Objective: Recognize signs and situations where an older adult may need a modified diet. Choose an appropriate type of dietary modification. Practice ways to decrease the risk of issues with chewing and swallowing.

Description: This class will educate caregivers on the needs of older adults with altered chewing/swallowing functionality, and how to modify meals for those that require diets needing a modified texture or thickened liquids. After reviewing the needs and reasons to why a modified diet is required, the caregiver will be able to identify these potential needs and be able to modify an individual’s meal to meet any modified solid or liquid texture needs.

Objective: Identify different ways that infections can be transmitted, including bloodborne pathogens. Define infection control and explain its importance. Demonstrate appropriate practices for controlling the infection. Apply strategies for cleaning and disinfecting a client's home to prevent the spread of infection.

Description: In this class, caregivers learn how to maintain a clean and healthy environment for the older adults in their lives. Topics discussed include standard precautions (also known as universal precautions), including hand hygiene and the use of personal protective equipment, and how to dispose of sharps and other contaminated materials and equipment. Also covered are methods of transmission, bloodborne pathogens and airborne diseases, transmission-based precautions, and techniques for cleaning and disinfection for infection control.

Objective: Describe COVID-19, its symptoms, the people most at risk of serious illness from it, and how it is transmitted. Identify reliable sources of information about COVID-19. Apply strategies for reducing the spread of the COVID-19 virus. Describe tactics for providing care to someone who has COVID-19. Explain why cleaning and disinfection is important during the COVID-19 pandemic. Suggest strategies for self-care for caregivers during the COVID-19 global pandemic.

Description: This class will provide caregivers with relevant information on the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). Caregivers will learn where to obtain reliable information about the virus, how to help prevent the virus from spreading, and how to care for themselves and their clients.

Objective: Discuss how medical factors can contribute to falls in older adults. Demonstrate specific exercises for the older adult that help with preventing falls. Manage aggressive behaviors that may happen when caring for an older adult. Effectively report changes in the older adult's condition. Tell the difference between emergencies that do require calling 911 and emergencies that do not.

Description: In this class, we explore the common medical factors that cause older adults to fall, and review specific exercises for preventing falls. We also discuss additional safety precautions, including managing aggressive behavior when caring for an older adult, and identifying and reporting changes in the older adult's condition.

Objective: Recognize a fire emergency. Recognize a medical emergency. This includes being able to recognize: common sudden illness; choking; shock; seizure; heat-related illnesses and cold-related emergencies; head, neck, and spinal injuries; severe allergic reaction; burns; severe bleeding; and poisoning. Contact 911 when appropriate.

Description: This class teaches direct care workers how to recognize fire and medical emergencies and properly respond by contacting 911 when appropriate.

Objective: Describe the procedure for providing basic first aid to a client who is experiencing: common sudden illness; choking; shock; a seizure; heat-related illnesses and cold-related emergencies; head, neck, and spinal injuries; bone or joint injuries; severe allergic reaction; burns; severe bleeding; and poisoning.

Description: This class covers the correct procedures for providing basic first aid for your client for the most common medical emergencies until Emergency Medical Services arrive. Note: Completing this class will provide the learner with an understanding of basic first aid.

Objective: This class teaches direct care workers how to provide basic first aid when your client experiences a common medical non-emergency. Note: Completing the class does not confer First Aid certification.

Description: Describe the process for correctly responding to a client who experiences a common medical non-emergency: a headache; mild reactions to insect bites and stings; a muscle sprain; a strain; a minor burn; minor cuts, scrapes, and bruises; or a nosebleed. Note: Completing this class will provide the learner with an understanding of basic first aid.

Objective: Describe the importance of being prepared for emergency situations; Describe how to ensure you and your client are prepared to respond in the event of an emergency; Describe how to properly respond in the event of common weather-related emergencies; Describe how to properly respond in the event of common natural disasters; Describe common causes of fire-related emergencies; Describe how to prevent a fire-related emergency.

Description: This class discusses emergency preparedness and procedures to follow in the event of disasters such as severe weather, floods, earthquakes, and other emergency situations. It explores how direct care workers can prepare for these types of emergencies, and how best to care for their clients and themselves should a disaster occur. It also reviews standard fire prevention and safety tips.

Ojective: Identify the housekeeping tasks that caregivers may perform for their clients. Determine how to clean and tidy a client’s bedroom, kitchen, bathroom, and family/living room. Explain how to perform specific housekeeping tasks, such as doing laundry, making beds, running errands, and pest control.

Description: This class covers the essential housekeeping tasks that caregivers may perform for their clients. Caregivers will learn general tips for housekeeping, safe use of cleaning products, and how to clean and tidy different rooms within the client’s home. They will also learn how to do laundry, make beds, and run errands for the client.

Objective: Define mental illness. Identify common mental illnesses in older adults. Describe treatment options for older adults with mental illnesses. Determine strategies for managing the behaviors of older adults with mental illness.

Description: This class will teach caregivers the basics of mental illness in older adults. Caregivers will learn to identify common mental illnesses, their causes, and common treatments. Caregivers will also learn strategies for coping with the challenging behaviors of older adults with mental illnesses, and what to do if those behaviors become inappropriate.

Objective: Define dementia. Identify common symptoms of dementia. Describe stages of Alzheimer’s disease and the symptoms experienced at each stage. Recognize dementia-related behaviors. Understand the importance of the care plan for older adults living with dementia. Recognize the impacts of dementia on the client’s family. Determine how to care for an older adult in the final stage of Alzheimer’s disease. Recognize types of non-medicinal therapies for dementia. Suggest environmental changes to support a client living with dementia.

Description: This class was created for professional caregivers to understand dementia and apply recommended care strategies for supporting a client living with dementia in the client's own home. Alzheimer’s disease and dementia impact many aspects of care. The caregiver’s ability to modify care, recognize and work through challenges, and support themself and the family are all vital in providing care to those with Alzheimer’s and dementia.

Objective: Recognize causes of agitation or aggressive behavior in older adults with dementia. Identify the aggressive behaviors associated with dementia in older adults. Determine strategies for preventing agitation and aggressive behaviors in older adults with dementia. Describe tactics for managing agitated and aggressive behaviors of an older adult with dementia.

Description: This class will help caregivers recognize agitation and aggressive behaviors in older adults living with dementia, and will provide strategies for preventing and addressing agitation and aggression.