15 Home Healthcare Degree Programs

Excel at offering in-demand, quality care as a health care aide with our Certificate in Health Care Aide (2019). You will learn to provide client-centred care, personal grooming and hygiene, and medical delivery assistance. You will be prepared to be a key member of the health care team.

The Personal Support Worker program will prepare you with the knowledge and skills to provide compassionate care when assisting individuals with broad-spectrum conditions and health care needs. Your help will enable them to lead active and fulfilling lives in the community and institutions, both here and abroad.

Are you currently unemployed and passionate about enhancing the quality of life and dignity of Albertans through community and home caregiving? This is the right program for you! If you are currently unemployed, the Community and Home Care Worker Integrated Training Program will prepare you with the essential knowledge, skills, and hands-on experience to work with individuals requiring assisted living.

This program prepares students to provide basic care to a varied clientele as well as to support nursing and hospital staff. These healthcare professionals work in hospitals, nursing homes, rehabilitation centers, medical clinics, as well as home care agencies.

The Certificate III in Individual Support (Ageing, Home and Community) is designed to provide training to entry-level workers who want to work in residential aged care facilities, community care, disability care, community-based organisations and hospitals.

You will study the core concepts of the anatomy and physiology of the human body and the ways in which the body and mind develop and change across the lifespan.Theoretical content in the classroom is brought to life through simulated practical activities in laboratory settings. Theoretical models are explored through interactive workshops, and while simulated, real health service settings provide practical, experiential learning.

The one-year Personal Support Worker Ontario College Certificate program, delivered over 28 weeks, prepares you for an in-demand career in the healthcare field. As a frontline care provider, you develop the ability to engage with persons and families of various ages and health-related needs to promote healthy living. Learn how to assist clients with their daily personal care needs, such as nutrition, bathing, dressing, toileting, and household management.

This qualification reflects the role of support workers who complete specialised tasks and functions in aged care services, in residential, home or community-based environments.

As a Pedagogical Assistant, you work with children, young people, or adults with special needs. They all need care and support from an educational angle. A Pedagogical Assistant can get a job in crèches, kindergartens, schools, and after-school clubs or as a daycare worker in their own home. You can also work with adults with disabilities in, for example, housing.

The Personal Support Worker (PSW) program prepares graduates to provide supportive care to individuals across their lifespan by assisting them with their activities of daily living, including clients experiencing cognitive impairment, physical disability, and mental health challenges. The Program was developed and maintained by a committee consisting of consultants, program design experts, subject-matter experts from both the Regulated College sector and employer groups.

Certified Medication Aide Course prepares participants to administer some medications to residents in adult care facilities under a registered nurse's supervision. QMRP medication aides may administer medications only to residents in an intermediate care facility for the mentally challenged.

In this one-year Personal Support Worker certificate program, gain the skills to start a fulfilling and in-demand career that puts people first. Learn through traditional lectures and innovative lab components, preparing you to thrive in a large range of healthcare settings or pursue further education.

This program is ideal for developing a career in the aged and community care industry. It reflects the role of workers in the community and/or residential setting who follow an individualised plan to provide person-centred support to people who may require support due to an ageing, disability or some other reason.

This qualification reflects the role of workers in the community and/or residential setting who follow an individualised plan to provide person-centred support to people who may require support due to an ageing, disability or some other reason.

A career as a Personal Support Worker takes heart, compassion, and a dedication to helping those most in need. It also takes a highly specialized set of dynamic technical and interpersonal skills. If you’re interested in a career that is personally satisfying, the PSW program will get you on your way to career success.