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Elderly Caregiver

Quickly enter the fastest-growing job market in Brazil and the world.

Want a fast profession, with immediate hiring and real impact on people's lives? In just 3 months, San Rafael's Elderly Caregiver course prepares you to work in homes, clinics and senior residences. The perfect first step to earning quick income or starting your healthcare career — here or in Europe.

Cuidador de Idosos
DURATION
3 months (12 Saturdays)
TOTAL HOURS
230 hours
INTERNSHIP
Included, supervised
FORMAT
In-person
CERTIFICATE
Professional Certification with Internship
NEXT INTAKE
October 12, 2026
SHIFTS
Saturday classes
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Why the Elderly Caregiver Course SAN RAFAEL is your best shortcut to the future?

1
Fast employability
In just 3 months of training, you're qualified to start working. The elderly care market urgently seeks trained professionals every day, allowing for a much faster financial return.
2
A market that never stops growing
The world is aging rapidly. Demand for qualified caregivers has surged in hospitals, senior residences, home care companies, and families needing professional support.
3
The perfect entry point into Nursing
You don't have to stop here. Working as a caregiver gives you the practical and financial foundation to keep studying and move on to the Nursing Technician program at San Rafael itself.
4
Passport to an international career in Italy
Europe — especially Italy — faces a historic shortage of care professionals. Caregiver training opens paths for you to advance at San Rafael and apply for opportunities in the San Rafael Italy Programme.
5
Real practice and internship
Unlike purely theoretical online courses, here you go through a period of supervised internship to learn day-to-day how to handle, care for, and interact safely.
6
Free Italian lessons, right on the platform
Free Italian course through the San Rafael Educational Platform — the first step for anyone already thinking about the Italy Programme.
7
Right to student half-fare transit
As an enrolled student, you're entitled to half-fare public transit — real savings on your commute to classes and your internship.

Your quick income starts now. Your healthcare career can go much further.

MARKET OUTLOOK
With rising life expectancy, geriatric care is one of the fastest-growing areas in healthcare. Qualified caregivers command competitive pay per shift, schedule, or fixed home-care contract.
GUARANTEED INTERNSHIP
Supervised practice included so you finish the course with real experience and a reference for your résumé.

Program highlights

3-month course (12 Saturdays)
Fast, intensive training for those in a hurry to work
230 total hours
Complete theoretical-practical training, with supervised internship included
Certificate with market weight
Recognition that opens doors at home care companies
Specialized faculty
Classes with healthcare and gerontology professionals

What you'll learn

Single Module
Course I — General Aspects of the Aging Process
  • Rights of the elderly person
  • Aging and old age
  • Senescence
  • Senility
  • Care
  • Role and duties of the caregiver
Course II — The Elderly Person and Self-Care
  • Self-care and longevity
  • Multimorbidity
  • The senses
  • Nutrition and hydration
  • Fall prevention
  • Sleep
  • Urinary and bowel incontinence
  • Home safety
  • Oral health
  • Polypharmacy
  • Vaccination
  • Identifying abuse and violence
  • First aid
Course III — Guidance for Those Who Care for Elderly People
  • Communication with the elderly person
  • Situations of dependency
  • Professionals involved in care
  • End-of-life care
  • Caregiver self-care
  • Identifying situations that require seeking help
Course IV — Support Network
  • Social support network
  • Formal network
  • Informal network
  • Coordination between family, services, and professionals

Total course hours: 230 hours · Curriculum reference: Elderly Care Guide — Brazilian Ministry of Health, Brasília, 2023

Where you can work

Home careSenior residences and rest homesDay centers and clinicsTravel and family routine accompanimentBridge to the European healthcare system · Italy Programme

Admission requirements

  • Minimum age of 18
  • Completed elementary school (or high school in progress/completed)
  • ID document and CPF (tax ID)
SAN RAFAEL ITALY PROGRAMME

Italy has one of the oldest populations in the world and actively seeks caregivers and healthcare assistants (OSS). Start with the Elderly Caregiver course, prepare at San Rafael, and pave the way to your international qualification.

Learn about the Italy Programme
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Hear from our alumni

“I needed to work fast to pay my bills. I took the Caregiver course on Saturdays and right after finishing the internship I already had two weekly shifts in home care. Today I use that income to take the Nursing Technician course here at San Rafael!”

Juliana Ribeiro
Elderly Caregiver and Nursing student

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