Family Support for Elderly Patients Course
This course builds confidence in supporting older adults and families through home-care planning, dementia and fall risk assessment, caregiver burnout prevention, and community resource navigation, all tailored for social work practice. Participants gain practical tools for safe home care, daily routines, mobility, nutrition, sleep, medications, and navigating services while addressing safety, legal, communication challenges, and dementia support.

4 to 360h flexible workload
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What will I learn?
Gain practical tools for safe home care planning, daily routines, mobility, nutrition, sleep, and medications. Master navigating community services, preventing caregiver burnout, supporting dementia-affected families, and tackling safety, legal, and communication issues for coordinated, respectful care of older adults at home.
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Develop skills
- Home care planning: design safe routines, mobility support, and fall prevention.
- Dementia family support: explain behaviors and coach calm, practical responses.
- Caregiver burnout prevention: teach stress signs, self-care, and respite options.
- Community resource navigation: link families to local services and respite care.
- Family communication: lead meetings, resolve conflict, and set realistic care goals.
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