Old Age Care
During the one-year duration of “Old Age Care” trade, a candidate is trained on Professional Skill, Professional Knowledge and Employability Skill related to job role. In addition to this, a candidate is entrusted to undertake project work, extracurricular activities and on-thejob training to build up confidence. The broad components covered under Professional Skill subject are as below:-
The trainee learns about elementary old age care, computer knowledge, communication skill for old age, data base management, food and dietary first-aid, firefighting, environment regulation and housekeeping, etc. The trainee identifies trade tools, different general issues related to old age, food habits, primary diet chart management and hygienic aspect. The trainee will be able to identify and see to issues for old age care and old age home management, they will be able to attain knowledge of computer to be utilize for data management and to upgrade for latest technology for old age care. They will be able to prepare dietary chart for old aged person and person with different health issues like stroke, digestive issues. They will be able to do practical on computer system data base management, presentation, printing, will be able to do the data transportation to the storage media, sending data through E-mail and to Scan photographs and analysis of images. They will be able to understand sociological, physiological and health wise understand old age people. There will be a visit to old age care homes, hospitals and other areas where old age people are cared.
The trainee will be able to do attain hand on skill for kitchen arrangement and hygiene. They will be able to understand infrastructure require for proper cooking and maintained of hygiene. They will be able to do proper housekeeping for old age care homes. They will understand climatic effect on old age health and mental situation. They will be able to assist old age person with locomotion, paralysis, fracture, bed sore and many common areas. They will be able to give first aid for emergency and will be able to console old age people for their physiological aspects. They will be able to council old age person with different mental situation and habits. They will be able to maintain dietary and medical chart of old age person. The trainee also undergoes four weeks on-the- job training in various old age care homes, hospitals and other areas where old age people are cared at the end of the year which gives them more practical exposure to the professional working environment.
The Directorate General of Training (DGT) under Ministry of Skill Development & Entrepreneurship offers a range of vocational training courses catering to the need of different sectors of the economy/ labour market. The vocational training programs are delivered under the aegis of Directorate General of Training (DGT). Craftsman Training Scheme (CTS) with variants and Apprenticeship Training Scheme (ATS) are two pioneer programs of DGT for propagating vocational training.
‘Old Age Care’ trade under CTS is one of the popular courses delivered nationwide through a network of ITIs. The course is of one year duration. It mainly consists of Domain area and Core area. The Domain area (Trade Theory & Practical) impart professional skills and knowledge. While the core area(Employability Skill) imparts requisite core skills, knowledge, and life skills. After passing out the training program, the trainee is awarded National Trade Certificate (NTC) by DGT which is recognized worldwide.
Candidates broadly need to demonstrate that they are able to:
- Read and interpret technical parameters/documents, plan and organize work processes, identify necessary materials and tools;
- Perform tasks with due consideration to safety rules, accident prevention regulations and environmental protection stipulations;
- Apply professional skill, knowledge & employability skills while performing jobs.
- Document the technical parameters related to the task undertaken.
JOB ROLE
Home Based Personal Care Workers, Other include personal care workers who attend to various personal needs and in general provide personal care for persons in need of such care at their own homes because of physical or mental illness or disability or because of impairment due to old age not elsewhere classified
The following describes the primary responsibilities expected Old age care Job Functions:
- Assist with walking and light exercise, Plan and prepare meals, followed by clean-up, Monitor food expiration dates, make future meals, Make beds and change linens, as needed, Light housekeeping to include dusting and vacuuming, Assist with bathing, dressing and grooming
- Laundry and ironing, Take out garbage, Run errands (pickup prescriptions, dry cleaning), Engage in physical and mental exercises, Provide medication reminders, Escort on appointments (hair salon, physical therapy, etc.), Escort to religious services or events, Engage in activities (games, memory books), Companionship
LEARNING OUTCOMES
- 1. Identify the organizational hierarchy of old age care, select and perform the duties and responsibilities following safety precaution.
- 2. Develop communication skill for maintenance of office correspondence.
- 3. Develop computer skill for maintain the data and office correspondence.
- 4. Identify different physical and mental health related issues for old age persons and comply the methods for solutions.
- 5. Comply preservation of food and dietary requirement.
- 6. Attain knowledge of health and hygiene.
- 7. Attain required knowledge of sociology, physiology and anatomy for old age care.
- 8. Develop hands on skill for kitchen hygiene and housekeeping maintenance.
- 9. Apply practices for problem related physical effect like Locomotion, Paralysis, fracture, bed sores etc. Psychological effect like memory loss, exit tendency, depression, aggression, suicidal tendency etc.
- 10. Identify, select and resolve the issue related to human health as per gender.
- 11. Perform different types of drills to execute fire and natural hazards.
- 12. Organize and assist psychological counselling and organize social events.
- 13. Assist for nursing care of old age person and develop the skill for entertainment for old age person.
