The Ageing Process 2hrs

The course is designed to provide, for care support workers, an introduction to the
process of ageing and how that process affects the individual.

This unit is relevant to workers who provide personal care to clients in all
care settings – hospital, residential, day- or foster-care or in the client’s
own home.

∇ Understand the main effects of any specific condition or
syndrome experienced by the service user groups.
∇ Understand how to respond to needs created by specific
conditions, impairments or disabilities
∇ Gain knowledge of what happens to our bodies as we get
older
∇ Understand how we can improve the quality of life for the
older person
∇ Be able to identify the difference between normal and
abnormal ageing