Pg Diploma In Elderly Care Management in IDEA ACADEMY Malta, Malta

Pg Diploma In Elderly Care Management in IDEA ACADEMY Malta

Description

As the population continues to age, the provision of elderly care is becoming one of the fastest-growing segments of the healthcare economy. The Master of Science in Elderly Care Management draws upon disciplines related to management, policy, law, as well as social and behavioural sciences.

Target Audience

The target group covers, but is not limited to:

• care home managers and directors;
• personnel involved in the administration of care to the elderly;
• educators;
• welfare officers;
• human resources and operations managers involved in the administration of care for the elderly; middle management (such as. senior care workers etc.);
• personnel involved in family counselling and counselling of the elderly;
• nurses;
• medical doctors;
• allied health professionals, such as physiotherapists, dieticians etc.

Career Paths

The potential positions for which this programme aims to prepare could be: Elderly Care Home Managers/Directors, Elderly Home Chief Executive Officers/ Chief Financial Officers/Human Resources Managers.

It is designed to improve the prospect of employment and career progression in areas including, but not limited, to:

• Community/social services agencies for the elderly;
• Religious organisations which provide care for the elderly;
• Healthcare and long-term care agencies and institutions (state and private)

MODULES:

Financial Management of Elderly Care Settings
Research Methods
Critical Appraisal of the Aging Process
Palliative and End of Life Care
Psychology and Psychiatry of Old Age

How you’ll be assessed

This is a part-time programme and will typically take 30 months to complete. The programme comprises a total of 10 modules. 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.

  The course also includes additional, specialised support to help you write your Dissertation, including classes on            Qualitative/Quantitative data analysis tools, as well as Dissertation Workshops.

Learning Outcomes

1. Critically evaluate how legal/policy aspects can give rise to elder abuse and/or support.

2. Critically evaluate how national policy frameworks promote and sustain social solidarity through the provision of financial benefits and social services and/or support to the elderly.

3. Critically analyse complex contemporary issues in elderly care management and leadership.

4. Use critical judgment to construct effective human resources policies for the effective management of people in an elderly care organisation.

5. Critically analyse aspects of organisational culture that influence the effectiveness of quality management in elderly care organisations.

6. Analyse the relationships between an elderly care organisation’s financial management and the underlying economic drivers of the healthcare/elderly care industry.

7. Critically appraise the ageing process and factors that contribute to the physical decline.

8. Examine the philosophy and principles of palliative and end of life care, as applied in various settings.

9. Analyse the methods and theories that have been applied to the study of psychology and psychiatry of old age.

10. Carry out research within the specialised field and develop the ability to criticize the research of other authors.

11. Communicate the knowledge acquired from research to specialist and non-specialist audiences.