Course Details
The Art of Caregiving for Elderly
About This Course
Enhance caregivers’ understanding and management of dementia, equipping them with the necessary skills to provide empathetic, informed, and effective care.
What You’ll Learn
- Addressing caregiver dilemmas in medical scenarios.
- Ensuring safe conditions for care recipients
- Training caregivers for elderly care and therapy.
- Insights into physical, emotional and psychological aspects of elderly care.
- Comprehensive understanding of elderly care: Theoretical knowledge, Practical caregiving skills, Communication strategies, Self-care techniques for caregivers
HCS Customised Framework for Caregivers™
1. Music and Hands-on Practice with Case Studies
2. Acquire skills for better results:
- Conversations with Care-Recipient
- Guidelines on handling challenges
- Guidelines on daily routine with Care-Recipient
- Hygiene. Wellness. Nutrition.
- Instilling confidence in Care-Recipient and Caregivers
3. Mental Wellness and Positive Mindset
- Ongoing partnership with Mind Science Centre
4. Post Training Engagement with CoP (Community of Practice)
5. Practice-Trainers
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- Synthesise various domain knowledge
- Ask the right questions.
- Inspire with real life narratives and experiences
| Full Course Fee | Nett Course
Fee (After Subsidy) |
GST payable for full
course fee of $200 |
Subsidies Available for Caregivers
(Singapore Citizens, PR & Migrant Domestic Workers) |
| $200.00 | $10.00 | $18.00 | Caregivers Training Grant (CTG)
SkillsFuture Credits (SFC) |
*From 1 April 2024, Agency for Integrated Care (AIC) has provided eligible Care-Recipients with an initial $400 CTG for the first year. Each year, there will be a top up to care recipients’ Caregivers Training Grant by $200, and unused monies can be carried forward, with the Caregivers Training Grant monies for each care recipients capped at $400. CTG and SFC can be used to defray the fees (including GST) for the caregivers training modules. A minimum of $10 co-payment is mandatory for attending a course using the CTG subsidy. You may to choose to either pay by cash or tap on your SFC balance, if applicable, for the co-payment.
For more information on CTG, please visit https://www.aic.sg/financial-assistance/caregivers-training-grant-ctg/
