Working with People is about “Understanding Them”

www.workingwithpeopleafc.com The Working with People training series is an update on the subject from the decades old publication, “Providing Residential Services in Community Settings”. It has been enhanced to include dialogue about multiple populations. This makes it of greater value to the direct care worker training effort in adult foster care. Initially the goal […]
5 Strategies for Problem Solving and Prevention in Care…Special Zoom Presentation:

Pandemic or no pandemic we surely need strategy and long-term vision to make it in business these days. The small and medium size operators – those with income of $100K to $1.5 Mil annually – have to invest even more human energy into being a success. The roadblock is often that so much time is […]
Traumatic Brain Injury Course a Boon for Direct Care Workers

Effective July 1, 2018, a simplified yet highly informative and effective course in traumatic brain injury is available for administrative and direct care staff in group living environments. The main topics are: Traumatic Brain Injury Defined How the Condition is Diagnosed Temporal Lobe Deficits and Cognitive Re-Training in Traumatic Brain Injury Most Popular Causes Common […]
A Fatal Mistake to Avoid in Home Care

Millions of American need care in their homes. Some are battling Alzheimer’s disease and/or a related dementia while others are dealing with medical fragility from other causes including catastrophic injury. People need help at home! Home care companies – some skilled, some unskilled and some with departments for both – help to assure that those […]
Customization is Everything in Training….

If there exists any business category where the “one size fits all” mantra does not apply it is in the category of training or people development. Training, especially in long-term care, considers: Laws, statutes and administrative rules Needs of the community Language consideration Learning abilities of product users It is for this reason that in […]