Introduction to the aging process

Target audience

This course is designed as a taster for people with an interest in going on to complete an accredited course in the ageing process, or any other health and/or social care qualification. It can also be useful to people who would be interested broadening their knowledge on the subject, for instance older people, their families and/or carers.

This course has been developed and mapped to current occupational standards, qualification frameworks and the following documents and resources:

• CG161
• NG32

Course content

• Common health conditions
• Guidelines
• Independence and mental wellbeing
• The importance of social history
• Issues of aging
• Determinants of health
• Falls
• Promoting dignity and autonomy
• Making every contact count

Learning outcomes

After attending this course, attendees will have developed the following:

• An appreciation of the types of issues and conditions which can come with the ageing process
• Empathy and appropriate behaviour towards the older person
• Language skills
• A modern understanding of what it means to be an older person
• An understanding of unique neuro-differences
• An understanding of common challenges that older people face

Duration: 0.5 days