History
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Established：2007 |
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TEL：+886-2-2437-2093 Ext. 811 |
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FAX：+886-2-2437-6209 |
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E-MAIL：elder@ems.dyhu.edu.tw |
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Location：Chiang Kai-Shek Building 中正樓 |
Introduction
By the beginning of 2007, the geriatric population in reaches 10 %, among them more than two hundred thousand is in need of different degrees of long-term care. By year 2016, the geriatrics is estimated to be more than 13 % of the general population. They need someone to take care of them in different ways. Therefore, Deh Yu College of Nursing and Health established the Department of Senior Citizen Service Management in 2007 to meet the need. In response to changes in the old age industry，Approved by the Ministry of the report from 2017 named Department of Senior Citizen Care and welfare.
We offers four-year and two-year college program for continuing vocational education and training .We develop and provide courses that are specialized in elder care service and elder care management. Now we offer two-year and four-year college programs for On-the-job Professional Division. The main goal of our department is to cultivate professionals and to promote the physical, psychological and spiritual well-beings of senior adults in their daily life. The graduates will gain abilities to work in the relevant industries, to be more competitive in the profession. Students are highly encouraged to obtain profession certificates.
Educational Goal
There are four key educational goals for preparing our students becoming the professionals in the areas of senior care related industries:
- Specialized Courses
- Practice Teaching
- Technology Licensed
- Graduation Employment
Courses
| Required Courses | |
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| Human Resource Management | Human Behavior and Social Environment |
| Psychology | Designing and Evaluating Human Service Programs |
| Introduction to Life and Death | General Sense of Medicine |
| Psychological Counseling for the Elderly | Physiology for the Elderly |
| Introduction to Senior Services | Senior Services Business and Management |
| Services for the Elderly and Community Care | Financial Management of the Elderly |
| Elderly Health Promotion | Design of Physical Fitness for the Elderly |
| Elderly education | Introduction to Senior Care |
| Elderly Care Practice | Introduction to Gerontology |
| Nutrition and Dietetics for the Elderly | Aging and Anti-aging |
| Introduction to Disability | Health Assessment |
| Community Organization and Development | Social Work Research |
| Introduction to Social Work | The Social Work Practicum 1 |
| The Social Work Practicum 2 | Social Psychology |
| Social Policy and Social Legislation | Social Case Work |
| Social Statistics | Social Group Work |
| Social welfare administration | Sociology |
| Managing Nonprofit Organization | Elderly care for the well-being career internships |
| Project Study1 | Project Study2 |
| Management Studies | Institutional Quality Management and Evaluation |
| Hospice Care and Grief Counseling | |
Career Opportunities
The employment ability and practical operation of our students has been able to be cultivated through the development of industry-academic cooperation projects with several excellent senior social welfare services and related industries.
The employment opportunities include the professional personnel in health industry, senior social work, senior leisure and sports, senior human resource management, senior industrial marketing, senior education design, senior financial planning, senior health and life care centers, health care and nursing services, and senior homes.