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Associate TR-NQF-HE: Level 5 QF-EHEA: Short Cycle EQF-LLL: Level 5

General Information

Geriatric (elderly) care technician program in the world and in our country, medicine, the development of technology, provided individuals to become more conscious about their health and life expectancy increased.

As in many countries, young people in our country, as well as the increase in the elderly population. The growing elderly population, has revealed many problems to be solved.

Increasingly, the traditional structure degradation, nuclear family return, the elderly revealed that the problem of being alone.

Physiological and psychological changes caused by aging and the elderly, have made it difficult to remain in homestay, maintenance requirements, increased life expectancy and the elderly, care needs to be increased, the elements of practical dimensions of professional care services has created the need to carry out one to one.