Subjects Also Highly Applicable for Direct Care Workers
Recommended Attendees: Existing and Prospective Administrative Staff in Adult Foster Care and Homes for the Aged and Other Assisted Living Venues in America. This session is a must for anyone entering any type of group living business or who is already in the group living business and interested in heightening your systems to ensure regulatory compliance and business development.
- Prevention and Containment of Communicable Disease: Blood Borne Pathogens
- Understanding Populations and Behavioral Characteristics (Newly added section 10/08)
- Documentation Integrity: Resident and Personnel Documentation
- Adult CPR
- Standard First Aid (Includes Use of Emergency Oxygen)
- Emergency Oxygen Usage
- Infant / Child CPR
- Adult Foster Care Definition
- Effective Financial and Administrative Management
- Composition of Employee Records
- Composition of Resident Records
- Nutritional Protocol
- Effective Fire Safety & Prevention
Includes:- Proper Evacuation Plans
- Creating Evacuation Plans for Effective Usage
- Fighting Fires With the Right Equipment
- Fire Drill Logs
- Person Centered Planning
- Resident Rights and How to Teach Them to Employees
Includes:- Review of Public Act 519 (Who Reports, What to Report, Why, To Whom, How?)
- The Role of Adult Protective Services - Review of PA 519 of 1982
- Review of the Mental Health Code Section 330.1723 - Suspected Abuse of recipient or resident; statutes governing reports to law enforcement agency
- Basic Medication Administration
- Resident Safety & Protection
- Storm Safety Tips
- What to Do When Power is Lost
- What to Do When a Tornado Warning is Issued
- Guidelines for Use of Handrails (Avoiding Restraints-Licensing Guideline Review)
- Handling Medical Emergencies
- Rendering Services to the Medically Fragile
CLASS START DATES
July 12th, 2011 – P.M. Class begins at 5:30 p.m.
August 2nd, 2011 – A.M. Class begins at 8:30 a.m.
September 13th, 2011 - P.M. Class begins at 5:30 p.m.
October 11th, 2011 - P.M. Class begins at 5:30 p.m.
November 8th, 2011 - P.M. Class begins at 5:30 p.m.
December 13th, 2011 – A.M. Class begins at 8:30 a.m.
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* Managing During Natural Disasters Including Arranging Temporary Shelter Agreements with other facilities
Effective January 1st, 2008 this class is conducted for 10days, depending upon curriculum. Some may decide to attend for only certain subjects or to complete a set number of continuing education credits instead of attending the entire session. This is allowable in all Critical Skill Sessions. Simply indicate this when calling to register. Direct Care Workers and Home Managers may also be sent for specific training subjects of interest.