Mental Health First Aid Course
What will I learn?
Improve your skills in looking after older people with our Mental Health First Aid Training Programme. It's made to give you, as a worker, important ways to help older people. You'll learn how to see when older people are feeling low (depression) or worried (anxiety). You'll also learn good ways to talk to them and build their trust by being understanding and caring. You'll get better at thinking about what you do, watching carefully, and writing things down properly. This short but helpful programme will teach you how to support the mental well-being of older people, so you can care for them with kindness and knowledge.
Apoia's Unique Features
Develop skills
Strengthen the development of the practical skills listed below
Start talking: Get good at beginning helpful conversations with older patients.
Know the signs of feeling low: Learn to spot the main signs of depression in older people.
Build trust: Create strong relationships built on trust with older people.
Write things down well: Learn to write down what you see (behavioral patterns) clearly and accurately.
Encourage being social: Help older people take part in activities that make them feel good.
Suggested summary
Workload: between 4 and 360 hours
Before starting, you can change the chapters and the workload.
- Choose which chapter to start with
- Add or remove chapters
- Increase or decrease the course workload
Examples of chapters you can add
You will be able to generate more chapters like the examples below
This is a free course, focused on personal and professional development. It is not equivalent to a technical, undergraduate, or postgraduate course, but offers practical and relevant knowledge for your professional journey.