Aging, Home Safety, Equip Use

Catalog description

This course examines the reality and functional requirements of aging and caregiving both personally and professional. This includes caring for the caregiver, normal aging, home assessment and modification, body mechanics/ patient handling, equipment and use, insurance, building a professional clinical network, and signs/symptoms of distress/most common risk factors for re-hospitalization. This course will not only explore traditional modes of caregiving but will also focus on aiding students and caregivers in the development of their own real world approaches to caregiving in their personal and professional environment.