New Advanced Caregiver Certification Course!
The American Caregiver Association has a new Advanced National Caregiver Certification Course (ANCCC) that will be available very soon for purchase. Who should take the ANCCC? Anyone who is interested in learning more about the caregiver profession, or those requiring or wanting to be certified as a caregiver are welcome to take the course.
The ANCCC course is equivalent to 83 hours of in-class instruction per ACA guidelines, but like to the NCCC course it is a self-study course that can be completed on your schedule and at your pace. Let us point out however, that the advanced course is a more comprehensive course in that covers all of the topics included in the National Caregiver Certification Course (NCCC), but it goes beyond the NCCC course in that it includes a more detailed look at the topics discussed in the NCCC course.
In addition, the advanced course introduces several new topics that we believe you will find useful in your daily routine as a caregiver, depending on the level of care of the resident’s you are caring for. In other words, regardless of whether you are caring for mom or dad, or are employed with an assisted living facility, we strongly encourage you to consider taking the ANCCC course.
The advanced caregiver course can be taken after the NCCC course, or taken by itself in place of the NCCC course. If you are planning on working as a caregiver, or simply want to advance your knowledge about certain core areas of caregiving you will want to take the ANCCC course. Doing so not only augments your knowledge and skills, but you become nationally certified with the ACA.
Outside of cost, your ACA certification is probably the most important factor that families look at when searching for a professional caregiver to care for a loved one. This applies to private duty or temp agency situations and adult care homes, or assisted living facilities as they are often referred to today.
Finally, keep in mind that your caregiver certification gives families and those you care for peace of mind knowing that you have taken the time to advance your knowledge with the hope of ultimately providing better care as a result.
Topics covered in the Advanced National Caregiver Certification Course (ANCCC) include the following:
1. Components of effective communication
2. Styles and attitudes of communication
3. Barriers to effective communication
a.) Physical and mental disabilities
b.) Culture
c.) Language
4. Levels of care within an assisted living facility
5. Impact of each level of care on residents
6. Confidentiality (HIPPA)
7. Ethical Principals
8. Resident’s Rights
9. Preventing abuse, neglect and exploitation
10.Mandatory reporting
11.DNR (Do Not Resuscitate)
12.Stress management
13.Time management
14. Developing, using, and maintaining resident service plans
15. Common types of infections
16. Control and prevention of infection
a.) Washing hands
b.) Using gloves
c.) Disposing of sharps and other waste
17. Basic nutrition
18. Meal planning and posting
19. Menus
20.Procuring, storing and handling food
21.Special diets
22.Emergency planning
23.Medical emergencies
24.Environmental emergencies
25.Fire safety
26.Fire drills and evacuations
27.Home environment
28.Taking vital signs
29.Maintaining a resident’s environment
30.Observing and reporting pain
31.Providing assistance to residents with drains and tubes
32.Recognizing and reporting abnormal changes to your supervisor
33.Applying clean bandages
34.Providing peri-operative care
35.Assisting ambulation of residents including transferring and assistive devices
36.Bathing, caring for skin and dressing
37.Caring for teeth
38.Caring for nails
39.Toileting, caring for perineum, and caring for an ostomy
40.Feeding for hydration, including proper feeding techniques and use of assistive devices in
feeding
41.Preventing pressure sores
42.Maintaining and treating skin
43.Modifying the caregiver’s behavior in response to resident behavior
44.Understanding the developmental tasks associated with the aging process
45.Responding to resident behavior
46.Promoting resident dignity
47.Providing culturally sensitive care
48.Caring for the dying resident
49.Interacting with the resident family
50. Anticipating and addressing the needs and behaviors of residents with dementia or
Alzheimer’s disease
51.Communicating with cognitively impaired resident’s
52.Understanding the behavior of cognitively impaired residents
53.Reducing the effects of cognitive impairment
54.Understanding body mechanics
55.Assisting resident self-care
56.Using assistive devices for transferring, walking, eating, and dressing
57.Assisting with range-of motion exercises
58.Determining whether a resident needs assistance with medication administration and if so,
the nature of the assistance
59.Assisting a resident to self-administer medication
60.Observing, documenting and reporting changes in resident condition before and after
medication is administered
61.Knowing the five rights of a resident in medication administration
62.Knowing the classifications of and responses to medication
63.Taking, readings, and implementing physician medication and treatment orders
64.Storing medication properly and securely
65.Documenting medication and treatment services
66.Maintaining records of medication and treatment services
67.Using medication organizers properly
68.Storing and documenting use of narcotic drugs and controlled substances
69.Understanding how metabolism and physical conditions affect medication absorption
70.Knowing the proper administration of all forms of medication
71.Using drug reference guides (PDR)
72.Preventing, identifying, documenting, reporting, and responding to medication errors
If you have questions about the new ANCCC course please do not hesitate to email us at acacaregiver@live.com , or call us at 1-800-625-8108.