Online Course: Caring for The Elderly or Disabled Patient at Home - Certificate and CEUs
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Online Class: Caring for The Elderly or Disabled Patient at Home

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Basic Course: $34.00
with Certificate & CEUs: $59.00
The care giver is the person who stays with the patient the majority of the time and is responsible for the patient's well being.  The care giver oversees the patient's: dressing, meals, medications, activities, hygiene, and monitors their bathroom use.  The care giver can be a spouse, relative, friend, or someone hired to perform these needed services.  The care giver has many roles including: caretaker, educator, babysitter, cook, companion, and friend. 
 
Instructor John Hicks R.N. will show you how to safely take good care of a loved one at home. Start learning care giving skills today.  You will be able to take care of your spouse, parent, child, or friend without difficulty. Enroll Now.
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Continuing Education Units (CEU)
1.0 CEUs

Course Description

This class is for anyone who wants to learn how to safely take good care of a loved one at home. You will not only learn how to save thousands of dollars each month by caring for your elderly or disabled patient at home and avoid the expense of nursing home placement, but you will also be enriching their lives and yours by keeping them in the home environment. 

You will be taught medical, physical, emotional, and psychological aspects of patient care.  Learning to be a good care giver is important, and this course will help you excel into being a great care giver.  Special needs of the elderly or disabled patient require skilled knowledge.  Start learning care giving skills today.  You will be able to take care of your spouse, parent, child, or friend without difficulty. Enroll Now.
This course offers 1.0 CEUs upon successful completion. You may take this online course with or without CEU documentation. An online and hard-copy Certificate of Course Completion displaying your coursework and CEUs earned is included with the CEU Option. We also offer an expedited Transcript Service for sending your accomplishments to a third party.

Course Lessons

  1. Understanding The Patient - This lesson will help you understand the feelings and behaviors of the patient that you will be taking care of.
  2. Role of the Care Giver - This lesson will explore some of the roles that the care giver performs.
  3. Treatment - This lesson will focus on patient care by the treatment team.
  4. Living with a Senile or Confused Patient - This lesson will cover tricks of the trade for living with a senile or confused patient.
  5. Physical Care - Part One - This lesson will focus on the physical care of the elderly or disabled patient.
  6. Physical Care - Part Two - This lesson continues to focus on home care of the elderly or diabled person at home.
  7. Physical Care - Part Three - Part 3 of physical care of the patient.
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  2. Certificate of Class Participation
  3. Certificate of Appreciation
  4. Certificate of Merit
  5. Certificate of Outstanding Achievement
  6. Certificate of Academic Excellence

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Course Title : Caring for The Elderly or Disabled Patient at Home
CEU Value : (Continuing Education Units)
Course Number : 31282
Course Type : How To
Course URL : http://patienthomecare.onlineclasses.com
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Instructor : John Hicks R.N.
Syllabus : View Syllabus
Duration : Continuous: Enroll anytime!
Course Fee :
Basic Course: $34.00
with CEUs & Certificate: $59.00
NOT FOR COLLEGE CREDIT
This is a non-credit course. This course may not fulfill any local, state, government, licensing, or educational requirements.
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