Choosing A Suitable Training Course

Courses teach basic home care and personal care knowledge and skills to help home caregivers plan, organise, manage and deliver care to their care-dependent care recipients in their basic activities of daily living (BADL) and/or instrumental activities of daily living (IADL).

Examples of attending to patients with their BADLs include bathing, toileting/continence, dressing/grooming, eating/hydration, mobility/transfer, medication reminders and/or assistance, home safety, etc

Examples of attending to patients with their IADLs include essential to more complex life tasks, such as meal preparation, shopping, household laundry, house cleaning, handling finances/bills, managing medical appointments & medication management, transportation, use of telephone, appliances etc.

Courses are focused on teaching dementia-specific home caregiving knowledge and skills to help caregivers understand dementia symptoms at different stages of dementia, effective dementia care practices to address and manage symptoms of behaviours of concern of the person living with dementia (PLWD) physical safety, emergency preparedness, activities to engage PLWD, self-care strategies and resources to help and support caregivers of PLWD to reduce caregiver stress.

As dementia progresses in the person living with dementia (PLWD), caregivers will benefit from such dementia-specific knowledge and skills, from requiring assistance with physical personal care to cognitive care.

Courses provide caregivers with an understanding of stroke and its after-effects on physical and mental functions of the care recipient.

Caregivers will be equipped with practical skills in managing care for someone post-stroke. Other post-stroke management includes managing emotional and behavioural challenges communication techniques, mobility and transfer, skills in preventing and managing pressure sores, importance of post-stroke rehabilitation and strategies to reduce risk of stroke.

Courses aim to help caregivers with care recipients who have conditions such as Dyslexia, Dyscalculia, Dyspraxia, Dysgraphia, or Attention Deficit Disorder/Attention Deficit (Hyperactivity) Disorder.

Specific Learning Difficulties (SpLD) refer to a difficulty/difference that an individual has with particular aspects of learning. The term “SpLD” refers to a disorder in one or more of the basic psychological processes involved in understanding or in using language, whether spoken or written.

The disorder may manifest itself in the imperfect ability to listen, think, speak, read, write, spell or do mathematical calculations.

Courses aim to introduce caregivers to accommodated education programmes, interventions, and/or approaches specific to the special education needs of their care recipients.

Special Educational is also known as special needs education, aided education, exceptional education, alternative provision, or exceptional student education.

It is the practice of educating students in a way that accommodates their individual differences, disabilities, and special needs. Individuals with special needs learning, such as Autism Spectrum Disorder, Asperger Syndrome, Cerebral Palsy, Down Syndrome, Attention Deficit (Hyperactivity) Disorder, Intellectual Disability, Physical Disability Adults.

Courses aim to help caregivers better understand the psychological and psychosocial impact related to caregiving, and learn self-care strategies or interventions to minimise issues such as family conflict, miscommunication, anxiety, depression, isolation and caregiver burnout. Maintaining the mental health and well-being of a caregiver can substantially help to sustain the caregiving relationship and the caregiving journey.

Seniors have basic psychological and psychosocial needs to remain connected to their family members, caregivers, friends and society. Likewise, caregivers’ needs, which involve social, emotional and physical stress and exhaustion, have to be addressed as well.

Courses focus on how to manage symptoms, provide comfort and assistance to the care recipients with life-limiting or life-threatening illness with terminal diagnosis. This includes help and support with the physical, emotional and mental health, spiritual and social needs of the care recipient when they are close to the end-of-life and for their families. The goal of care is to reduce suffering, improve the quality of life for both the care recipient and the family at all stages of the illness.