• The 3 categories of human needs: Physical, emotional and social
• The 13 points of the benefits of exercise including the influence on the brain (mental health exercise)
• Documentation of daily activities – ADL’s
• Medication reminders and understanding of documentation
• The 14 points of the benefits of hydration
• Nutrition with the world-leading Michael Greger

•  Being able to compile a perfect plate of food and working out the percentages of food eaten

An internationally recognised caregiving certificate with 2 specified international  accreditations

Heading Practical Hands-On Work

• Bedpan handling, feeding a patient, assisting/partially helping a client to eat
• Helping a patient in and out of a bed, into a wheelchair and back into bed
• Assisting a patient to move out of a wheelchair to go to the bathroom and back into the wheelchair
• Moving the bedridden patient at regular intervals into supine, prone and sims positions
• Helping the client perform a range of motion exercises (passive, active assistive, active, resistive and isometric) and understanding the importance thereof
• Shaving, dental and denture care. Understanding patient care, chemotherapy and dental care Understanding stomatitis and trench mouth. Inspection of the mouth and reporting on abnormalities. Role of nutrition in the prevention of mouth and dental problems.
• Decubitus: understanding of prevention, cure, washing and dressing of decubitus

Ambulation

• Helping a client to walk with a walker – no injuries
• Helping a client to walk with a walker – knee injury
• Helping a client to walk with a walker – hip replacement
• Helping a client to walk with a quad cane or cane
• Helping a client to walk without any equipment
• Moving a client with a gait belt
• Moving a client with draw sheet

Fall Prevention

• Learning fall prevention and helping somebody who is falling

Understanding of Incontinence

• Diaper/incontinence brief change of adult
• Different types of preventative measures are available
• Understanding of incontinence

Personal Care: Bathing, Toileting

• Normal bath and shower, bed bath, shower, sponge bath.
• Understanding of bathroom safety and equipment
• Personal and hygiene equipment. Skin ageing and product safety.
• Alzheimer’s and Dementia patients bathing and resisting personal care
• The layout of room and bathroom
• How to get the client involved and happy
• Bedridden patient and perineal care

Personal Safety Equipment

• PPE (gloves, goggles, scrubs, apron, clogs, face mask)
• Gloves lesson
• Health acquired infections
• Hand washing with donning and doffing

Patient Needs and Communication

• How to communicate and understand the patient better
• Signs of depression

CPR

• Adult, child, and baby

• Main caregiving course certification (internationally certified and accredited).
• CPR certificate where it has the main caregiving course certification.
• In-class training covering theory and practicals
• International license to practice caregiving
• Assistance with local and international placement
• Letter of recommendation and transcript of records once the course has been completed and all the assessments passed successfully
• Assistance with the process of finding employment abroad( if you select the UK programme)