This unit teaches students vocabulary and communication skills related to elderly care and geriatric healthcare. Learners explore topics such as residential care, dementia, osteoporosis, bedsores and more.
Now Studying: Elderly Care
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Multiple Choice Activity
Select the best match between unit terms and their definitions.
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Listening Comprehension Activity
Listen to short audio clips in English and then spell them correctly.
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Spelling and Recognition
Identify and spell a vocabulary term correctly given only the definition.
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Vocabulary Builder Activity
Students will learn the following key terms and phrases:
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Reading Activity: Elderly Care
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As a result of modern medicine finding new cures and treatments for illnesses and diseases which used to be incurable, a new challenge has presented itself in the form of an aging population. The increase in the number of people living into their 80s, 90s and beyond has led to a greater demand for professional eldercare workers and geriatric specialists.
If you are considering a career in either…
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Reading Comprehension Quiz
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Speaking Practice Activity
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As her family live in Australia, Susan spent two weeks in respite care after her operation.
A lot of elderly people who cannot live comfortably on their own make use of residential care, where a nurse comes to their house.
It is important to finish the regimen of antibiotics.
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Writing Practice Activity
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- What are the specific challenges of working with the elderly?
- Do you agree that eldercare work could be more rewarding than other areas of health care? Why/ why not?
