Description:
This course is designed to teach any domestic worker or nanny the basic home based care knowledge of an elderly or frail person in a home environment.
Suitable for:
Domestic workers, home based care workers, nursing assistants and nannies or anyone working with elderly or frail people in a home environment.
Content:
- First Aid Essentials
- How to bath a patient
- How to feed a patient
- How to sit up a patient
- Active and Passive exercise
- Pressure sores and care
- Tube feeding
- V or catheter care
- Intake and output charts and recording
- Vital signs and recording
- Oral Hygiene
- Record keeping
Material:
A Manual and Power Point presentation (hard copy or online)
Duration: 5 days
Knowledge and Skills testing:
- 50 questions (multiple choice)
- Practical skills covered in theory
Certification: Competency
Accreditation: Arwyp Training Institute, SANC, HWSETA, DOL
Bookings: All done online. Once POP has been received, the access information will be forward.
Payments: All done online.
Instructors: Available 7 days a week, with a minimum of ILS medic/nursing qualification and registered with SANC and HPCSA, AHA, RCSA, HWSETA, DOL
Location:
- Option 1: comfort of your own home (face to face training)
- Option 2: comfort of your own home (online training)
Cost: R4800pp (group discounts available)