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This course is all about the knowledge of caring for the elderly who are facing several physical and mental health issues. This course talks about how you can make a big difference while working for a healthcare organisation. It starts by explaining the difference between ageing and disability and later talks about the different ways in which body organs and body systems deteriorate with age. This course describes a few medical conditions that a majority of elderly people suffer from and also provides brief information about the skills which are important to identify and treat these medical conditions.
Topics Covered:
- Human Body: Understand in detail how ageing affects the organs of the human body like the heart, lungs, brain and the entire nervous system.
- Skin And Bones: Learn how the quality of bones deteriorates with age and how wrinkles appear on the skin.
- Immune System: Understand how the immune system is affected once your body ages and see what care has to be taken while treating elderly people.
- Injuries: Learn how injuries, especially a spinal cord injury play a role in your lifestyle and overall health.
- Brain Injuries: See how strokes, paralysis and severe brain injuries can affect all other organs and impact the lives of elderly people.
- Caring For The Disabled: Learn what special care has to be taken while assisting the needs of the specially disabled elderly people.
Who Will Benefit?
- Care Workers: Individuals who are working professionally as care workers and want to understand in depth the health conditions of the elderly.
- Family Members: All those who want to know about the care to be taken while treating elderly people and want medical awareness.
- Professionals Supporting Disability: All those who assist disabled elderly people and want to learn about their physical limitations and conditions.
- Healthcare Students: Students who are pursuing a career in nursing and social work and want to have an idea of how ageing affects both the body and the brain.
Why Choose This Course?
As you choose this course, you understand how the body organs deteriorate as the body ages. You also learn about a few important medical conditions that are mainly seen in elderly people and come across different ways to handle them. With this course, you will learn how people with certain disabilities have unique needs and how you can help by treating them in a way that they want. You will also compare the concepts of ageing and disability and come up with the pros and cons of the same. By the end of this course, you will learn how spinal cord injuries make a difference in the healthy living of people and their lifestyles.
