Family Support for Elderly Patients Course
Gain confidence in supporting elderly patients and their families through effective home-care planning, dementia and fall risk assessment, caregiver burnout prevention, and navigating community resources, all tailored for social work practice in New Zealand contexts.

4 to 360 hours flexible workload
valid certificate in your country
What will I learn?
This course equips you with practical tools for safe home care planning, organising daily routines, and managing mobility, nutrition, sleep, and medications for elderly patients. You'll learn to access community services, prevent caregiver burnout, assist families with dementia care, and address safety, legal, and communication issues to ensure coordinated, respectful home care.
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Develop skills
- Home care planning: design safe routines, mobility support, and fall prevention.
- Dementia family support: explain behaviours 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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