Care Course
What will I learn?
Improve your skills in caring for older people with our Care Course, specially adapted for Senegalese caregivers and healthcare professionals. This course will teach you important topics like keeping elders safe and preventing falls, understanding dementia, and providing proper nutrition. You'll learn essential caregiving skills, how to manage medications safely, and how to communicate effectively. Plus, you'll discover how to encourage social interaction and create peaceful evening routines. This course aims to give you the skills and confidence to provide excellent care with compassion, taking into account Senegalese cultural contexts.
Apoia's Unique Features
Develop skills
Enhance the development of the practical skills listed below
Become an expert in preventing falls: Learn safety measures to protect older people in your care.
Recognize signs of dementia: Understand the symptoms and stages of dementia.
Plan nutritious meals for elders: Customize meals based on their needs and make sure they drink enough water.
Improve elders' social lives: Encourage activities and social connections.
Manage medications properly: Learn how to schedule, give, and record medications safely and accurately.
Suggested overview
Workload: between 4 and 360 hours
Before getting started, you can adjust the chapters and the workload.
- Choose which chapter to begin with
- Add or remove chapters
- Increase or decrease the course workload
Examples of chapters you can include
You'll be able to create more chapters like the examples below
This is a free course, focused on personal and professional growth. It is not equivalent to a technical, undergraduate, or postgraduate course, but offers practical and relevant knowledge for your professional journey.