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Mental Health First Aid for the Older Persons

Training statistics(OMHFA)
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266

Completed classes
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5128

Number of participants
Course syllabus

Session 1: What is Mental Health First Aid

  • What is Mental Health First Aid
  • Why Mental Health First Aid?
  • The Mental Health First Aid Action Plan
  • Depression and anxiety issues in the elderly

Session 2: Interventions for depressive and anxiety disorders

  • First Aid for suicidal thoughts and behaviors
  • Interventions for depressive and anxiety disorders
  • Cognitive impairment issues in the elderly

Session 3: Cognitive impairment and delirium

  • Crisis management of cognitive impairment issues (challenging behaviors).
  • First aid response to cognitive impairment issues.
  • Delirium issues in the elderly.
  • First aid response to delirium issues.

Session 4: First aid for Psychosis

  • Psychosis in the elderly
  • Crisis interventions to individual with psychosis
  • First aid for individual with psychosis
  • Test, conclusion and evaluation
Target audience
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People who are interested in learning about mental health

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People with mental or emotional distress

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People who care about the elderly

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Carers of the elderly

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Age over 15

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Employees from various industries

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Volunteers

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Social workers or individuals with work-related needs

Training mode
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Presentation-based teaching

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Videos showing

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Simulated exercises

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Group discussions

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Role playing demonstrations

Course format
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4

4 sessions
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3

3 hours/session
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12

12 hours in total
  • You have the option to choose between two full days (two sessions per day, one in the morning and one in the afternoon) or four half days (one session per day, available in the morning, afternoon, or evening).
  • Each participant who attends 100% of the course will receive a certificate for completing the “Older Person Mental Health First Aid” Course.
  • Each participant will receive a set of “Older Person Standard Mental Health First Aid” Manuals.
Download

If you wish to apply for our training courses, please download and complete the "Training Application Form" and email it to dce@mhahk.org.hk. Once we receive the form, we will provide an initial response.

Training application form
Course fees

Please fill out the quotation request form to obtain a quote. You can also contact the duty Education Officer of our Division of Community Education via email at dce@mhahk.org.hk or by phone at 2528 4656 for further inquiries.

Quotation form