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Daragh Nolan, 19 Apr
Nua Healthcare Services, Ireland's leading private provider of
community-based residential care services for children and adults with
disabilities and/or mental health disorders and associated complex
needs, has developed a series of FREE online courses and tools focused
on supporting caregivers in Kildare by increasing their general
knowledge, regardless of current skill levels and/or experience.
The courses, which cover topics such as intellectual disabilities,
autism spectrum disorder, global developmental delay, attention deficit
hyperactivity disorder, acquired brain injury, mental health
difficulties in children, adolescents, and adults, and supporting the
caregiver through self-care, have been developed by Nua's highly
competent multidisciplinary team members, including senior clinical
psychologists, occupational therapists, speech and language therapists
and behaviour specialists.
Each course introduces a specific disability or mental health diagnosis
by discussing its main clinical features and how they impact
functioning throughout an individual's life. It concludes with some
useful information and tips on how to better support the individual.
Ita Forde, Director of Services at Nua Healthcare said, "We are
delighted to launch our Caregiver Empowerment Programme. We truly hope
this programme is received in the spirit intended, as a resource for
social workers and allied healthcare professionals to make available to
caregivers, so that they, in turn, are empowered with the competencies
to better understand and thereafter support the individuals they care
for. The content has taken our team members several months to pull
together and will be accessible via a bespoke online management system
to help caregivers easily access and manage their course content
anywhere at any time.”
In the context of our work, we have seen first-hand the difficulties
some caregivers face, the unfortunate consequence for individuals with
intellectual disabilities and/or mental health conditions who go
undiagnosed and do not receive the necessary early
interventions. Although we are not expected to, and indeed, we cannot
support everyone in need, we do wish to help our communities and
national healthcare system through FREE access to our Caregiver
Empowerment Programme, which we intend to continue developing for the
betterment of everyone over the coming years. It is a privilege to be
part of an organisation that really does live their Mission, Vision and
Values and who aspires to do better not only for the individuals who
avail of and deliver our services, but also for the communities we all
belong."
To self-register for the Caregiver Empowerment Programme, please visit
Nua Healthcare's website here for further
instructions. https://www.nuahealthcare.ie/caregiver-empowerment-progra
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