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Course/Class Description:

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Medication Administration:

This is a 2-day course 16+ hours, the class is held on Wednesday and Thursdays 10am-6:30pm. Participants will learn basic terminology and reference tools, the role of the caregiver, resident rights', MA in CBRF/AFH and legal issues, different types of medication and classification of medication, facility MA system including documentations, medication errors, medication ordering, packaging, storage and delivery to CBRF/AFH, preparing and administering a medication as well as documenting the administration of the medication.

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Standard Precautions:

This is a 2+ hour course where participants will understand how infectious agents are spread from person to person (chain of infection), how standard precautions prevent the transmission of infectious agents, and how to use standard precautions to break the chain of infection in an AFH/CBRF.

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Fire Safety:

This is a 3+ hour course covering the basics of fire safety. Participants will learn to identify the stages of fire, how fire spreads, and how to properly use a fire extinguisher (PASS). We will also talk about fire drills and different types of escape in an AFH/CBRF.

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First-Aid/Choking:

This is a 4+ hour course where participants will know their role as an assisted living employee in an emergency, be able to provide basic first aid in emergencies until help arrives, understand how to and be able to alleviate choking, identify different types of emergencies and how to respond, and learn basic prevention methods to avoid emergency situations.

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CPR:

This is a 2+ hour course where participant will recognize the signs and symptoms of a heart attack, describe first aid care for a heart attack, explain how cardiac arrest differs from a heart attack, list of cardiac arrest, describe the links in the Cardiac Chain of Survival, demonstrate how to perform CPR, explain what to do if the chest does not rise with rescue breaths, and describe how to perform compression's-only CPR, and explain when it is appropriate to perform compression's-only CPR!

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CPR/AED:

This is a 3+ hour course where participant (read CPR), and including define defibrillation and explain how defibrillation works to restore an effective heart rhythm, understand the value of using an AED along with CPR, know how to use an AED in various special situations, identify precautions to take when using an AED, and demonstrate how to use an AED.

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Individual Service Plan (ISP):

This course will teach participants:

-Define Person Centered Documentation

-Explain Documentation “Do's” and “Don'ts”

-Explain the purpose of Progress Notes

-Define an ISP

-Explain the purpose of a Medical Report

-Demonstrate the ability to document Progress Notes and a Medical Report

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Client Group:

This course will cover the following groups: Intellectual Disability, Downs Syndrome, Autism, Epilepsy, and Alzheimer's disease.

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Challenging Behaviors:

This course includes topics on: Recognizing and responding to aggressive, destructive behaviors to self and others; along with strategies that work in supporting a person.

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Dietary:

This 2-hour course will teach participants how to work along with the dietary manager to prepare meals. Participants will also assist in cleaning up, kitchen maintenance and setting up and taking down the dining areas. Participants deliver food to residents' rooms, preparing and serving snacks and taking inventory of food and kitchen supplies.

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Resident Rights:

This 2-hour course will teach participants resident rights and "promote and protect the rights of each resident" and places a strong emphasis on individual dignity and self-determination.

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Personal Cares:

This 1-hour course will help you provide personal care in a way that honors your friend/family member's dignity. Topics include: Use of correct body mechanics, infection control, correct hand washing, privacy and modesty issues, promoting independence, oral hygiene, denture care, bed bath, dressing, nail care, laundry, shaving, shampooing hair in bed.

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