Personal Care Training Program - Attendant Care Training

Personal and home care aides and home health aides are the second and third fastest-growing occupations in the country according to Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Workforce centers, community colleges and home health agencies: Provide comprehensive training to direct care workers with the Personal Care Attendant Training Program. The dynamic, interactive Personal Care Attendant Training Program gives you everything you need to train high-demand direct care workers in essential caregiving, communication and professional skills. The program provides 40 hours of high-quality classroom training for care providers of elders and people with disabilities.

The program is written at a 5th-grade literacy level. Designed according to principles of adult learning theory, the program utilizes a variety of learning modalities to maximize students' understanding and retention of material.

The curriculum includes modules on:

•    Roles and responsibilities of a personal care attendant
•    Caring for the elderly and disabled
•    Communication skills
•    Moving and positioning someone in bed
•    Active range of motion exercises
•    How to recognize and prevent pressure ulcers
•    Proper body mechanics for the caregiver and care recipient
•    Infection control and bloodborne pathogens
•    Personal care (grooming, hygiene, etc)
•    Tub baths and showers
•    Intake and output

•    Oxygen therapy
•    Assisting with medications
•    Safe wheelchair use
•    Nutrition
•    Reducing personal stress
•    Fall prevention
•    Fire safety
•    Elder abuse and neglect
•    Cultural competency
•    Vital Signs
•    Specific diseases, including: early to mid and mid to late stage Alzheimer’s disease, arthritis, diabetes, cardiovascular disease, stroke and aphasia, depression, Parkinson's, ALS, multiple sclerosis, spinal cord injury

PROGRAM MATERIALS INCLUDE:

Administrator Manual
Instructor Manual
Support Materials Manual containing:

Skill competency checklist
Key points and definitions
Testing packets
Certificates of completion
Program evaluation forms
Publicity flier, and more...

21 copies of Quick Tips for Caregivers textbook
21 copies of Quick Tips for Caregivers Workbook
21 copies of A Guide to Working as a Personal Care Attendant booklet
15 DVDs - Topics include bedrest, wheelchair use, infection control, medications, personal care, fire safety, fall prevention, Alzheimer’s early to mid stage, Alzheimer's mid to late stage, aphasia, elder abuse, cultural competence, vital signs, communication skills, observation, reporting and documentation
CD-ROM presentation with audio for specific diseases

$5995.00

FAQs: Regarding the Personal Care Attendant Training Program
Issue Brief: As Boomers Age the Need for Trained Care Providers Becomes Urgent

Online Learning: Rogue Community College Online

Personal Care Training Program - Attendant Care Training

PROGRAM MATERIALS INCLUDE:

$5995.00

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