Home Support
Lifestyles and Choices for Wellness
Students will explore the concept of wellness and the components of a health enhancing lifestyle. They will reflect on their own experience of wellness, recognizing challenges and resources that may impact on their lifestyle choices and consequently, their health.
Health and Healing 1
Students will explore concepts and principles related to caring, basic human needs, growth and development across the life span, and common health challenges.
Health and Healing--Concepts for Practice
Students will explore concepts and principles related to caring, human needs, growth and development across the life span and problem solving common health challenges. They will examine care giving practices that promote and support client/resident focused interventions for health, healing, and end-of-life care.
Wellness: Health, Lifestyle & Choice (This course will be discontinued effective January 2010)
Students will explore the concept of wellness and the components of a health enhancing lifestyle. They will reflect on their own experience of wellness, recognizing challenges and resources that may impact on their lifestyle choices and consequently, their health.
Health and Healing: Concepts for Practice I
Students will explore concepts and principles related to caring and basic human needs. They will examine growth and development and common health challenges with a focus on aging.
Personal Care Skills I
Students will acquire skills in providing personal care aimed at maintaining and promoting the comfort, safety, and independence of client/residents in home support and resident care settings.
Corequisites: HSRC 1130
Introduction to Workrole
Students will examine the legal, ethical and paraprofessional roles and responsibilities of the home support/resident care attendant (hs/rca) practitioner. They will focus on the knowledge, basic skills, attitudes and values required for practice.
Health and Healing 2
Students will explore concepts and principles related to complex human needs and will problem-solve specific health challenges. They will examine resources and care giving practices that promote and support client/resident focused interventions for health, healing, and end-of-life care.
Prerequisites: HSRC 1104
Health and Healing: Concepts for Practice II
Students will explore concepts and basic principles related to growth and development, and common health challenges with a focus on the older adult. They will apply a problem-solving approach when caring for people with complex health challenges. Students will examine resources and care-giving practices that promote and support client/resident focused interventions for health, healing, and end-of-life care.
Prerequisites: HSRC 1124
Transferable (refer to transfer guide)
Personal Care Skills II
Students will acquire home management skills in a simulated setting to provide care collaboratively with clients in their homes. They will practice adaptations to care to promote the comfort, safety and independence of the client in the home.
Home Support/Resident Care Attendant Practicum
Students will consolidate knowledge and skills and prepare for assuming the responsibilities of an employee, during a full-time placement in both a long term care and home support setting.
Dementia and Mental Health Challenges in Aging
Students will explore concepts and models applicable to the care of individuals with dementia or mental health challenges as they age. They will identify communication strategies that facilitate providing care. Students will appreciate the importance of a person’s life story. They will become familiar with the home and community resources that support individuals and families dealing with the challenges of dementia and mental health issues in aging.
Prerequisites: HSRC 1130
Corequisites: HSRC 1250
