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Home Care Course

What will I learn?

Improve your skills in looking after elderly people with our Home-Based Care Course. It's made for people who want to get better at caring for older Zambians. This course covers important things like figuring out what help they need, getting the family involved, and talking to people with dementia in a way they understand. You'll learn how to help them with their medicines, plan good meals for them, and make sure their homes are safe. You'll also learn about dementia and arthritis, how to help them with their daily routines, and how to support the people who care for them, all through easy-to-follow modules.

Apoia's Unique Offerings

Online courses with lifetime access
Certificate aligned with educational standards
Printable PDF summaries
24/7 online support
Select and organise the chapters you wish to study
Set your own course workload
Instant feedback on practical activities
Study at your convenience, no internet required

Develop your skills

Enhance your practical skills listed below

Be able to properly assess what older people need in their homes.

Work well with families to make sure their elderly relatives are well looked after.

Use good ways of talking to people with dementia with kindness and understanding.

Help older people have a good daily routine that makes their life better.

Make homes safe for older people by making changes where needed.

Suggested summary

Workload: between 4 and 360 hours

Before starting, you can change the chapters and 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 similar to the examples below

This is a free course aimed at personal and professional development. It is not equivalent to a technical, undergraduate, or postgraduate course, but provides practical and relevant knowledge for your professional journey.