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Home Health Aide

Course Overview

Home Health Aide (HHA) has been designed to enrich knowledge & skills of different stakeholders including medical & non -medical personnel who are either engaged or planning to build their careers as old age mentors and care providers.

This certificate course has been specially tailored for skill enhancement of personnel providing geriatric care namely medical social workers, nurses & for personnel opting to take up career in the area of health care of elderly in both institutional and non institutional settings.

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Learning Objective

To enhance technical skill/work efficiency in the following core areas of Home Health Aide:

  • Changing structure of family and society and its impact in the life of senior citizen.
  • Profile of Health problems-physical, social and emotional among elderly.
  • Special effects of disease and body response of elderly disease and treatments.
  • Developing Essentials skills for providing quality care to elderly.
  • Developing skills about preservation and promotion of good health of elderly.Self- care

Eligibility Criteria

  • 10th Pass
  • Basic knowledge of computer
  • English competency - 40% Marks in 10 + 2
  • Basic computer knowledge -MS Office

Course Duration

  • 6 MONTHS CERTIFICATE

Course Content

  • Population ageing and demographic transition
  • Physiology of ageing
  • Psychological changes during ageing process
  • Life course perspective of ageing

 

  • Reducing vulnerability among elderly and utilizing them as a potential resource
  • Common health problems of the elderly
  • Functionality, disability and rehabilitation needs of the elderly
  • Policies, programs and legislations for elderly

Course Highlights

  • Program pedagogy which includes Webinar, Student Faculty Chat by Subject Experts and Project Work.
  • Reference subject through E-library
  • Program materials developed by experts
  • Each block culminating into a qualifying assignment
  • Credit based teaching outcomes for global application

Learning Outcome

  • Better prepared and better skilled to diagnose and treat elderly patients.
  • Improved capabilities to take care of the needs of the elderly.
  • Develop Essentials skills for providing quality care to elderly.
  • Develop skills about preservation and promotion of good health of elderly.

Evaluations and Grading

  • Evaluations will collate candidate performance based on Self Assessment, Term End Assessment, completion of Project Work , participation in Webinar , participation in student-faculty chat.
  • Grading will be done based on alphabetical grade point percentage.

Certification

At the end of the program the student will be awarded with Certificate from Astron Institute of International Studies.

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