Gerontology and Rehabilitation Studies

The Graduate Certificate in Gerontology and Rehabilitation Studies is really a clinically-based program that educates professionals for high level professional practice in the pro aged care field. You will use work-based understanding how to enhance client service and care delivery at the multi-disciplinary atmosphere. This class prepares students for career progression into mature clinical, management, teaching and research purposes. Graduates from this class are clinical nurse advisors, aspiring clinical nurse consultants, family carers, medical professionals, occupational therapists, physiotherapists, registered nurses, social workers, volunteers and also different functions in aged and dementia care. The program is different from courses offered by other NSW and Australian universities in that it is underpinned with a rehabilitation approach to developing services for elderly people.

Recognised professional qualification in a health discipline