{
  "college": "golden-west-college",
  "edition": "2026-2027",
  "departmentName": "Nursing",
  "id": "nursing--senior-health-tech-cert-completion",
  "name": "Senior Healthcare Technician",
  "award": "Certificate of Completion",
  "department": "nursing",
  "sourceUrl": "https://catalog.cccd.edu/golden-west/adult-education-noncredit/nursing/senior-health-tech-cert-completion/",
  "blocks": [
    {
      "kind": "text",
      "markdown": "Completion of this program will award the student with a Senior Healthcare Technician Certificate and prepare the student for employment as a basic caregiver for the elderly in a variety of health service and community settings to include residential senior care facilities, adult day care, and home care.\n\n#### Program Learning Outcomes\n\n1.  Provide holistic care as a Senior Healthcare Technician to support elderly patients and their family members.\n2.  Explain basic consumer and legal information specific to the elderly population.\n\n#### Potential careers students may enter upon completion are as follows:\n\n-   Senior Healthcare Technician in an agency\n-   Senior Healthcare Technician in a long term facility\n-   Senior Healthcare Technician in a family home"
    },
    {
      "kind": "text",
      "markdown": "### Requirements\n\nReview Graduation Requirements."
    },
    {
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      "rows": [
        {
          "type": "comment",
          "text": "Required Courses"
        },
        {
          "type": "course",
          "code": "NURS G050N",
          "title": "Introduction to Gerontology",
          "units": "20",
          "indent": false
        },
        {
          "type": "course",
          "code": "NURS G051N",
          "title": "Care of the Elderly Adult",
          "units": "10",
          "indent": false
        },
        {
          "type": "course",
          "code": "NURS G052N",
          "title": "Care of the Elderly Adult Practicum",
          "units": "20",
          "indent": false
        },
        {
          "type": "comment",
          "text": "Total Hours",
          "units": "50"
        }
      ]
    }
  ]
}