Residential Care

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

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

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

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

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

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: 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...

Course Description: In this course, we highlight the importance of effective laundry procedures and identify safe working systems that reduce risk...

Course Description: In this course, we highlight the importance of effective cleaning procedures and identify safe working systems for reducing ri...

Course Description: Anxiety can be experienced in many ways and can often interrupt a person’s daily living routines. This course identifies diffe...

Course Description: In this course you will learn how sleep patterns and routines change as people get older, and how people living with dementia ...

Course Description: There are a variety of analgesics available to support pain management in aged care. This course presents the different type...

Course Description:  Describe different types of urinary catheters and the clinical procedures required to change and maintain them effectively. L...

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

Course Description: Effective communication is vital to ensure safe, quality care. In this course you will learn about the potential barriers to c...

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: Use of restraints and restrictive practices can impact a person's human rights, their quality of life, as well as their safet...

Course Description: Complaints are an inevitable part of customer service. This course explores the elements of a positive complaints culture and ...

Course Description: Bereavement is a natural experience that everyone, at some stage of their life will encounter and supporting people who are ex...

Course Description: Did you know that falls account for 40% of injury-related deaths and one percent of total deaths in the over 85's. They can h...

Course Description:  One of the key roles of care staff is the maintenance of people's personal hygiene and showering a person also provides the o...

Course Description:  Learn what constitutes bullying & harassment and explore how to prevent or respond to these behaviours. Workplace bullyin...

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

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

Course Description: Effective documentation is essential in the delivery of quality care and support. This course identifies and describes the var...

Course Description: It is a fundamental human right to live without discrimination and Equality, Diversity and Inclusion is one of the fundamental...

Course Description: Effective time management is a skill that is often developed over time, but it's imperative to ensuring that you manage all th...

Course Description: Conflict can we difficult to work through, particularly in a workplace. In this short course, you will learn how to recognise ...

Course Description: Effective communication can increase job satisfaction and can help you to build meaningful working relationships. In this shor...

Course Description: By completing this course you will discover why good oral health is important and learn how to assist with the maintenance of ...

Course Description: In Australia sepsis is one of the leading causes of death with more deaths than prostate cancer, breast cancer and HIV/AIDS co...

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:  Epilepsy is a complex neurological condition. With insights provided by carers and individuals living with epilepsy, this cou...

 (includes Te Reo Maori captions) Course Description: All people who use a health or disability service are protected by the Code of Rights. This c...

Course Description: By completing this course you will develop the knowledge and skills required to conduct a systematic head to toe assessment. L...

Course Description: In this course you will learn to identify the tools to assess depression in older people as well as describe how to administer...