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Mental Health First Aid for the Older Persons
Training statistics(OMHFA)
266
Completed classes
5128
Number of participantsCourse 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
People who are interested in learning about mental health
People with mental or emotional distress
People who care about the elderly
Carers of the elderly
18 years or older
Employees from various industries
Volunteers
Social workers or individuals with work-related needs
Training mode
Presentation-based teaching
Videos showing
Simulated exercises
Group discussions
Role playing demonstrations
Course format
3
3 hours/session
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. This certificate is effective for three years from the date of issue.
- The Mental Health Association of Hong Kong encourages Mental Health First Aiders to keep their knowledge and skills up to date. We plan to introduce a half day refresher course in 2029, and it will be available to all MHFA certificate holders, except for those who have completed the “teen MHFA” course. Upon completion of the refresher course, participants will be issued a new certificate valid for another three years.
- 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.
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.
