Courses:
Becoming a Caregiver
This course covers the core values of caregiving, understanding the range of caregiver duties, the basics of client rights, and understanding other team members' roles.
Course Name:
Becoming a Caregiver
Course Description:
This course covers the core values of caregiving, understanding the range of caregiver duties, the basics of client rights, and understanding other team members' roles.
Course Objective:
After completing this lesson, the student will be able to: Describe the role of a PCA; Discuss aging in America; Explain the clients' Bill of Rights; Identify the core values of a caregiver; Work more effectively with a team; Realize the importance of the PCA's contribution.
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Hours:
1.00
Certificates:
aQuire Training Solutions
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Caregiving Tasks and Client Populations
Learn the basic scope of a caregiver's job including how to preserve your clients' safety and integrity, help with mobility and independence, and how to work within the rules and regulations that govern your job.
Course Name:
Caregiving Tasks and Client Populations
Course Description:
Learn the basic scope of a caregiver's job including how to preserve your clients' safety and integrity, help with mobility and independence, and how to work within the rules and regulations that govern your job.
Course Objective:
After completing this lesson, the student will be able to: Apply principles that help you do your job well; Identify the tasks a caregiver may perform; Work more effectively with special populations; Understand the importance of communication with team members; Recognize the keys to becoming a good caregiver.
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Hours:
1.00
Certificates:
aQuire Training Solutions
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Communicating with Others
This course will help you understand how to communicate with impaired clients, individuals with Alzheimer's or memory loss, agitated people and others in your work.
Course Name:
Communicating with Others
Course Description:
This course will help you understand how to communicate with impaired clients, individuals with Alzheimer's or memory loss, agitated people and others in your work.
Course Objective:
After completing this lesson, the student will be able to: Understand basic principles of communication; Practice verbal and non-verbal communication skills; Recognize touch as a way we communicate; Employ the ALOHA approach to communication; Respect confidentiality; Communicate effectively with the team members, clients' families, and friends; Communicate competently with impaired individuals.
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Credits:
0.00
Hours:
2.00
Certificates:
aQuire Training Solutions
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Elimination and Toileting
This course will help the caregiver understand the entire digestive process and know what to watch for in clients to ensure good bowel and bladder function, as well as good toileting and incontinence care.
Course Name:
Elimination and Toileting
Course Description:
This course will help the caregiver understand the entire digestive process and know what to watch for in clients to ensure good bowel and bladder function, as well as good toileting and incontinence care.
Course Objective:
After completing this lesson, the student will be able to: Understand the digestive system; Assist a client with toileting; Prevent toileting accidents; Care for skin after toileting; Assist clients with special toileting needs.
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Credits:
0.00
Hours:
1.00
Certificates:
aQuire Training Solutions
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Infection Control
Good infection control starts with proper handwashing, but continues through many steps the caregiver can take. Understanding this topic will help you keep your clients - and yourself and others - as healthy as possible.
Course Name:
Infection Control
Course Description:
Good infection control starts with proper handwashing, but continues through many steps the caregiver can take. Understanding this topic will help you keep your clients - and yourself and others - as healthy as possible.
Course Objective:
After completing this lesson, the student will be able to: Understand hand hygiene; Keep clients clean and healthy; Care for a client's environment; Make a bed and safely handle linens; Handle contaminated materials and hazardous waste; Protect yourself and clients from communicable diseases; Understand special risks and needs associated with AIDS and Hepatitis.
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0.00
Hours:
1.00
Certificates:
aQuire Training Solutions
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Instrumental Activities of Daily Living
Many caregivers assist clients with daily living tasks like cooking, cleaning, shopping, transportation, medication and even pet care. Learn how to do these tasks efficiently and appropriately with this course.
Course Name:
Instrumental Activities of Daily Living
Course Description:
Many caregivers assist clients with daily living tasks like cooking, cleaning, shopping, transportation, medication and even pet care. Learn how to do these tasks efficiently and appropriately with this course.
Course Objective:
After completing this lesson, the student will be able to: Recognize the importance of instrumental activities of daily living; Take steps for helping clients with the seven basic areas of IADLs.
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0.00
Hours:
1.00
Certificates:
aQuire Training Solutions
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Promoting and Maintaining Good Mobility
Helping clients with mobility includes learning skills to safely assist with transferring, walking, range of motion and more. The goal is to keep your clients moving, while keeping them - and you - safe.
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Promoting and Maintaining Good Mobility
Course Description:
Helping clients with mobility includes learning skills to safely assist with transferring, walking, range of motion and more. The goal is to keep your clients moving, while keeping them - and you - safe.
Course Objective:
After completing this lesson, the student will be able to: Identify principles of body mechanics and mobility; Know the keys to a maintaining a healthy back; Recognize the importance of posture and positioning; Use lifts and other assistive devices safely; Utilize gait belts and aid clients in safe ambulation; Use positioning devices and avoid restraints.
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Credits:
0.00
Hours:
2.00
Certificates:
aQuire Training Solutions
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Providing Personal Care
Learn to capably assist a client with personal care tasks like bathing, dressing and grooming, as well as oral care, foot care and even how to give a client a gentle massage.
Course Name:
Providing Personal Care
Course Description:
Learn to capably assist a client with personal care tasks like bathing, dressing and grooming, as well as oral care, foot care and even how to give a client a gentle massage.
Course Objective:
After completing this lesson, the student will be able to: Assist clients with the seven essential areas of personal care; Use the SWIPES approach to personal care; Employ special touches like backrubs and in-bed shampoos.
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Credits:
0.00
Hours:
1.00
Certificates:
aQuire Training Solutions
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