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Table 2 Content of the classroom-based training sessions

From: Building the capacity of community health workers to support health and social care for dependent older people in Latin America: a pilot study in Fortaleza, Brazil

Topic

Content

Health of the Dependent older Person

- Health and functional capacity in later life

- Activities of Daily Living

- Who is a dependent older person?

Essential Health Care I

- Hygiene

- Continence

- Nutrition

Essential Health Care II

- Transference

- Mobility

Aggravating Situations I

- Risk Situations

- Communication with the Family Health Strategy Team

Aggravating Situations II

- Prevention of violence

Social Support

- Basic social support (from Social Work) available to older people

- Dependent older people and their families

Care-giver Staff Support

- The care-giver and the dependent older person

- Taking care of the care-giver