[Elderly Health Care] 1.Elderly Health Care
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Lesson Code: TCEN2026I030

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Academic Hours
4.60hours
Publish Date
Sep 2026

Lecturer

1. Lecturer JIANG YijunShanghai Pharmaceutical School

2. Lecturer XIE RongrongShanghai Pharmaceutical School

3. Lecturer HE JiaminShanghai Pharmaceutical School

General Introduction
This course focuses on developing students’ knowledge and skills in care for older adults and is a core professional course for the Elderly Services and Management major. It enables students to acquire the basic knowledge and skills required for Daily Living Care for Older Adults and develop the fundamental vocational competencies needed to provide services and care for older adults.
It is a follow-up course to Human Body Structure and Function for Older Adults and also provides a foundation for subsequent courses such as Medical Care for Older Adults, Disease Prevention and Care for Older Adults, and Rehabilitation Care for Older Adults.

This Course is for
1. Helping trainees make the necessary preparations for care work as required.
2. Equipping trainees with the ability to communicate effectively with older adults.
3. Enabling trainees to assist older adults in selecting and maintaining appropriate body positions and to transfer them safely.
4. Helping trainees provide Dietary Care by assisting self-care older adults, older adults with physical disabilities, and older adults with swallowing difficulties with eating and drinking, and assisting older adults receiving nasogastric feeding through a nasogastric tube.
5. Equipping trainees with the skills required to provide Excretion Care for older adults.
6. Enabling trainees to provide Oral Care, body cleaning, hair care, and other Cleaning Care for older adults.
7. Helping trainees provide older adults with a comfortable environment for rest and sleep and assist older adults with sleep disorders in falling asleep.
8. Equipping trainees with the ability to properly handle and organize equipment and supplies after care procedures.
9. Enabling trainees to complete care records as required after care procedures.

Learning Materials

1. Corresponding PPT
2. Online Course Video
3. Simulation Question Bank

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Benefits of Learning

1. Understanding the procedures and requirements for changing bed sheets for older adults who are bedridden.
2. Being able to provide Oral Care, hair care, and Bed Bath for older adults.
3. Being able to assist older adults in changing body positions and transport them using wheelchairs.
4. Being able to assist older adults with eating and drinking and provide Nasogastric Tube Feeding for older adults with nasogastric tubes.
5. Understanding the procedures for assisting bedridden older adults with the use of bedpans and assisting older adults with toileting.
6. Being able to relieve constipation in older adults by administering a rectal laxative solution or performing manual disimpaction.
7. Understanding the procedures and requirements for changing ostomy pouches.
8. Being able to assist older adults with the use of urinals and provide Indwelling Catheter Care.
9. Understanding the principles and procedures of care for sleep disorders, Morning Care, and Evening Care.

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