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NEWSLETTER Issue 1

April 2013

We are delighted to welcome you to the first issue of our Education Centre Newsletter provided through the medium of Newsweaver. This new development allows us to share a greater amount of information and insight into the courses we offer here at Northridge House. It also allows us share information that is pertinent to the Care of the Older Person in Ireland today. In this issue we have appended an article that sets out the benefits of Mindfulness (from the Monitor of Psychology, July 2002 Vol 43). We are offering a Mindfulness Course over 6 Tuesday evenings commencing on the 9th April at a discounted price of €150.00. (see below for further details)
We look forward to receiving your comments and reflections on this new and exciting development.

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In this issue

Upcoming Courses at Northridge House

Fire Conference at Northridge House 16th April

FETAC Palliative Care Module - Evening Course

FETAC Courses: Gerontology Level 6, Supervisory Management Level 6

Mindfulness - An Evening Course

Upcoming Events

St. Luke's Day Conference - 17th October

Our Annual St. Luke's Day Conference on aspects of Care of the Older Person will take place in Northridge House on Thursday 17th October. Please add this important date to your diary and we will send details in the coming weeks.

Northridge House,
Castle Road,
Mahon, Cork
e: education@stlukeshome.ie
t: 021 4536551

Upcoming Courses at Northridge House

We have a wide range of upcoming courses covering all areas of 'Care for the Older Adult' accrediated by either FETAC or An Bord Altranais. Please click here to see list of courses

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Fire Conference at Northridge House 16th April

We are hosting a day long Fire Conference in partnership with the Fire Service on Tuesday 16th April. The Conference will be led by experienced Fire Officers from Scotland who were part of the investigation of the Rosepark Care Home fire of 2004. Other experts in Fire Safety, Fire Alarms, Fire Drills and Evacuations of Residential Care Centres will speak. Under the Fire Services Act 1981 - 2003 it is imperative that owners and managers are well versed in the area of Fire Safety.

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FETAC Palliative Care Module - Evening Course

We are pleased to offer our popular Palliative Care Module FETAC Level 5 (D20170) as an Evening Course. This is the first time we are offering the course as an evening option. It commences on the 16th April and will run for 8 Tuesday Evenings. A Competitive Price of €325.00 will apply.

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FETAC Courses: Gerontology Level 6, Supervisory Management Level 6

We arerecommencing our Level 6 Gerontology Module (N32963) on the 1st May. The course will run for 6 full Wednesdays. The price including lunch is €625.00.

We have received excellent feedback on this course, one attendee Joys George of Abbeylands Nursing Home stated "The course was excellent and covered almost all aspects of Ageing and Elderly Care"

For the first time we are running the Level 6 Supervisory Management Module (L32199) on the 2nd May. The course will run for 4 full Thursdays. The price including lunch is €450.00

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Mindfulness - An Evening Course

Mindfulness continues to grow as an area of real interest within Irish Society. The Practice of Mindfulness, introduced to mainstream medicine by Jon Kabat-Zinn, an American Scientist, has been proven to work as an excellent method of Stress and Anxiety redcution with many other benefits.

Commencing on the 9th April and running for 6 Tuesday Evenings from 7.30pm - 9.30pm. We are offering this 6 week course at a Discounted Price of €150.00.

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