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IELTS (International English Language Test Service) 7.0 overall with no band less than 6.5
Through hands-on learning and an interprofessional health care team approach, gain the skills required to provide supportive care to clients who are experiencing physical, cognitive, emotional and behavioural challenges:
Explore strategies for developing and maintaining therapeutic relationships with aged and palliative patients, thereby fostering their dignity, self-worth and independence.
Learn how to effectively communicate with aging and palliative patients as well as with health care team members.
Study how individuals cope with pain as well as appropriate measures for providing comfort and pain management to the terminally ill and their families within your scope of practice.
Become familiar with ethical, legal and spiritual considerations with regard to the care of vulnerable populations, and develop an understanding of individual and multicultural approaches to aging, death, dying and grieving.
Apply theory and concepts as related to caring for vulnerable populations and palliative patients through a combination of a clinical practicum and immersive simulation.
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First Year - Semester One
CVPP1003 Aged Care Issues
on the legal and ethical considerations within care provision of the vulnerable.
WKPL1030 Care of the Older Adult Practicum
CVPP1000 Introduction to Care of Older Adults
CVPP1002 Introduction to Pain & Comfort
CVPP1004 Physiological Changes & Effects in the Care of the Aged
CVPP1001 Psychosocial & Social Implications in the Care of the Aged
First Year - Semester Two
CVPP1006 Care Management in the Palliative Environment
WKPL1031 Care of the Palliative Care Patient & Their Families Practicum
CVPP1007 Ethical, Legal & Spiritual Considerations in Palliative Care
CVPP1005 Introduction to Palliative Care
CVPP1008 Psychosocial Implications of the Palliative Care Journey
This program is designed to enhance the knowledge of health care or social service professionals who support vulnerable populations, such as the aged and terminally ill, and their families.
Graduates of this program find rewarding careers in a variety of gerontology and palliative care specialty areas, including the following:
Hospitals
Clinics
Long-term care facilities
Retirement homes
Community-home agencies
Gerontology education
| Health Insurance for one calendar year (mandatory): | $600 |
