Caregiver Training Course
As the national certifying organization for caregivers the American Caregiver Association offers several online caregiver courses and bundle packages to meet your needs. Whether you're fulfilling an insurance requirement, looking to start your own caregiver business or seeking to fulfill a continuing education requirement, we have you covered. Please see all of our online caregiver training courses below and don't hesitate to contact us should you have any questions.
A Simple Process
When it comes to online caregiver training you want simplicity, ease of use and a pain free experience. As the national accrediting body for caregivers, the American Caregiver Association understands this need and has worked hard to put together the simplest process possible. No creating passwords, no creating accounts, usernames or passwords. This means no login problems. Everything about our elder home caregiver training is meant to help you rest easy knowing you’re in good hands. You order your course, you go into our queue, and when your number comes up in our queue our team sets up your file and emails your course materials to you. It’s that simple!
Best of all we are here to support you and get you through the process all the way through until you’re done. Take a look at all of our online caregiver training courses by clicking on our Online Store here. There are videos that accompany each individual course and bundle package. If you’re still not sure about what online caregiver training courses you need, email or call us and we will be more than happy to help you out and get you pointed in the right direction.
This ACA grants 120 hours of in-class credit for this course. Topics Covered in the NCCC caregiver training course include:
1. Residents Rights
2. Communicating Effectively with Residents
3. Managing Personal Stress
4. Preventing Abuse, Neglect and Exploitation
5. Controlling the Spread of Disease and Infection
6. Record Keeping and Documentation
7. Service Plans
8. Nutrition, Hydration and Food Services
9. Assisting in the Self-Administration of Medications
10. Social, Recreational and Rehabilitative Activities
11. Fire, Safety and Emergency Procedures
12. The Aging Process
13. Assisting Residents with Activities of Daily Living (ADLs)
14. Vital Signs
15. Medications
16. Oral Hygiene, Grooming & Bathing
17. Skin Integrity
18. Residents with Dementia & Alzheimer’s Disease
19. Communicating with Residents Unable to Direct Self-Care
20. Providing Services and Life Skills
21. Managing Difficult Behavior for Residents Unable to Direct Self-Care
22. Developing & Providing Social, Recreational & Rehabilitative Activities for Residents Unable to Direct Self-Care
23. Risk Management, Fall Prevention and Ambulation
The ACA grants 200 hours of in-class credit for this course. Topics covered in the ANCCC caregiver training course include:
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
The ACA grants 80 hours of in-class credit for this course. Topics covered in the NALMCC include:
1. Delegation of Authority
2. Developing & Implementing Policies & Procedure
3. Managing Caregiver Personnel
4. General Business Practices
5. Basic Requirements for Caregivers
6. General Employment Laws
​Super Certification Bundle: NCCC, ANCCC, NALMCC, PLUS Membership
Platinum Certification Bundle (5 Courses, Membership, ID Card)
NCCC & NALMCC and Membership Bundle
This bundle is for those wanting to start their own caregiver company. This bundle includes:
- National Caregiver Certification Course
- Start Your Own Caregiver Business Guide
- ACA Membership
- Caregiver ID card
- National Caregiver Registry (NCR) Status
Certificate of Caregiver Leadership (CCL1): Level l
20 hours of in-class credit granted for this caregiver course.
Certificate of Personal Development: Level I (CPDL1).
20 hours of in-class credit granted for this caregiver course.
Certificate of Caregiver Ethics: Level I (CCEL1).
20 hours of in-class credit granted for this caregiver course.
Annual membership with the ACA