Oakton's person-centered Elder Care Support (ECS) certificate offers compassionate, caring individuals the tools to work with elders as in-home support workers or family caregivers. If you're interested in a career providing loving and informed senior care, our curriculum will give you a foundation in the educational concepts and practices you need. You'll learn about the sensory, physical and psychosocial changes of aging, as well as normal aging, myths of aging, and culture change.
Courses focus on effective communication techniques that promote quality relationships between caregivers and elders. They also emphasize adaptive services as the elder experiences changes in his or her health or abilities. You will also explore concepts and practices for the care and safety of elders experiencing various forms of dementia, including Alzheimer’s disease.
Students are required to complete a fingerprint criminal background check and have no disqualifying convictions in order to be awarded a person-centered elder support certificate.
Our 3-hour person-centered elder support certificate can be completed in one semester. The curriculum offers a basic study of educational concepts and practices for the care and safety of elders experiencing normal aging. Sensory, physical, and psycho-social changes of aging, normal aging, myths of aging, and culture change will be discussed.
Enrolling at Oakton College can save you thousands of dollars and help you earn more over the course of your career. Our tuition is among the lowest in the region, and we offer many ways to bring your costs down even more.
99 percent of Oakton students graduate without debt.
To help you get there, you can apply for a scholarship, which you don’t have to pay back. We award $12 million in scholarships annually. Financial Aid includes grants, loans, and other forms of financial assistance that can reduce your costs of attending college.
We offer payment options that give you control over how you pay. Pay all at once or spread your payments over the course of the semester.
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Oakton's professors and lecturers are experts in their fields with advanced degrees and years of real-world experience.
In addition to classroom learning, students receive support from our panel of expert advisors.
Jhosa Pagulayan, Chair
Professor of Basic Nurse Assistant Training
B.S.N. St Paul University
M.S. North Park University
jpagulay@oakton.edu
847.376.7642
Office: B219, Skokie
Sheila Zabin
Assistant Professor of Basic Nurse Assistant Training
B.S.N. Loyola University of Chicago
B.S. Loyola University of Chicago
M.S.N. Walden University
szabin@oakton.edu
847.376.7689
Office: B226, Skokie
May Alimboyoguen
Dean for Health Careers
Oakton College
Sabrina Benjamin
Maine Township High school
Tata Bryant
CJE Lieberman
Mary Beth Dentzer
Three Crowns Administrator
Ida Cronin
NorthShore Connect
Donna Dickson, RN
Professor, BNAT
Oakton College Faculty
Ingrid Erickson
Niles North High School
Margaret Gas, RN
Chair, Nursing Program
Associate Professor Nursing
Oakton College
Kelly Gilbert
Director
Visiting Angels
Living Assistance Services
Sirajullah Horwich
CJE Lieberman
Angela Jalloh
The Admiral of the Lake/
Lecturer, BNAT
Oakton College
Sharon Keane
Misercordia
Ami Lefevre
Niles West High School
Jhosa Pagulayan
Chair, Professor, BNAT
Oakton College
Valerie Parrilli
Advising & Assessment Specialist, BNAT
Oakton College
Bincy Reginold
Professor, BNAT
Oakton College
Barbara Strongin
Marketing Director
Relief Medical Services, Inc.
Amy Swanson
Maine Township High School/
Lecturer, BNAT
Oakton College
Bibiana Ukaegbu
Lecturer, BNAT
Oakton College
Deborah Wyeth
Assistant Professor, BNAT
Oakton College
Diana Yu
Niles North High School
Sheila Zabin
Professor, BNAT
Oakton College