☰ Program Description
The Personal Care Skills for Health Care Assistants course introduces students to the essential knowledge and practical skills involved in providing respectful, safe, and supportive personal care to individuals who need assistance with everyday activities. It focuses on understanding the responsibilities of healthcare assistants and the importance of maintaining the comfort, dignity, independence, and well-being of individuals receiving care.
Students explore the different types of assistance that may be required by older adults, individuals with physical limitations, and people living with health conditions that affect their daily routines. The course introduces personal hygiene, grooming, mobility support, nutrition, infection prevention, communication, and basic observation skills.
An important part of the course is understanding person-centred care. Students learn why care should be based on individual needs, preferences, abilities, and established care instructions rather than following the same approach for everyone.
Through demonstrations, guided activities, and simulated care scenarios, students develop an understanding of safe caregiving practices, professional responsibilities, and the importance of working collaboratively with healthcare teams.
This course is suitable for students interested in exploring healthcare assistance, personal support, nursing, senior care, and community health services.
✓ Who Should Consider This Course?
Students interested in healthcare and patient support.
Individuals exploring Health Care Assistant or Personal Support Worker education.
Students interested in senior care and community healthcare.
Learners who want to understand personal care, hygiene, and patient safety.
Students considering further education in nursing or allied healthcare fields.
◉ Learning Outcomes
By the end of this course, students should be able to:
Explain the role and responsibilities of a Health Care Assistant.
Identify the everyday personal care needs of individuals requiring assistance.
Understand basic personal hygiene, grooming, and dressing support.
Recognize the importance of safe mobility and positioning.
Explain basic nutrition, hydration, and feeding assistance principles.
Identify essential infection prevention and workplace safety practices.
Demonstrate an understanding of respectful and compassionate communication.
Recognize the importance of observing and reporting changes in an individual’s well-being.
Understand confidentiality, professional boundaries, and ethical responsibilities.
Explain the importance of person-centred care and maintaining individual independence.
🗹 Teaching and Learning Approach
The course may combine classroom instruction, practical demonstrations, guided exercises, simulated care scenarios, and individual assignments.
Students may participate in:
Personal hygiene and grooming demonstrations.
Safe mobility and positioning exercises using training equipment.
Infection prevention and hand hygiene activities.
Nutrition and hydration case studies.
Communication role-playing exercises.
Simulated care-planning and documentation activities.
Discussions involving ethical responsibilities and patient dignity.
➜ Skills You Will Develop
Personal care and hygiene awareness.
Patient communication.
Empathy and compassionate care.
Infection prevention awareness.
Mobility and safety awareness.
Observation and reporting.
Teamwork and professional responsibility.
Understanding person-centred healthcare.
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Key Information
- Start Date: Continous Intakes
- Program Duration: 112 Hours
- Total Tuition Fee: $1,000
- Delivery Method(s): In-class instruction + Online