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CARE: Introduction to Caregiving for Older Adults
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- Introductive Level
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Syllabus
Section 1: Who are carers and what they do
- Carer Terminology
- Carer Role & Characteristics
- Assessment
- Opening poll
- Body systems
- Cardiovascular system
- Digestive system
- Musculoskeletal system
- Nervous System
- Respiratory System
- Urinary System
- Hearing
- Vision
- Skin
- Taste & Smell
- Other Chronic Illnesses or Diseases & Comorbidity
- Assessment
- Reflection
- Experience of Loss
- Social and Emotional Needs
- Assessment
- Reflection
- Changes to sensory, physical, and mental abilities and risk of self-injury
- Unsafe environment
- Risk to Self
- Assessment
Prerequisite
None.
Instructors
Carl Sundberg
MD, PhD, Head of Department, Dept. of Learning, Informatics, Management and Ethics (LIME)
KIx: Karolinska Institutet
Anneliese Lilienthal
CARE Course Manager & Producer, Unit for Bioentrepreneurship, Dept. of Learning, Informatics, Management and Ethics (LIME)
KIx: Karolinska Institutet
Laurie Owen
Learning and Development Manager
Home Instead Senior Care, USA
Elizabeth Muir
Clinical Senior Lecturer in General Practice, Faculty of Medicine
Imperial College London
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KIx: Karolinska Institutet
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