Take a step forward in your career with the only graduate program in Australia that combines the study of aged services management with dementia care services.

It is designed to meet the needs of professionals seeking career advancement in the management of residential, retirement and community services.

Develop your skills and knowledge in:

• leadership
• financial management in aged care facilities
• industrial relations
• human resource management
• relevant legislation
• legal and ethical ramifications of decisions in policy and planning

The Masters is the final stage of a nested suite of three courses. The first stage is the Graduate Certificate in Aged Services, and the second stage is the Graduate Diploma in Aged Services Management or the Graduate Diploma in Dementia Care and Service. You can enter and leave at any stage; completion of one stage gives you credit towards the next.

You have the option to study off campus or by distance education.

• Location:
  City Flinders
• Other locations:

  (on campus students); Off-campus (distance education students)

• Faculty:
  Faculty of Arts, Education and Human Development
• School:
  School of Social Sciences and Psychology
• Study mode:
  Full Time and Part Time
• Delivery mode:
  On campus
• Course code:
  HMSA
• Duration:
  1.5 years
• This information is for Australian residents.
  Click here for the international version of this course

How to apply

You could follow a career in:

• state and local government
• hospitals
• residential facilities
• community service organisations
• retirement industry
• health and fitness industry

Learn more about your career options on the Australian government's Career Information and Resources website.

The postgraduate program in Aged Services provides up to date higher degree education in a broad range of aged services. The Postgraduate programs are designed for a range of multidisciplinary students seeking to further their knowledge, skills and attitudes in professional leadership and management in aged and dementia care services in any health care setting. The program will equip Graduates to understand the legal and ethical ramifications of leadership and management in aged care services and provide cost effective person-centred services for older people.

• Social and Political Aspects of Ageing

  Unit code

  ASD4001

  Credits

  12

• Research Design and Methods

  Unit code

  AXR0002

  Credits

  12

• Management Ethics and Social Responsibility in Aged Services

  Unit code

  ASD4008

  Credits

  12

• Leadership, Innovation and Change

  Unit code

  ASD4105

  Credits

  12

• Financial Management in Aged Services

  Unit code

  ASD1560

  Credits

  12

• Quality Management in Aged Services

  Unit code

  ASD4002

  Credits

  12

• Human Resource Management in Aged Services

  Unit code

  ASD1571

  Credits

  12

• Operational and Material Resource Management

  Unit code

  ASD1650

  Credits

  12

• Understanding Dementia: a Multidisciplinary Perspective

  Unit code

  ASD4000

  Credits

  12

• Person-Centred Approaches to Dementia Services

  Unit code

  ASD4102

  Credits

  12

• Dementia Project: Practical Experience for Service Providers

  Unit code

  ASD4106

  Credits

  12

• Humanistic Design for Persons With Dementia

  Unit code

  ASD4107

  Credits

  12

• Minor Thesis (Full-Time)

  Unit code

  ASD5004

  Credits

  48

• Minor Thesis (Part-Time)

  Unit code

  ASD5014

  Credits

  24

• Industry-Based Project (Full-Time)

  Unit code

  ASD5006

  Credits

  48

• Industry-Based Project (Part-Time)

  Unit code

  ASD5016

  Credits

  24

The Postgraduate programs in Aged Service incorporate: Graduate Certificate in Aged Services (HTAS) - exit point only One semester full-time or one year part-time Graduate Diploma in Aged Services Management (HGAS) - exit point only One year full-time or two years part-time Graduate Diploma in Dementia Care and Service (HGDC) - exit point only One year full-time or two years part-time Master of Health Science - Aged Services (HMSA) One-and-a-half years full-time or three years part-time

• Mature: To qualify for the award of Graduate Certificate in Aged Services, students must complete a total of 48 credit points. To qualify for the award of Graduate Diploma in Aged Services Management or Graduate Diploma in Dementia Care and Service, students must complete a total of 96 credit points. To qualify for the award of Master of Health Science - Aged Services students must complete a total of 144 credit points.