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Care Compass: caring for elderly parents

Six lessons built on official pages from Carer Gateway, My Aged Care, the NHS, Carers UK, the Eldercare Locator, ACL, healthdirect and NIA: carer support by country, assessments, dementia awareness, planning conversations and looking after yourself.

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About this course

Caregiving course: caring for elderly parents.

Starter · About 1 hour of learning · 6 lessons · 18 quick checks · 1 download

  • Who it's for

    Adults caring for, or starting to care for, an aging parent or relative in Australia, the UK or the US.

  • How it works

    6 guided lessons in your browser, with worked examples, exercises and a quick check after each lesson. Progress is saved in this browser only, and you can restart at any time. You start with just your first name and email, and you can take one whole course that way. After that, a free account lets you continue past lesson 1.

  • Sources we rely on

    32 published sources, mostly regulators and official bodies, listed below so you can check the original guidance yourself.

By the end you can

  • Recognize when you’re a carer and what support exists for carers
  • Name the carer support services in your country and how to contact them
  • Prepare for assessments for your parent and for yourself
  • Describe dementia in official words and know that the first step is a doctor
  • Start planning conversations, look after yourself, and know the elder abuse and urgent-help lines

Downloads

  • Care planning organizer .xlsxSpreadsheet tabs for support contacts by country, a care map, appointments, wishes and documents, and your own wellbeing, with carer, elder abuse and urgent-help lines.

Rules by country

Australia
Carer Gateway 1800 422 737 (Mon to Fri, 8am to 5pm); My Aged Care 1800 200 422 (assessments); National Dementia Helpline 1800 100 500; National Elder Abuse Phone Line 1800 353 374; advance care planning (healthdirect, Advance Care Planning Australia). Emergency 000; Lifeline 13 11 14.
United Kingdom
Carer’s assessment from your council’s adult social services (NHS); Carers UK Helpline 0808 808 7777; Dementia UK Helpline 0800 888 6678; Hourglass 0808 808 8141; advance statements (NHS) and lasting powers of attorney (GOV.UK, England and Wales). Emergency 999; Samaritans 116 123.
United States
Eldercare Locator 1-800-677-1116 (ACL); National Family Caregiver Support Program; NIA caregiving, dementia, elder abuse and advance care planning pages (incl. National Elder Fraud Hotline 833-FRAUD-11). Emergency 911; crisis 988.

Learning time

About 1 hour of learning. May count towards your CPD or professional development; check your professional body's rules. Estimated from reading time, exercises, quick checks and downloads.

Sources

Check the originals.

How these courses are made. Spotted an error or out-of-date rule? Send a correction.

General information only, not medical advice. Talk to your doctor or another qualified health professional about your situation. In an emergency call 000 (AU), 999 (UK), 911 (US/Canada) or 111 (NZ).

Publisher

Who publishes this course.

Published by trainyourself.org, a trading name of Combine TRS Pty Ltd (ABN 42 112 983 678), Brisbane, Australia.

How it's made: researched from published official public-health and government guidance, then run through automated quality checks against our course depth standard and automated source checks that match each rule to its official source, listed above. Read how these courses are made.

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General information, not tax, accounting, legal or professional advice. Spotted an error or an out-of-date rule? Send us a correction.

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