Residential Care

Course Description: Develop the skills required to observe, manage and monitor a stoma in the older person. Identify, prevent and report potential...

Course Description: Develop the skills required to observe and monitor enteral feeding and resolve potential complications. Learning Outcomes: Aft...

Course Description: Become skilled at performing clinical tasks such as urinalysis, recording vital signs and applying compression stockings. Lear...

Course Description: Age related changes in the skin put older people at risk of skin conditions that need special care. We explore common conditio...

Course Description: Discover the key principles promoting healthy bowel function and their impact on bowel disease. Explore effective strategies t...

Course Description: Discover how to bathe and assist with the personal grooming of a person who is confined to bed, while maintaining their dignit...

Course Description: Continuously assessing risk is an integral part of everyday care. Recognise your role and responsibilities when undertaking dy...

Course Description: Recognise the role advance care planning plays in promoting quality care at the end of life. Explore key steps in developing a...

Course Description: As a food handler, it is essential that you are aware of the basic principles of safe food handling so that you can ensure tha...

Course Description: Pressure injuries can happen to anyone but usually affect individuals with limited mobility where confined to a bed, chair or ...

Course Description: All people have spiritual needs, which may be separate from religion. In this course we explore the various forms that spiritu...

Course Description: Pain can be a debilitating experience for the older person, affecting them both mentally and physically. This course explains ...

Course Description: Infectious diseases can spread easily in the residential care setting and quickly turn into an outbreak, leading to increased ...

Course Description:  This extended length course (55 minutes) practically demonstrates the correct procedures of various manual handling manoeuvre...

Course Description:  Appropriate hazard identification and risk assessment is essential to maintaining a safe workplace. In this course, you will ...

Course Description: Ensuring residents safety is part of your everyday role, but what about your responsibilities in a fire emergency? This course...

Course Description: Failure to maintain standards and safe practice can affect the individual, health professional and the organisation. This cour...

Course Description:  This course will help you to recognise and respond to the complications that can occur when a person has diabetes and explain...

Course Description:  Demonstrate how to perform venipuncture and how to administer subcutaneous fluids. Explain the RN’s role in verifying death. ...

Course Description:  Demonstrate how to change a catheter bag, how to take blood pressure and apply tubular bandages. Learning Outcomes: After com...

Course Description:  People living in residential care come from a variety of culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds. This course explo...

Course Description:  Vulnerable people are at risk of being subjected to a range of abuses. In this course you will explore the nature of elder ab...

Course Description: Falls are one of the leading causes of injury and death in older people. This course will explore the falls management process...

Course Description: Neurological observations are used to determine the neurological status of an individual who is at risk of deterioration or ha...

Course Description: Dementia, depression and delirium are conditions that require individualised support. This course presents how to recognise th...

Course Description: Changes in a resident’s condition can be swift or gradual. Clinical staff play a vital role in ensuring early intervention and...

Course Description:  As symptoms progress, a person living with dementia may find it increasingly difficult to express their needs. Changes in beh...

Course Description:  Effective documentation is key to gaining insight into changes in behaviour among residents living with dementia. This course...

Course Description:  It is important for staff to be able to identify causes and triggers for changes in behaviour among residents living with dem...

Course Description:  A care plan is a dynamic document identifying an individual’s needs, preferences, goals and support strategies. This course e...

Course Description: Dignity of risk supports individuals to take positive risks that can lead to improved quality of life, independence and self-e...

Course Description: Psychotropic medications can be prescribed for older people to treat certain conditions; however, there are risks associated w...

Course Description: Every person we care for has individual needs and preferences. This course outlines the principles of person-centred care, exa...

Course Description: Current research indicates that about half of older New Zealanders experience some level of loneliness, and 8-9% feel lonely a...

Course Description: Pain can be a debilitating experience for the older person, affecting them both mentally and physically. This course explains...

Course Description: This course explores the principles of managing handover to promote effective communication and consistent levels of care. You...