Why Study this Advanced Certificate in Aged Care and Counselling Course?

If you want to learn how to help someone with age and health-related issues, or if you want to learn how to help someone who is experiencing grief, then this advanced certificate in aged care and counselling course is for you! This course will give you a solid foundation in counselling, consulting, and giving advice to those who are experiencing aged care and grief-related issues.

This Advanced Certificate in Aged Care and Counselling Course has been created to satisfy the need for specific training by distance learning for those giving emotional support and care to the aged and elderly and their families.

Gain skills in:

  • Counselling the elderly and their families
  • Understanding the life changes experienced by people as they age
  • Understanding grief and its management
  • Understanding family dynamics and how best to support families.

The transition to old age as well as the illness and dramatic life changes experienced by the elderly and their family can be very dramatic and sudden. Most families are unprepared for both the physical and emotional changes when having to cope with the transition to care and nursing homes, the changes in relationships, and the sudden onset of ill health.

 

Course Structure

There are 4 modules in this course:

Aged Care and Counselling
  • Understanding Ageing
  • Lifestyle Changes
  • Deterioration of Health
  • Support Services
  • Enablement Techniques
  • Grief and Loss Counselling
  • Debilitating and Terminal Illness
  • Losing a Loved One
  • Ethics and Intervention
Grief Counselling
  • Nature and Scope of Grief and Bereavement
  • Stages of Grief
  • Grief and Children
  • Grief and Adolescents
  • Adjustment to Bereavement
  • Abnormal Grief
  • Preparing for Grief and Bereavement
  • Future Outlook and Long-Term Grief
Suggested Electives: Choose TWO (2)
  • Family Counselling
  • Anger Management
  • Crisis Counselling
  • Relationships and Communication Counselling
  • Stress Management
  • Counselling Techniques
  • Counselling Skills A
  • Counselling Skills B

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  • Experienced Tutor support
  • Certificate sent to you
  • Online study (Printed notes available)
  • Self paced - no set timetable
  • 12 months to complete course

From: $50.00 / week for 48 weeks

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    • Experienced Tutor support
    • Certificate sent to you
    • Online study (Printed notes available)
    • Self paced - no set timetable
    • 12 months to complete course

    From: $50.00 / week for 48 weeks

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      Why Study this Advanced Certificate in Aged Care and Counselling Course?

      If you want to learn how to help someone with age and health-related issues, or if you want to learn how to help someone who is experiencing grief, then this advanced certificate in aged care and counselling course is for you! This course will give you a solid foundation in counselling, consulting, and giving advice to those who are experiencing aged care and grief-related issues.

      This Advanced Certificate in Aged Care and Counselling Course has been created to satisfy the need for specific training by distance learning for those giving emotional support and care to the aged and elderly and their families.

      Gain skills in:

      • Counselling the elderly and their families
      • Understanding the life changes experienced by people as they age
      • Understanding grief and its management
      • Understanding family dynamics and how best to support families.

      The transition to old age as well as the illness and dramatic life changes experienced by the elderly and their family can be very dramatic and sudden. Most families are unprepared for both the physical and emotional changes when having to cope with the transition to care and nursing homes, the changes in relationships, and the sudden onset of ill health.

       

      Course Structure

      There are 4 modules in this course:

      Aged Care and Counselling
      • Understanding Ageing
      • Lifestyle Changes
      • Deterioration of Health
      • Support Services
      • Enablement Techniques
      • Grief and Loss Counselling
      • Debilitating and Terminal Illness
      • Losing a Loved One
      • Ethics and Intervention
      Grief Counselling
      • Nature and Scope of Grief and Bereavement
      • Stages of Grief
      • Grief and Children
      • Grief and Adolescents
      • Adjustment to Bereavement
      • Abnormal Grief
      • Preparing for Grief and Bereavement
      • Future Outlook and Long-Term Grief
      Suggested Electives: Choose TWO (2)
      • Family Counselling
      • Anger Management
      • Crisis Counselling
      • Relationships and Communication Counselling
      • Stress Management
      • Counselling Techniques
      • Counselling Skills A
      • Counselling Skills B

      Enrol Now

      • Experienced Tutor support
      • Certificate sent to you
      • Online study (Printed notes available)
      • Self paced - no set timetable
      • 12 months to complete course

      From: $50.00 / week for 48 weeks

      Clear

       

      Get a Free Info Pack!

        CourseStream Accreditation.
        Accredited courses.