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> Instructions
If this is your first time in the Online Learning Academy, please start with this FREE introduction to our site. Register for this course to see pricing, instructions on how to take classes and navigate around the site and find answers to frequently asked questions (FAQs).
To register for other courses: 1) locate the class(es) you're interested in, 2) choose the Professional or Family Caregiver version, 3) click on "Sign up for this Course".
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>> DISCUSSION GROUP for Family Caregivers
This class is meant to encourage group discussion, information sharing and mutual support among family caregivers. Please sign up for the class (it's FREE) and then visit the Chat Room to get started chatting! In the FAQs section you will find helpful information such as: how to use a chat room and/or bulletin board and suggested topics for discussion (past experiences, areas of knowledge, etc). To access the FAQs section, just click on the FAQs link in the "Reference" area.
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>> DISCUSSION GROUP for Professional Caregivers
This class is meant to encourage group discussion, information sharing and mutual support among professional caregivers. Please sign up for the class (it's FREE) and then visit the Chat Room to get started chatting! In the FAQs section you will find helpful information such as: how to use a chat room and/or bulletin board and suggested topics for discussion (past experiences, areas of knowledge, etc). To access the FAQs section, just click on the FAQs link in the "Reference" area.
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>>> Essential Homecare Skills: An Animated Guide
This class contains a collection of animated demonstrations of essential homecare skills. The class is FREE and there are no tests or requirements. Just register and then click on the name of the skill demonstration you'd like to see in the "lessons" area of the class.
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Food and Nutrition (IIIB - 4.5 hrs) - Family Caregiver Class
Family Caregivers Class (4.5 hrs)
At some time most homemaker-home care aides will prepare food for clients and therefore they need to know about food and nutrition and how they contribute to the physical, social and psychological well-being of people. The plan for homemaker-home care aide services for an individual client or family should indicate responsibility for maintaining proper nutrition.
Cost: $6.75
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Practicum: HCAI (VI - 2.5 hrs) - Professional Caregiver Class
Professional Caregivers Class (2.5 hrs)
The goal of the practicum is to reinforce and help integrate learned skills and knowledge. You are eligible for this course once you have completed all of the other Level I classes (totalling 38.5 hours). Once you have completed those courses and taken this Practicum, you will receive your Level I Practicum certificate.
Cost: $3.75
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Understanding Dying and Death (IIH - 1.0 hrs) - Family Caregiver Class
Family Caregivers Class (1.0 hrs)
The homemaker-home care aide becomes concerned with dying and death when providing services for the aged and for the terminally ill. With the growing interest in hospice care for the terminally ill, services for the dying at home will increase. Therefore, the trainee should have knowledge about the behavior and feelings of the terminally ill and how these feelings influence the care services and supportive relationship for the family.
Cost: $1.50
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Understanding Dying and Death (IIH - 1.0 hrs) - Professional Caregiver Class
Professional Caregivers Class (1.0 hrs)
The homemaker-home care aide becomes concerned with dying and death when providing services for the aged and for the terminally ill. With the growing interest in hospice care for the terminally ill, services for the dying at home will increase. Therefore, the trainee should have knowledge about the behavior and feelings of the terminally ill and how these feelings influence the care services and supportive relation-ship for the family.
Cost: $1.50
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