The foundation of training in this class includes characteristics of the client group of adults of advanced age and with dementia. Areas learned include activities of daily living, safety risks, environmental considerations, disease processes, communication skills, nutritional needs, and vocational abilities.

Hours: 1.75

The foundation of this training includes characteristics of types of disabilities, associated health concerns, treatments, societal attitudes towards developmental disabilities, and care staff services and supports needed for individuals with disabilities.

Hours: 1.00

This course training is specific to caring for adults with mental and/or substance use disorders. Training includes physical, social, and mental health concerns, caregiver support, safety risks, and common characteristics of adults suffering from mental and/or substance use disorders.

Hours: 1.50

Traumatic brain injury results from an injury to the head that can affect a person’s cognitive abilities, including learning and thinking skills. By understanding how the brain works and what happens to an individual when certain areas of the brain are injured, care staff can provide proper support.

Hours: 1.50

Every employee plays a role in helping residents with physical or cognitive limitations proceed in an emergency. This course teaches how to respond rapidly and calmly during a fire emergency.

Hours: 1.25

The first aid skills in this class are common techniques that can be lifesaving. Some apply to emergencies that require additional resident medical care and others are changes of condition that require ongoing caregiver observation and care. Hours: 2.00

All employees have a legal obligation to maintain the protection and confidentiality of each resident’s personal health information. This course covers written, verbal, and electronic communication, photos, images, and audio recordings of residents as protected health information.

Hours: 1.50

This course is for employees that manage and administer medications to residents. Included are minimum requirements for following the medication administration process steps for each drug type, using the six rights of medication administration, proper documentation, how to prevent medication errors, recognizing common side effects of drug classifications, proper storage, audits, and disposals of medications, and recognizing drug diversion and reporting suspicions.   

Hours: 2.00

This course is based on the foundation of general rights, legal and civil rights of residents, house rules, coercion, retaliation, self-determination, and complaint & grievance procedures as it pertains to residents.

Hours: 1.00

This course reviews the importance of following standard precautions, including transmission-based precautions to prevent the spread of germs to others through blood and bodily fluids. Included is information on bloodborne pathogens, proper handwashing, proper disposal of sharps and contaminated waste as required by OSHA, and steps to take for accidental exposure. Hours: 1.50