Caring for Older People: a Partnership Model

Ageing and some of the challenges it represents can be a daunting experience for older people, their family, friends and healthcare teams alike.

The purpose of this course is to help you better understand and address these challenges by exploring a partnership model of care that aims to build stronger and more beneficial relationships between older people and those who care for them in a variety of care settings.

In this course, we’ll introduce you to the partnership model and provide you with some practical tools and strategies for creating your own care plan.

• Ageing from the perspective of older people and those who care for them
• Principles of the partnership-centred model of care and how to apply them in a variety of settings
• The benefits of partnership-centred care for older people, their families and healthcare teams
• Practical strategies for supporting the needs and preferences of older people in positive, respectful and collaborative ways.

By the end of the course, you‘ll be able to...

• Describe partnership-centred care.

• Explain the benefits of a partnership-centred model of care for older people, their family and healthcare teams.

• Explore how partnership-centred care strategies can be developed and applied to best support the needs and preferences of older people.