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 designed to give workers the important ways of helping elderly people. Learn how to spot signs of feeling low (depression) and worry (anxiety), get good at talking to people in a way that works, and build trust by being understanding and caring. Make your work better by thinking about what you've learned, watching carefully, and writing things down properly. This short, good-quality training will help you to look after the mental health of older people, making sure they get care that's kind and based on good information.
Apoia's Unique Offerings
Develop your skills
Enhance your practical skills listed below
Start talking: Get good at beginning useful chats with older patients.
Spot signs of feeling low: See the main signs of depression in older people.
Build trust: Make strong, trusting friendships with older individuals.
Write things down well: Learn how to properly document how people are acting.
Help people get together: Encourage fun social things to help mental health.
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.