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Introduction
Building up from the Health Coaching for Older Adults (HCOA) course, this course covers topics of advocacy as part of patient-centred practice, communication skills, and techniques on the use of medical devices. The curriculum considers the emotional progression of learning, beginning with ethics and professional boundaries before addressing mental health and self-care. Moving onto crisis intervention and equipping learners for challenging situations, it also focuses on providing positive reinforcement for self-care management, emphasizing the importance of motivating both patients and caregivers with coaching techniques for optimal health outcomes. This overall flow aims to create a comprehensive and impactful learning experience for future health coaches.
Upon completion of both Health Coaching for Older Adults and Health Coaching Techniques, learners will be awarded a "Professional Certificate in Essential Health Coaching for the Elderly".
Course Availability
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Date(s): 18 to 26 Jul 2024
Time: 9:00AM to 5:00PM (18, 19, 25 & 26 July 2024)
Venue: NTU@one-north campus, Executive Centre (Buona Vista)
Registration is closed.
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Date(s): 19 to 27 Sep 2024
Time: 9:00AM to 5:00PM (19, 20, 26 & 27 September 2024)
Venue: NTU@one-north campus, Executive Centre (Buona Vista)
Registration Closing Date: 29 Aug 2024
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Date(s): 21 to 29 Nov 2024
Time: 9:00AM to 5:00PM (21, 22, 28 & 29 November 2024)
Venue: NTU@one-north campus, Executive Centre (Buona Vista)
Registration Closing Date: 31 Oct 2024
At the end of this course, learners will be able to:
- Build trust and rapport with patients and caregivers.
- Assess patients’ and caregivers’ confidence to perform activities of daily living activities.
- Guide patients and caregivers on the techniques in performing self-care and use of devices.
- Provide information to stakeholders on patients' progress in the self-care management plans.
- Provide positive reinforcements for improvement in performing self-care management.
LU1: Ethics and Professionalism in Health Coaching
It is important to provide health coaches to gain a comprehensive understanding of the ethical principles, guidelines, and codes of conduct governing the practice of health coaching. It is also pertinent to identify and establish appropriate boundaries between link workers/health coaches and the individuals they support.
LU2: Health Coaching on Mental Health
It is important to raise awareness about mental health issues, reduce stigma around seeking help, thereby contributing to a more supportive and understanding healthcare environment. At the same time, it is very crucial for link health coaches and their clients to have emotional resilience and self-care, thereby promoting overall well-being.
LU3: Health Coaching in Psychological First Aid
It is important for health coaches to gain practical experience in applying psychological first aid techniques in providing immediate and practical assistance to individuals experiencing emotional challenges.
LU4: Coaching Techniques for Enablement and Support of Caregivers of Elderly
When the patient leaves the hospital, the responsibility of care rests with the patient's family, who are often unprepared or lack the necessary skills to manage the recipient's health conditions effectively. Caregivers not only need the knowledge of how to best care for their loved ones, they need to rebalance their life responsibilities. Psychosocial support and communication skills become important skills. We identify emerging health trends that may present new opportunities for caregivers’ support by analyzing preferences and aligning them with course content.
This programme is suitable for learners who are working/intending to work in the healthcare industry. Additionally, volunteers and individuals who provide support for their loved ones with chronic illnesses and/or engage with beneficiaries in health-related
organisations will be able to deepen their knowledge and expertise.
This course is suitable for:
- Health coaches,
- Caregivers,
- Healthcare Assistant,
- Basic Care Assistant,
- Nursing Aides,
- Therapy Assistant
Standard Course Fee: S$3,052
SSG Funding Support | Course fee | Course fee payable after SSG funding, if eligible under various schemes | |
BEFORE funding & GST | AFTER funding & 9% GST | ||
Singapore Citizens (SCs) and Permanent Residents (PRs) (Up to 70% funding) | S$2,800.00 | S$915.60 | |
Enhanced Training Support for SMEs (ETSS) | S$355.60 | ||
SCs aged ≥ 40 years old | |||
- Standard course fee is inclusive of GST.
- NTU/NIE alumni may utilise their $1,600 Alumni Course Credits. Click here for more information.
Prof Theng Yin Leng
Biography
Prof Theng specializes in user-centred design, interaction design, and usability engineering. Since returning to Singapore over the past 20 years, she has secured research grants totalling over $13 million as a Principal Investigator (PI). These grants, awarded by A*Star, MOH, and NRF, support projects in telehealth, patient care, elderly care, and technologies. Dr. Theng has been involved in numerous research projects as a PI, Co-I, and collaborator, and she has more than 200 publications published widely in international journals and conferences.
Prof Theng, is also the Lead PI for the curriculum design, that offers the 2-day Health Coaching for Older Adults training which is offered by NTU Centre for Professional and Continuing Education (PaCE), since March 2021.
Assoc Prof Ho Moon-Ho Ringo
Deputy Director, Ageing Research Institute for Society and Education (ARISE)
Biography
Assistant Professor Paul Victor Patinadan
Assistant Professor, School of Social Sciences
Dr Paul Victor Patinadan is an accomplished academic with close to a decade of research experience in the field of health and wellbeing. He received his PhD in Psychology right here at NTU. Paul is also an Association for Death Education and Counselling (ADEC) certified Thanatologist and plays an active role in the Action Research for Community Health (ARCH) Lab NTU.
As a mixed-methods researcher, he specialises in psycho-socio-spiritual interventions and therapies for wellbeing (with a particular interest in End of Life care and grief/bereavement facilitation for families), the development and implementation science of such interventions, and holistic education across stakeholders within care ecosystems. He has worked on several projects with a focus on clinical outcomes for various illness trajectories, community and critical health psychology, the medical humanities, and evaluative research for health organisations. These include investigating the health behaviours and personal narratives of patient and caregiver populations, co-developing a serious game for diabetic management, and evaluating the Singaporean National Advance Care Planning Programme. Paul’s most recent work,’The Table to Console’ considers the role of food and the culinary arts for facilitating healing following the loss of a loved one. To date, he has participated in multiple international and local conferences, and has been awarded with a number of honours.
Ms H. Falina (Lin)
MSc SWD, ACLP
Assistant Director, Ageing Research Institute for Society and Education (ARISE)
Biography
Dr Cao Yuanyuan
Dr Cao Yuanyuan is a Research Fellow from Wee Kim Wee School of Communication and Information (WKWSCI) and an affiliated researcher of the Ageing Research Institute for Society and Education (ARISE), Nanyang Technological University. With a PhD in Communication Studies, Media Law and Policy from WKWSCI, NTU, Dr Cao has successfully completed several innovative research projects on eldercare and health coaching.
Having done research in health coaching for years, Dr Cao firmly believes that health coaching can bridge the gap between what people want to become and what they achieve through behaviour changes. She has been actively involved in designing and updating the health coaching curriculum, and coaches the "Exercise and Fitness" module in this program.
