Faculdade Unimed and Senac offer free professional course

According to the IBGE, the number of elderly people will reach 17.4% of the population, around 38.5 million, in ten years. Thus, recently, the Senate approved a bill that regularizes the profession of caregiver for the elderly, which demonstrates a great advance for the country, but also requires improvements.

With that in mind, the National Unimed Center has offered free professional courses that qualify caregivers for the elderly, offered for five years. Courses are offered in person in the cities of São Paulo, Salvador and the Federal District.

In view of this new political scenario involving the approval of the bill, Unimed entered into a partnership with Senac, with the aim of expanding its physical structure and making its course available in more locations around the world. Brazil.

“The partnership with Senac aims to improve the quality of the service offered, as well as increase the number of classes available. We are delighted to be able to bring a market-approved, free training course to the society", says Kátia Okumura, Communication, Events and Sustainability manager at Nacional Unimed.

In March 2019, new groups opened, and thus, 150 professionals have already completed the course in cities such as São Paulo, Salvador, São Luís, Santo Antônio de Jesus, Curitiba and Fortaleza.

The course

The professional course for caregivers of the elderly has a workload of 80 class hours, arranged in three face-to-face meetings of 20 hours each, and 60 hours of distance learning (EAD). In total, its duration is eight weeks, with 40 vacancies per class. The classes address both technical issues and experiences related to social interaction with the elderly and their families.

Training is available in the cities of São Paulo; Savior; Brasilia; São Luís; Feira de Santana; Saint Anthony of Jesus; curved; Porto Alegre; Rio de Janeiro; Strength; Curitiba and Goiania.

To participate in the course, the participant must be over 18 years old, with complete elementary school and who, preferably, already perform the role of full-time caregiver, but who do not have adequate qualifications.

The course for caregivers at Central Unimed, which aims to promote health in the elderly, has already trained more than a thousand students, of which 70% have already concluded the course with a job in the area.

Enrollment

To sign up, just go to the website of the Unimed National Center and do the registration. Before, check the calendar according to the intended city:

• São Paulo: Enrollment is open until 06/09, with classes beginning until 05 October;
• Savior: Enrollment open until the 30/08th, with classes beginning until the 28th of September;
• Brasilia: Registration open until the 12/07th, with classes beginning until the 10th of August;
• Saint Louis: Enrollment open until the 20/09th, with classes beginning until the 19th of October;
• Feira de Santana: Enrollment open until 08/16, with classes starting up to 09/14;
• Porto Alegre: Enrollment open until the 06/09th, with classes beginning until the 05/10th;
• Curitiba: Enrollment open until 09/20, with classes beginning until 10/19;
• Strength: Enrollment open until the 27/09th, with classes beginning until the 26/10;
• Rio de Janeiro: Enrollment open until the 27/09th, with classes beginning until the 26/10;
• Goiania: Enrollment open until the 27/09th, with classes beginning until the 26/10;
• curve: Registration open until the 26/07th, with classes beginning until the 24/08th;
• Rattlesnake: Registration open until the 01/08th, with classes beginning until the 14/09.