Family Support for Elderly Patients Course
Gain confidence in supporting elderly people and their families through home care planning, dementia and fall risk checks, preventing caregiver exhaustion, and finding community resources suited for social work in Uganda. This course equips you with practical skills to ensure safe, respectful home care for older adults while helping families manage daily challenges like mobility, nutrition, medications, and emotional support effectively.

flexible workload from 4 to 360h
valid certificate in your country
What will I learn?
This course provides hands-on tools for safe home care planning, daily routines, mobility, nutrition, sleep, and medication management for elderly patients. You will learn to access community services, avoid caregiver burnout, assist families with dementia care, and tackle safety, legal, and communication issues to deliver coordinated, dignified 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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