Care of the Older Person course is continuous assessment consists of a project and practical skills demonstrations.

The assessment for the Care Skills module is a skills demonstration and an assignment

Learners must complete 40 hours’ work placement in a nursing home, hospital, or daycare centre.

Learners may need to complete Patient Manual Handling Training & Cardiac/Basic First Aid Training before completing their work placement which is not provided by City College Dublin.

You will receive the following qualification on completing this Elderly Care course:

QQI Level 5 Component Certificate In Care of the Older Person

QQI Level 5 Care Skills

Learn more about our aims and objectives for our Elderly Care Course Modules:

Module Aims – Care Skills

The aim of this module is to provide the learner with the knowledge, skills and competency to care for clients in a hygienic and professional manner.

Module Objectives – Care Skills

• To develop a better understanding of the maintenance of a safe environment for clients of differing needs.
• To enable students to develop an awareness of the range of needs of clients in need of care and determine the appropriate level of care to be offered as part of a multidisciplinary healthcare team.
• To facilitate students to develop interpersonal skills.
• To demonstrate knowledge and skills required to assist clients with activities of daily living.
  to provide a safe environment for staff, clients and any other people who may enter the workplace.
• To promote dignity, choice, and empowerment of residents in a healthcare facility
• Examine the physical, emotional, social, psychological, and spiritual needs of a range of groups of people taking into account individual variation.

Module Aims – Care of the Older Person

The aim is to provide the knowledge, skills and competency to provide the full range of needs i.e. holistic care for older people in a variety of care settings working under the direction and supervision of nursing staff.

Module Objectives – Care of the Older Person

• Acquire the skills to meet the needs of the older person
• To understand the role of the healthcare assistant in promoting a positive attitude to ageing and death and dying.
• To enable learners to acquire the best practice skills associated with the provision of holistic care.
• Understand the range of services available to older people.
• To acquire the communication skills required to enable the healthcare assistant to communicate effectively with the older person, their family and the multidisciplinary team.
• To take a proactive role in health promotion
• Acquire the basic therapeutic intervention skills