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Elderly Care Assistant

Intermediate

Elderly Care Assistant

Develop practical skills in elderly care, personal assistance, hygiene, mobility, nutrition, safety, communication, and compassionate daily support.

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Elderly Care Assistant

Course Description

The Elderly Care Assistant course provides foundational knowledge and practical skills for individuals who want to support older adults in home-care and care-support environments. The programme focuses on safe, respectful, and person-centred assistance with everyday needs. Students will learn how to assist elderly individuals with personal hygiene, grooming, mobility, nutrition, hydration, daily activities, communication, and basic safety. The course also introduces common age-related challenges and appropriate approaches to supporting older adults while maintaining dignity, privacy, and independence. The programme combines healthcare-support knowledge with practical caregiving skills, including infection prevention, fall prevention, basic health observation, safeguarding, emergency awareness, care documentation, and professional conduct. The course is suitable for aspiring care assistants, students, home-care workers, family caregivers, and individuals seeking foundational skills for elderly care and support roles.

Who Should Enroll?

Aspiring Care Assistants

Build practical foundational skills for supporting elderly individuals with everyday care and wellbeing needs.

Students

Develop essential elderly care knowledge and practical support skills for future healthcare and caregiving pathways.

Home Care Workers

Strengthen skills for providing safe, respectful, and organised support to older adults in home environments.

Family Caregivers

Learn structured approaches to personal care, mobility, communication, safety, and daily support for elderly family members.

What Will You Learn?

  • Understand the role and responsibilities of an elderly care assistant
  • Assist older adults with personal hygiene and grooming
  • Support safe mobility and movement
  • Assist with nutrition, hydration, and mealtime routines
  • Communicate effectively with elderly individuals and families
  • Apply basic infection prevention and hygiene practices
  • Identify common safety risks and help prevent falls

What's Included

  • Instructor-led classroom training
  • Practical caregiving exercises
  • Personal care and hygiene activities
  • Mobility and safety exercises
  • Communication and caregiving scenarios
  • Final practical assessment

Lesson 1: Introduction to Elderly Care and the Care Assistant Role
Lesson 2: Ageing, Independence and Common Care Needs
Lesson 3: Dignity, Privacy and Person-Centred Care

Lesson 1: Personal Hygiene and Grooming Assistance
Lesson 2: Bathing, Dressing and Toileting Support
Lesson 3: Infection Prevention and Environmental Hygiene

Lesson 1: Mobility Assistance and Safe Patient Handling
Lesson 2: Nutrition, Hydration and Mealtime Support
Lesson 3: Activities of Daily Living and Independence

Lesson 1: Effective Communication with Older Adults
Lesson 2: Emotional Support, Empathy and Companionship
Lesson 3: Supporting Memory and Communication Challenges

Lesson 1: Fall Prevention and Elderly Safety
Lesson 2: Safeguarding and Professional Boundaries
Lesson 3: Basic Health Observation and Emergency Awareness

Lesson 1: Care Observation, Reporting and Documentation
Lesson 2: Professional Conduct and Care Responsibilities
Lesson 3: Practical Care Assessment and Final Project

The course is suitable for aspiring care assistants, students, home-care workers, family caregivers, and individuals interested in developing practical elderly care skills.

Yes. The course is designed for beginners and introduces elderly care concepts and practical support skills from the fundamentals.

No. Previous professional healthcare or caregiving experience is not required for this beginner-level course.

You will learn personal care, hygiene, mobility assistance, nutrition and hydration support, communication, safety, safeguarding, observation, and professional caregiving practices.

Yes. The program includes practical caregiving exercises, mobility and safety activities, care scenarios, assignments, and a final practical assessment.
Elderly Care Assistant
PKR 20,000 PKR 25,000
9 Weeks
Worldwide
On-Campus
Professional Certificate
Flexible Timings
English / Urdu
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