role that individuality and independence has in elderly care, how importance contact is between family/ friends and service users, and how maintaining health and well-being is key for care workers.
Section 1: Understand how to deal with health issues in elderly care (2 questions)
Section 2: Understand the impact of dementia (6 questions)
Section 3: Understand urinary tract health issues (3 questions)
Section 4: Understand pneumonia (3 questions)
Section 5: Understand wounds and healing (4 questions)
Section 6: Understand depression (3 questions)
Section 7: Understand arthritis (3 questions)
Section 8: Understand end of life care (3 questions).
Unit 3 Summary: This unit will cover the signs, symptoms and how to support service users with dementia, urinary tract health issues, pneumonia, wounds and healing, depression and arthritis. The section will also cover end of life care.
Section 1: Understand how to safeguard and protect vulnerable adults in elderly care settings (3 questions)
Section 2: Understand how to recognise that a vulnerable adult has been abused (3 questions)
Section 3: Understand how to respond to evidence or concerns that vulnerable adult has been abused (4 questions)
Section 4: Understand equality and diversity in a care setting (4 questions)
Section 5: Understand legislation affecting service user’s rights in a care setting (5 questions).
Unit 4 Summary: In this unit, learners will learn about safeguarding and protecting vulnerable adults, recognising abuse and responding to abuse, equality and diversity, and the legislation in place.
Section 1: Understand the importance of risk assessment in elderly care settings (3 questions)
Section 2: Understand manual handling in elderly care settings (2 questions)
Section 3: Understand risks form hazardous substances in elderly care settings (4 questions)
Section 4: Understand the risk of infection in elderly care settings (5 questions)
Section 5: Understand how to deal with accidents in elderly care settings (5 questions)
Section 6: Understand the safe administration of medicines in elderly care settings (5 questions).
Unit 5 Summary: In this unit, learners will learn about the risk assessments, manual handling, hazardous substances, risk of infections, dealing with incidents and safe administration of medicines.
Section 1: Understand the importance of communication in elderly care settings (3 questions)
Section 2: Understand how to communicate with a client moving into a care home and their family (3 questions)
Section 3: Understand the skills required to work in elderly care settings (3 questions).
Unit 6 Summary: In this final unit, learners will learn about communication within elderly care settings, moving into a care home and the skills that are required for care workers.
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If you meet the eligibility criteria then YES!
We connect you with learning providers that use government funding, in the form of the Education & Skills Funding Agency (ESFA) and the Adult Educational Budget (AEB).
We hope to get you started within 24 hours of completing the full enrolment process but this can vary depending on the learning provider.
Register interest and a course advisor will be in touch to provide you with more specific details.
The courses are designed to allow learners to fit their learning around their employment obligations and can be completed in a number of weeks or months, depending on the level. Our shorter courses are often completed within 3 weeks, whilst our longer lasting courses can take up to 3 months.
Yes! All of our free courses are 100% online.
All of our courses are accredited by UK government-recognised awarding bodies. These include NCFE CACHE and TQUK, with whom we work closely to ensure our existing courses, and all new ones, meet approved standards of excellence and are certified as such. NCFE CACHE and TQUK are national awarding organisations that design, develops and certifies nationally recognised qualifications and awards.
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You can only take one course at a time but you can take up to 7 in one academic year.
No, there are no exams, all courses require you to complete assessment questions based on the knowledge you have just gained from the units.
The courses we offer are all funded qualifications, meaning you need to be eligible for government funding in order to secure your a place. This information is a funding requirement and proves your eligibility.
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