Hybrid Home Health Aide Train-the-Trainer Program
Hybrid Home Health Aide Train-the-Trainer Program
Wednesday, October 30, 2024 (8:30 AM - 4:30 PM) (EDT)
Description
You must be an IAHHC Member to take this course.
Fees:
IAHHC Member - $400
*If you are not an IAHHC Member and would like to learn more about membership to take this course, please contact our Membership Director Michelle at michelle@iahhc.org or 317-775-6672.
The IAHHC Hybrid Home Health Aide Train-the-Trainer Program is a one-day course providing *qualified trainers with the newly updated online curriculum and access to virtual skills simulations, lesson plans, handouts, competency assessments, and guidelines to teach a person how to become a home health aide. This course will also include information on adult learning, how to debrief after the online practical skills simulations, and how to set up a practice lab for the required practice lab component of training.
This course is open to IAHHC members only. The online home health aide training curriculum is provided through Rochester Community Technical College (RCTC) and will provide the knowledge-based training required by state and federal requirements. The virtual practice skills will be provided by CNA Simulations and have been adapted to be more applicable to the home care environment.
*A qualified trainer is a Registered Nurse with a minimum of 2 years’ experience, one of which must be in home health.
Content covered in RCTC online courses:
-Orientation to home care industry
-Ethical & legal principles including respect for the client’s privacy and property
-Communication
-Basic client needs
-Working with different populations
-Infection control
-Maintenance of a clean and safe client environment
-Observation, reporting and documenting
-Unique needs of geriatric clients
-Personal care, hygiene and grooming
-Safe client transfers and ambulation
-Common diseases
-Care of dying client and their families
-Pressure ulcer prevention
-Assisting with client rehabilitation activities
-Planning, purchasing and serving food
-Body mechanic basics
-Recognizing and responding to emergencies
-Employee safety
-Range of motion
-Taking and recording vital signs
-Special procedures
Skills included in online virtual simulations:
-Denture care
-Foot care
-Handwashing with soap and water
-Handwashing with hand sanitizer
-Back safety
-Donning and doffing gloves
-Reporting observations
-Pressure ulcers
-Assisting with bedpan
-Safety
-Rolling client to the side
-Privacy
-Communicating with a client with dementia
-Catheter care
-Perineal care
-Measuring urine output
-Ensuring a safe environment
-TED hose application
-Transfer Bed to wheelchair
-Side lying positioning
-Mouth care
-Feeding
If you have taken our Trainer Certification for Direct Care Staff in the past year (2023-Present), you will receive a discounted rate of $250. Please reach out to Tori at tori@iahhc.org or Beth at beth@iahhc.org to get approval and we will send you a discount code before you register!
Sponsors
Program Sponsor
6320-G Rucker Road
Indianapolis, IN 46220 United States
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