Certificate In Elderly Care in IDEA ACADEMY Malta, Malta

Certificate In Elderly Care in IDEA ACADEMY Malta

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The Diploma in Elderly Care is designed to equip students with the skills and competencies necessary to manage elderly individuals with health issues, as well as the challenges presented by working with multidisciplinary teams in an elderly care setting. The course covers the physical, psychological, nutritional, and mental aspects of human health, as well as the tools you'll need to manage diseases and difficult behaviour.

In addition, you will be introduced to quality management, leadership, as well as the public policy and legal foundations of elder care.

Target Audience

This course is targeted at:

  • candidates seeking a career and a formal qualification in elderly care;
  • candidates from healthcare settings seeking to upgrade their academic pathway with a focus on providing elderly care;
  • candidates who wish to progress in their studies along the further and higher education route, whilst broadening their chances of advancing in their own career path.

Career Paths

This programme aims to prepare you to become a caregiver for elderly persons, in line with the National Occupational Standards for Elderly Care.

How you’ll be assessed

This is a part-time programme and will typically take 15 months to complete. The programme comprises a total of 9 study modules and a work placement. The method of assessment is assignment-based.

The course comprises:

  • 6 lectures per module;
  • 3-hour lectures (evening);
  • 12 hours of guided learning, presentations, comprising synchronous online discussions, tutorials and/or videos;
  • Self-study hours comprising research, reading and assignment work;
  • 150-hour work placement.

Assessment

The programme includes different forms of assessment which allow for and promote students’ critical engagement. The formative and summative assessment tasks may include an in-class assignment and/or a home-based written assignment using diverse assessment tools which may take the form of online and in-class discussions, examinations, case studies, reports, proposals, essays, and presentations, etc., as applicable to the diverse modules.

Duration :

7 months

Intake

January

Level

Certificate

Tuition & fees

€ 4,500 Per Year

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