Identify different types of mobility equipment and their use. Explain how to safely transfer an older adult using a gait belt, slide board, or mobility device. Describe how to use a Hoyer lift to transfer an older adult. Determine how to use bed rails, monitors, and alarms to keep an older adult safe in bed.

Describe the anatomy of joints. Explain how muscles help joints to move. Demonstrate how to perform active range of motion exercises for the older adult’s upper and lower body. Demonstrate how to perform passive range of motion exercises for older adults who are bedridden.

Identify the conditions that cause changes in older adults’ skin. Describe ways of taking care of the older adult’s skin. Explain techniques for preventing wounds in older adults.

Identify physical changes due to age and the common disorders that affect the musculoskeletal system. Identify physical changes due to age and the common disorders that affect the integumentary system. Identify physical changes due to age and the common disorders that affect the digestive system. Identify physical changes due to age and the common disorders that affect the lung and heart systems. Identify physical changes due to age and the common disorders that affect the urinary system. Identify physical changes due to age and the common diseases that affect the brain and nervous system.

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.

Explain why falls happen in older adults and how falls can be prevented. Evaluate each room in the older adult's house for potential risk of falls. Talk to the older adult about falls prevention and how to make it part of his or her daily routine.

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

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.