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SCOPE OF PRACTICE  :

     At the end of the course the candidate will have a certification of the skills attained and would be ligible to perform following activities:

• Discuss & verbalize the role of doctor, nurses and other healthcare providers

• Assist elderly in bathing, skin care, foot care and grooming

• Assist elderly in oral feeding and NG feeding

•  Assist geriatrics in elimination needs and provide catheter care and enema to the needy

• Perform basic physical examination of elderly to identify the problcms

• Assess vital signs of the elderly people

• Assist the elderly in administration of oral medications

• Administer insulin injections subcutaneously

• Assist the elderly in mobilization using assistive or mobility devices

• Transfer the elderly from bed to wheel chair, wheel chair to bed, chair to bed. bed to chair, stretcher to ambulance, stretcher to bed

• Practice infection control protocols

• Perform cardiopulmonary resuscitation and first aid in the event of emergencies

• Identify the behavioral problems of the elderly

• Assist the elderly to cope with changes in ageing to improve their health and well-being.

•  Perform measures to prevent pressure ulcers and also apply wound dressing to various stages of pressure ulcers

• Provide palliative care to dyeing elderly and death care

• Maintain good communication and interpersonal relationship with elderly people, family members and healthcare providers

•  Document the activities performed for the elderly in designated records