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Training courses for health care workers
The Social Welfare Department (SWD), in conjunction with three professional health care training institutes, is organising a series of training courses to meet the demand for health care staff in residential care homes for the elderly.
The training courses are organised with a view to improving the quality of service of personnel in residential care homes for the elderly, a spokesman for the department said today (Saturday).
The three institutes are the College of Nursing, Hong Kong, the Hong Kong Red Cross and the Hong Kong St John Ambulance Association. The first course will commence on April 9.
"Under the Residential Care Homes (Elderly Persons) Regulation, all health workers are required, among other things, to complete training approved by the Director of Social Welfare before being qualified for registration.
"The 11-week course, covering a total of 140 training hours, is designed to equip trainees with the necessary knowledge and skills for a comprehensive understanding of health care for elderly persons.
"The content of the course includes lectures on basic nursing skills for elderly persons, physiological and psychological development and common medical conditions of the elderly, basic skills in interpersonal relationship, communication and management of residential care homes for the elderly," the spokesman said.
Hong Kong residents who have completed Form 3 or equivalent and are competent to complete the training course can apply. Priority will be given to those who have two or more years of working experience in services for the elderly, and those who have received medical, nursing, first aid or home nursing training.
Letters have already been sent to elderly home operators, inviting them to recommend suitable candidates for the course. Posters of the training courses will also be put up at all public housing estates and Group Work Units of SWD.
Individuals who are interested in taking up a job in elderly homes may obtain an application form from any of the three institutes or SWD's Licensing Office of Residential Care Homes for the Elderly at Room 2354, 23rd floor, Wu Chung House, 213 Queen's Road East, Wan Chai.
Enquiries can be directed to the licensing office on 2961 7220 or 2961 7221. The deadline for application is February 16 (Friday).
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