Behavioural & Cognitive Management in a Nursing Home Setting
Details
This course aims to equip participants with the clinical knowledge and skills essential for managing challenging behaviours in older adults within the nursing home. This set of skills enables participants to develop age-appropriate cognitive-stimulating activities in a nursing home setting.
Course Outline
This course consists of 3 modules:
Managing challenging behaviours in a nursing home setting
Maintaining cognitive functions in a nursing home setting
Communication impairment and management in a Nursing Home Setting
Target Participants
Physiotherapists, Occupational Therapists, Staff Nurses and Enrolled Nurses
Outline
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Special Offer
Kwong Wai Shiu Hospital (KWSH) was established in 1910 and is currently the Singapore’s largest single-site nursing home which boasts 624 beds spread over a 12-storey nursing home building. Staffed by about 400 trained and professional employees, our In-patient Department (IPD), Rehabilitation Centre and Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) Centre serve thousands of patients every month. Despite being a charitable organisation that is heavily dependent on public support and donations, KWSH remains focused on providing quality care and services to the elderly who is sick and needy (frail and with significant difficulties in activities of daily living, has dementia or chronic illness) regardless of race, language or religion.
KWSH’s Mission is to provide Quality, Comprehensive and Convenient healthcare services to the needy in Singapore. KWSH’s Vision is to be a Leading Community Healthcare Hub in Singapore.
Kwong Wai Shiu Hospital (KWSH) is appointed by AIC’s (Agency for Integrated Care) as the Learning Institute for the Community Care sector. Course fee subsidies of up to 90% from AIC are available for staff working in eligible Community Care organisations. KWSH has established the Community Training Institute (CTI), a dedicated training arm, ...