About this Course
<p data-path-to-node="11" style="margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 8px; margin-left: 0px; overflow-wrap: anywhere; font-family: "Google Sans Flex", "Google Sans", "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-size: 17px; font-variant-ligatures: none; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span data-path-to-node="11" data-index-in-node="0" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font color="#000000"><b>1. Fundamentals of Caregiving (介護の基本)</b></font></span></p><ul data-path-to-node="12" style="margin: 8px 0px 16px; padding-inline-start: 1.6875rem; font-family: "Google Sans Flex", "Google Sans", "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-size: 17px; font-variant-ligatures: none; white-space-collapse: preserve; user-select: text !important;"><li style="user-select: text !important; margin: 8px 0px; padding-inline-start: 4px;"><p data-path-to-node="12,0,0" style="margin: 8px 0px; overflow-wrap: anywhere; padding-inline-start: 4px;"><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font color="#000000">Understanding the role of a caregiver and professional ethics.</font></span></p></li><li style="user-select: text !important; margin: 8px 0px; padding-inline-start: 4px;"><p data-path-to-node="12,1,0" style="margin: 8px 0px; overflow-wrap: anywhere; padding-inline-start: 4px;"><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font color="#000000">Privacy protection and the "Dignity of the Individual."</font></span></p></li><li style="user-select: text !important; margin: 8px 0px; padding-inline-start: 4px;"><p data-path-to-node="12,2,0" style="margin: 8px 0px; overflow-wrap: anywhere; padding-inline-start: 4px;"><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font color="#000000">Ensuring safety and preventing accidents (Risk Management) in a care facility.</font></span></p></li></ul><p data-path-to-node="13" style="margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 8px; margin-left: 0px; overflow-wrap: anywhere; font-family: "Google Sans Flex", "Google Sans", "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-size: 17px; font-variant-ligatures: none; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span data-path-to-node="13" data-index-in-node="0" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font color="#000000"><b>2. Mechanisms of Mind and Body (こころとからだのしくみ)</b></font></span></p><ul data-path-to-node="14" style="margin: 8px 0px 16px; padding-inline-start: 1.6875rem; font-family: "Google Sans Flex", "Google Sans", "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-size: 17px; font-variant-ligatures: none; white-space-collapse: preserve; user-select: text !important;"><li style="user-select: text !important; margin: 8px 0px; padding-inline-start: 4px;"><p data-path-to-node="14,0,0" style="margin: 8px 0px; overflow-wrap: anywhere; padding-inline-start: 4px;"><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font color="#000000">Understanding the physical and mental changes that come with aging.</font></span></p></li><li style="user-select: text !important; margin: 8px 0px; padding-inline-start: 4px;"><p data-path-to-node="14,1,0" style="margin: 8px 0px; overflow-wrap: anywhere; padding-inline-start: 4px;"><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font color="#000000">Basic knowledge of common illnesses and Dementia (Ninchisho) care.</font></span></p></li><li style="user-select: text !important; margin: 8px 0px; padding-inline-start: 4px;"><p data-path-to-node="14,2,0" style="margin: 8px 0px; overflow-wrap: anywhere; padding-inline-start: 4px;"><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font color="#000000">Techniques for communication, including non-verbal cues and active listening.</font></span></p></li></ul><p data-path-to-node="15" style="margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 8px; margin-left: 0px; overflow-wrap: anywhere; font-family: "Google Sans Flex", "Google Sans", "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-size: 17px; font-variant-ligatures: none; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span data-path-to-node="15" data-index-in-node="0" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font color="#000000"><b>3. Life Support Skills (生活支援技術)</b></font></span></p><ul data-path-to-node="16" style="margin: 8px 0px 16px; padding-inline-start: 1.6875rem; font-family: "Google Sans Flex", "Google Sans", "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-size: 17px; font-variant-ligatures: none; white-space-collapse: preserve; user-select: text !important;"><li style="user-select: text !important; margin: 8px 0px; padding-inline-start: 4px;"><p data-path-to-node="16,0,0" style="margin: 8px 0px; overflow-wrap: anywhere; padding-inline-start: 4px;"><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font color="#000000"><span data-path-to-node="16,0,0" data-index-in-node="0">Transfer Assistance:</span> Moving residents safely from bed to wheelchair.</font></span></p></li><li style="user-select: text !important; margin: 8px 0px; padding-inline-start: 4px;"><p data-path-to-node="16,1,0" style="margin: 8px 0px; overflow-wrap: anywhere; padding-inline-start: 4px;"><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font color="#000000"><span data-path-to-node="16,1,0" data-index-in-node="0">ADL Support:</span> Helping with eating (dietary care), dressing, and toileting.</font></span></p></li><li style="user-select: text !important; margin: 8px 0px; padding-inline-start: 4px;"><p data-path-to-node="16,2,0" style="margin: 8px 0px; overflow-wrap: anywhere; padding-inline-start: 4px;"><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font color="#000000"><span data-path-to-node="16,2,0" data-index-in-node="0">Hygiene:</span> Bed-making, cleaning the living environment, and infection control protocols.</font></span></p></li></ul><p data-path-to-node="17" style="margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 8px; margin-left: 0px; overflow-wrap: anywhere; font-family: "Google Sans Flex", "Google Sans", "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-size: 17px; font-variant-ligatures: none; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span data-path-to-node="17" data-index-in-node="0" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font color="#000000"><b>4. Nursing Care Japanese (介護の日本語)</b></font></span></p><ul data-path-to-node="18" style="margin: 8px 0px 16px; padding-inline-start: 1.6875rem; font-family: "Google Sans Flex", "Google Sans", "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-size: 17px; font-variant-ligatures: none; white-space-collapse: preserve; user-select: text !important;"><li style="user-select: text !important; margin: 8px 0px; padding-inline-start: 4px;"><p data-path-to-node="18,0,0" style="margin: 8px 0px; overflow-wrap: anywhere; padding-inline-start: 4px;"><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font color="#000000">Learning "Gentle Japanese" (Yasashii Nihongo) for daily interaction with residents.</font></span></p></li><li style="user-select: text !important; margin: 8px 0px; padding-inline-start: 4px;"><p data-path-to-node="18,1,0" style="margin: 8px 0px; overflow-wrap: anywhere; padding-inline-start: 4px;"><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font color="#000000">Recording care logs and reading medical instructions.</font></span></p></li><li style="user-select: text !important; margin: 8px 0px; padding-inline-start: 4px;"><p data-path-to-node="18,2,0" style="margin: 8px 0px; overflow-wrap: anywhere; padding-inline-start: 4px;"><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font color="#000000">Understanding honorifics used specifically in a nursing care context.</font></span></p></li></ul><h4 data-path-to-node="20" style="margin: 28px 0px 8px; font-family: "Google Sans Flex", "Google Sans", "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-size: 20px; line-height: 24px; --gds-type-scale-default-wdth: "wdth" 94; font-variation-settings: "ROND" 0, "slnt" 0, "wdth" 94; font-variant-ligatures: none; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span data-path-to-node="20" data-index-in-node="0" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font color="#000000"><b>Course Outcomes</b></font></span></h4><ul data-path-to-node="21" style="margin: 8px 0px 16px; padding-inline-start: 1.6875rem; font-family: "Google Sans Flex", "Google Sans", "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-size: 17px; font-variant-ligatures: none; white-space-collapse: preserve; user-select: text !important;"><li style="margin: 8px 0px; padding-inline-start: 4px; user-select: text !important;"><p data-path-to-node="21,0,0" style="margin: 8px 0px; overflow-wrap: anywhere; padding-inline-start: 4px;"><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font color="#000000"><span data-path-to-node="21,0,0" data-index-in-node="0">Pass</span> the Nursing Care Skills Evaluation Test.</font></span></p></li><li style="margin: 8px 0px; padding-inline-start: 4px; user-select: text !important;"><p data-path-to-node="21,1,0" style="margin: 8px 0px; overflow-wrap: anywhere; padding-inline-start: 4px;"><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font color="#000000"><span data-path-to-node="21,1,0" data-index-in-node="0">Pass</span> the Nursing Care Japanese Language Evaluation Test.</font></span></p></li><li style="margin: 8px 0px; padding-inline-start: 4px; user-select: text !important;"><p data-path-to-node="21,3,0" style="margin: 8px 0px; overflow-wrap: anywhere; padding-inline-start: 4px;"><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font color="#000000"><span data-path-to-node="21,3,0" data-index-in-node="0" style="">Secure</span> a 5-year SSW-1 work visa with the potential to transition to a<b> "Careworker" (Kaigofukushishi) visa for permanent residency.</b></font></span></p></li></ul>