This is a preview of the CareerSmart Learning online continuing education course Activities of Daily Living (ADL) and Assisting Persons with Dementia. It is worth 1.5 CEUs & is approved for Caregiver Training in California and for CNAs in Florida. Go to careersmart.com to purchase this course.
COURSE DESCRIPTION
This course provides an overview and instruction on how to assist persons with dementia with their activities of daily living, commonly referred to as ADLs. By the end of this course, learners will be able to: 1) define activities of daily living, also commonly referred to as ADLs, 2) list six categories or types of ADL’s, 3) identify challenges that residents with dementia face that can hinder or prevent them from performing ADL’s, 4) identify strategies to overcome challenges in assisting residents with ADL’s, and 5) learn how to identify and incorporate resident preferences into daily care activities in order to improve outcomes. This course is intended to contribute to caregiver and/or staff training in the categories of Dementia Care. Learners must pass final quiz with 80% or more; may re-take as often as needed.
Worry no more - we have caregiver training conveniently packaged and easy to access to meet your facility needs. California law now requires that assisted living facilities and residential care facilities for the elderly (RCFE) provide 40 hours of initial training to caregivers and 20 hours of annual training thereafter. The topics required include: personal care services, physical limitations of the elderly, psychosocial needs of elderly, dementia, emergency preparedness, medications, postural supports, cultural competency and LGBT, resident rights, and elder abuse training.CareerSmart offers online courses to assisted living and RCFE employers to assist them in meeting the caregiver training compliance requirements.
The benefits of CareerSmart online training courses are:
Comprehensive packages include all the hours your caregivers need, in the mandated topics, and easy to audit documentation to demonstrate compliance
High quality content to ensure your staff know what’s allowable and prepare them to serve as back-up facility managers
Fast and easy; available 24/7, from the convenience of any location with internet access
Certificates printable and downloadable immediately
Interactive and engaging; caregivers required to pass a short quiz at the end to ensure material was understood and retained; may re-take quiz as many times as needed to pass
Certificates include all the information Licensing is looking for to demonstrate compliance
We also provide online continuing education to nurses, case managers, rehab counselors, OSHA, workers' comp, & RCFE admins.