The Elderly Care Skills track at Al Qurain Training Center offers non-clinical courses in Doha for families, service staff and volunteers: respectful communication with older people, designing activities that suit them, and protecting their carers from burnout.
The track's courses are non-clinical training in communication and everyday care skills. We will announce the first cohort's dates, format and fees when registration opens, and organisations that serve older people can request the courses as an in-house programme for their staff. Each course ends with a certificate of completion for participants who meet its requirements.
2 courses
Speak with an older person in a way that reaches them and respects their dignity: listening without interrupting, short clear sentences, and patience in difficult moments.
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.
Choosing mental and social activities to match an older person's ability and interests, such as mind games and sharing memories.
A specialist course, taught by a licensed clinical specialist in Qatar once one joins the centre.
The centre has not yet set dates or fees for this track. Leave your details, tell us whether you are asking for yourself or for an organisation, and we will write to you when we announce the first cohort. We do not ask for any health information about you or your relative.
Three groups: family members caring for a father, mother or grandparent; staff who serve older people at public bodies, service counters and community centres; and volunteers in programmes for older people.
No. The track is non-clinical: it builds communication, activity design and carer balance. It does not teach nursing procedures or award a healthcare worker's certificate. Any health topic in the track is taught by a licensed specialist in Qatar.
Look for the cause before you respond to the behaviour: pain, hearing loss or a sense of losing control over the day can show up as stubbornness or anger. Lower your voice, offer two choices instead of an order, and leave decisions about their own affairs to them. If you notice a sudden change in their behaviour, raise it with their doctor.
Activities that combine the mind, conversation and light movement: group mind games, telling and recording memories, group reading, handicrafts, and short walks after checking with a doctor. The centre is preparing a course, Designing Activities for Older People, on matching an activity to each person's ability and interests.
"Kibar Al Qadr", meaning "those of great standing", is an honorific for older people used by official bodies and the media in Qatar, including Ehsan, the Center for Empowerment and Elderly Care. The centre uses both terms in its programmes.
Set aside a fixed time for yourself each week, divide tasks among family members in writing, and ask for help before you reach exhaustion. You practise these skills in Caring for the Carer, a skills course that does not offer therapy or psychological counselling.
Yes. The centre runs the courses as closed programmes for staff at public bodies, service counters and community centres, and adapts examples and exercises to the situations staff face with older people.
Non-clinical skills for families, staff and volunteers that keep older people's dignity at the centre and ease the load on their carers.
