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

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.