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Specialist in Elderly Care Course

What will I learn?

Improve your skills in looking after older people with our Specialist in Elderly Care Course, made for social workers and other people who care for the elderly. Get good, practical skills in helping older people who feel lonely, giving them support, and making care plans that suit them. Learn how to make homes safer, understand problems with thinking and memory, and help with movement issues. Our short, good lessons will help you properly look after older people, helping them feel good and stay independent. Join us to really make a difference today.

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

Get good at using online tools to help older people connect with others.

Build strong networks to give emotional support that works well.

Create care plans that suit each older person and change them as needed.

Make homes safer by using different ways to change things.

Help older people with problems with thinking and memory by using good ways to manage these problems.

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.