Senior Caregiver Certification Training

Caring for a senior involves many skills, including understanding age-related illnesses.  Aging is a natural process and as we grow older, our cells stop regenerating and based on our lifestyle, diet and genetics, we will all experience different levels of progression of the aging process.

Managing the physical and emotional challenges of aging is important to be a high quality senior caregiver.

In addition, individuals without proper training place themselves and the senior potentially in a dangerous situation.  Not understanding mobility and communication challenges and safe transfering and personal care skills, not to mention how to interact with someone with memory loss can lead to accidents and more.  Not taking medications as prescribed can be fatal and not maintaining a healthy schedule of meals and exercise and emotional connections can lead to both physical and mental deterioration.  Many families can speak to the positive difference it makes when a quality senior caregiver begins working with a senior who was experience a decline in their capabilities because they did not have the proper care.

Caregivers can obtain a 10-hour online Caregiver Certification by taking a course which was developed by the leader in senior care training to meet the guidelines required by state licensing boards for non-medical senior caregiving.  Remember, Certified Nursing Aide training requires from 6 to 8 weeks, usually, and allows for caregivers to provide hands-on care.  You may find a listing of Certified Nursing Aide schools in your area.

Following you will find an overview of the 10-hour online Caregiver Certification training for senior caregivers:

Duties of a Caregiver

Learn the basic scope of a caregiver's job including how to preserve your clients' safety and integrity, help with mobility and independence, and how to work within the rules and regulations that govern your job.

Communicating with Others

This 2 credit hour course will help you understand how to communicate with impaired clients, individuals with Alzheimer's or memory loss, agitated people and others in your work.

Observation, Reporting and Recording

As a caregiver your skills of observation, reporting and recording are vital to helping the rest of the care team provide the best care possible to your clients. Sharpen those skills with this class.

Providing Personal Care

Learn to capably assist a client with personal care tasks like bathing, dressing and grooming, as well as oral care, foot care and even how to give a client a gentle massage.

Promoting and Maintaining Good Mobility

Helping clients with mobility includes learning skills to safely assist with transferring, walking, range of motion and more. The goal is to keep your clients moving, while keeping them - and you - safe. This course is worth 2 credit hours.

Elimination and Toileting

This course will help the caregiver understand the entire digestive process and know what to watch for in clients to ensure good bowel and bladder function, as well as good toileting and incontinence care.

Infection Control

Good infection control starts with proper hand washing, but continues through many steps the caregiver can take. Understanding this topic will help you keep your clients - and yourself and others - as healthy as possible.

Environmental Hazards and Safety

In this course you will learn how to help create a safe, comforting environment, and how to keep it free from hazards. Creating and maintaining a safe environment is important for both you and your clients.

Basic First Aid

In this course you will learn basic first aid including, burns and poisons, heat attack and shock, chocking and falls, stoke and wounds, and other sudden emergencies.

• Burns and Poisons
• Heart Attack and Shock
• Choking and Falls
• Stroke and Wounds
• Other Sudden Emergencies

Understanding Elder Abuse

Abuse is more than just physical. It can also be emotional, financial and sexual. Learn how to recognize and report all types of abuse and neglect, as well as how to protect yourself so that you never abuse a client in your care. This is a 2 credit hour course.

Certificate of Completion

Once Course has been completed and quizzes passed (80% successful on all quizzes), a certificate of Completion is granted and maintained in the Caregiver Certification database.

Participants click on the certificate link to generate and print a personalized certificate. All course quizzes must have been completed with an 80% score or above to achieve your certificate.

You may also apply for a position as a senior caregiver to gain experience.