#HC-03-02 Caring for Older People: a Partnership Model
About Course
Deakin UniversityDescription
Discover practical ways to better support and care for older people
Ageing and some of the challenges it represents can be a daunting experience for older people, their family, friends and healthcare teams alike.
The purpose of this course is to help you better understand and address these challenges by exploring a partnership model of care that aims to build stronger and more beneficial relationships between older people and those who care for them in a variety of care settings.
In this course, we’ll introduce you to the partnership model and provide you with some practical tools and strategies for creating your own care plan.
What topics will you cover?
- Ageing from the perspective of older people and those who care for them
- Principles of the partnership-centred model of care and how to apply them in a variety of settings
- The benefits of partnership-centred care for older people, their families and healthcare teams
- Practical strategies for supporting the needs and preferences of older people in positive, respectful and collaborative ways.
Who will you learn with?
Alfred Deakin Professor Alison Hutchinson is Chair in Nursing at Monash Health in Melbourne, and Professor of Nursing in the School of Nursing and Midwifery at Deakin University.
Helen has extensive experience in teaching nursing students in a range of settings. Key interests include use of knowledge in practice to improve patient outcomes and teaching and learning practices.
Who developed the course?
Deakin University is one of Australia’s largest universities with more than 61,000 students and over 15,000 online.
What Will I Learn?
- Describe partnership-centred care.
- Explain the benefits of a partnership-centred model of care for older people, their family and healthcare teams.
- Explore how partnership-centred care strategies can be developed and applied to best support the needs and preferences of older people.
Topics for this course
Putting older people first
Let’s get started00:02:14
Learning online with Deakin00:02:49
Let’s meet each other
Meet Harry00:02:07
Put yourself in Harry’s shoes
A partnership approach to care
A matter of perspective
Everyone has a role to play
Course wrap
This course is extremely well done to help you understand all the demenions of working with or dealing with aged individuals. As a professional caregiver, it enhanced my understanding of people as they age.
I work with older people on a daily basis. This course let you look at older people differently. Also a positive outlook on getting old, being healthy, socializing and a good well being for myself.
Its a decent course and it gave me a different perspective in this field. I like her teaching skill as it's very detailed.
This has helped me to understand the Psychology of older age people like my parents. I am so glad I took this course and Thank you very much. God Bless.
Material Includes
- Official Certificate
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Target Audience
- This course has been created for older people and anyone involved in their care, including family members, friends, care workers and healthcare professionals. There are no special requirements for this course.