Personal Care Attendant Training Program

Personal Care Attendant Training Program provides critically-needed training for personal and home care aides, one of the top 10 fastest-growing occupations in the country. With the rapidly aging population, hundreds of thousands more home care providers are needed.

Personal Care Attendant Training Program is an effective curriculum for community colleges, workforce development, adult and high school education, vocational training and private duty agencies.

This thoroughly researched, well-organized curriculum provides 40-hours of classroom training, which can be augmented with externship hours. It is written at a 5th-grade literacy level and designed according to principles of adult learning theory. The program utilizes a variety of learning modalities to optimize retention of material.

This comprehensive program allows you to open the door to train underserved populations such as dislocated workers, minority groups, public assistance recipients and individuals who speak English as a second language, many of whom could become excellent care providers.

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
• Vital signs
• Intake and output
• Oxygen therapy
• Medication management
• 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 flyer, 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 Attendantbooklet
• 13 DVDs or Videos - 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
  

To speak with a program specialist, call 888-846-7008.