Our online, self-paced training tracks offer a flexible and accessible way for caregivers to enhance their skills and knowledge. With the convenience of learning from anywhere at any time, online training empowers caregivers to provide higher quality care and improve the lives of care recipients.
Introduction to Caregiving for Older Adults
Introduction to Caregiving for Older Adults is designed to cultivate the essential skills and knowledge needed to excel as a caregiver. From mastering the fundamentals of care to acquiring expertise managing stress, this program covers a spectrum of crucial areas such as creating a clean and healthy environment, understanding nutrition, recognizing burnout, and effective communication. These courses address the unique challenges of working with an aging population.
- What it Means to Be a Professional Caregiver
- Working with an Aging Population
- Problem Solving for Direct Care Workers
- Managing Job Related Stress
- Recognizing and Preventing Caregiver Burnout
- Introduction to Long-Term Care
- Assisting with Independent Living Through IADLs
- Overview of Transfers and Mobility Equipment
- Overview of Nutrition and Food Preparation
- Assisting with Activities & Recreational Therapy at Home
- Maintaining a Clean & Healthy Environment
- Assisting with Personal Care Through ADLs
- Assisting with Bathing
- Assisting with Elimination Needs
- Assisting with Oral Hygiene
- Providing Assistance with Oral Feeding
- Assisting with Range of Motion
Advanced Training for Compassionate Caregivers
Advanced Training for Compassionate Caregivers provides the knowledge and skills needed for culturally competent and sensitive care. Explore topics ranging from providing homecare to LGBT older adults to recognizing and overcoming barriers to care. Gain insights into anxiety, mental illness, and the unique challenges of caring for older adults with hoarding disorder. Elevate your caregiving skills to provide inclusive, compassionate care to a diverse older adult population.
- Understanding Cultural Competency
- Providing Homecare to LGBT Older Adults
- Recognizing Barriers to Care
- Overview of Physical Disabilities and Chronic Conditions
- Overview of Mental Illness Care
- Caring for Older Adults with Hoarding Disorder
- Providing Person-Centered Care
- Communicating with Older Adults
- Improving Caregiver Empathy
- Overview of Care after Hospital Discharge
- Clients’ Rights, HIPPA & Elder Abuse Prevention
Caring with Confidence: Essential Skills for Safety and Observation
These courses are designed to equip caregivers with vital skills and knowledge to ensure the safety and well-being of those under their care. Understand the significance of vital signs in monitoring health and learn to provide support with medication self-administration. The course also covers the importance of safety precautions for fall prevention and insights on body systems for a holistic understanding of health. Additionally, a module on emergency procedures ensures caregivers are well-prepared for any situation.
- Vital Signs Part 1
- Medication Self-Administration Part 1
- Safety Precautions and Falls Prevention Part 1
- Observation, Reporting, and Documentation Part 1
- Emergency Procedures
- Vital Signs Part 2
- Medication Self-Administration Part 2
- Safety Precautions and Falls Prevention Part 2
- Observation, Reporting, and Documentation Part 2 & Part 3
How to Navigate End-of-Life Care
In this course, you will learn about the complexities of end-of-life care. By understanding your own attitudes towards death and dying, you can better support a client nearing death. Additionally, the course addresses the emotional experiences of older adults at the end of life, offers recommendations for supporting family members, and provides coping skills to manage stress, burnout, and trauma associated with caregiving.
- Introduction to Hospice Care
- Principles of Emotional Hospice Care
- Principles of Physical Hospice Care
- Grief and Loss in Hospice Care
- Communicating with Clients in Hospice Care
- Overview of End-of-Life Care
- Managing Grief After the Death of a Client
- Teepa Snow – End of Life Care and Letting Go
- Coping Skills for Caregiving
- End of Life Dementia Care
Dementia Training
Caring for an individual living with a form of dementia can be challenging without the right support system and hands-on skills. These courses describe practical tips and ideas on how to problem solve and prepare visitors and family members for more meaningful visits. You will learn methods to discover retained skills and interests, creating a positive and more fulfilling care environment for the caregiver and care receiver.
Overview of Dementia Care
Learn how to understand and support individuals living with dementia through effective communication and strategies for addressing agitation and aggression while ensuring safety. Caregivers will acquire techniques for assisting older adults with daily activities, mobility and falls prevention strategies, and facilitating engaging activities designed to stimulate cognitive function and enhance the quality of life.
Teepa Snow Dementia Training for In-Home Care
Learn practical tips and ideas to problem-solve existing challenging situations including creating calming surroundings to reduce the risk of sundowning or other distressing reactions. Understand how to discover your loved one’s retained skills and interests, thereby creating a positive and more fulfilling care environment for both of you.
Teepa Snow Seeing it From the Other Side
In the eye-opening multi-part video series, Seeing It From the Other Side, Teepa Snow separates myth from reality to help care partners better understand the needs and experiences of those living with dementia. This series offers insightful teachings and practical techniques for effective dementia care.
Teepa Snow Positive Approach to Care
- Positive Approach to Care (PAC) Skills Make the Difference
- It’s All in Your Approach
- The Art of Caregiving
Teepa Snow Quality of Life
- Filling the Day with Meaning
- Designing a Supportive Dementia Care Environment
- Creating Quality of Life in Dementia Care
Teepa Snow Advanced Care Skills
- Challenging Behaviors in Dementia Care
- Advanced Care Skills in Late-Stage Dementia
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