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Al Qurain Training Center

Elderly Care Skills

Caring for the Carer

Look after yourself while you care for someone you love: a fixed time for you, tasks shared across the family, and asking for help before exhaustion sets in.

Dates to be announced
A caregiver's hands holding the hand of an elderly woman in an abaya on a wooden table, beside an Arabic coffee pot, a small cup and prayer beads.

Caring for the Carer is a skills course in the Elderly Care Skills track, delivered by Al Qurain Training Center in Doha, Qatar, and taught by Dhia Al-Rabeeah, a trainer in stress management and balanced giving. It focuses on organising time, sharing care tasks within the family and noticing the signs of exhaustion. It does not offer therapy or psychological counselling, and it ends with a certificate of completion in cooperation with the International Business Council.

After this course, you will be better prepared for

  • Noticing the early signs of exhaustion in yourself.
  • Sharing care tasks among family members in writing.
  • Protecting a fixed time for yourself each week.
  • Asking family and the relevant services for help at the right time.

Who is this course for?

  • Sons and daughters caring for an older parent
  • People caring for their husband or wife
  • People who combine work with caring for a relative
  • Families who want to organise care among themselves

What do you receive?

  • Course materials and templates for planning time and sharing tasks
  • An applied project: a weekly care plan for your family
  • Stress management exercises and discussion of real situations
  • A certificate of completion from Al Qurain Training Center, in cooperation with the International Business Council
Certificate of completion

Why this programme?

Dhia Al-Rabeeah teaches the course; she leads programmes in stress management, job burnout and balanced giving. You practise skills that protect your time and energy. This is a skills course, and it does not offer therapy or one-to-one psychological counselling.

Register your interest in this course

Leave your details and the centre's team will contact you when the first cohort's dates are announced.

Frequently asked questions

Is the course a psychological support group?

No. The course trains practical skills in organising care and managing stress, and it does not offer therapy or psychological counselling. If you need psychological support, seek it from a licensed specialist.

Is it suitable if the person I care for is not elderly?

The examples focus on caring for older people, and the skills also apply if you care for a relative who is ill or has a disability.

When does the course start, and what are the fees?

We will announce dates and fees when the first cohort opens. Register your interest and we will write to you when we do.

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