This course will provide you with a guide into Independent Living. You will learn ways you can help a resident with everyday activities while supporting his/her independence and helping the resident keep a sense of self-respect. “Instrumental activities of daily living,” or IADL’s are activities related to independent living and include preparing meals, managing money, …
A good Supportive Services Facility will offer a variety of services designed to meet a person’s needs, and to help them maintain the highest level of independence. As a personal care supportive person, you will learn about ways you can help a resident with everyday activities while supporting his/her independence and helping the person to …
Clinical skills are used when doing direct care with the patient, and you are one of the most important members of the health-care-team, working with other nursing staff as well as technicians, therapists, health-care-providers, physicians, nurse practitioners, dieticians, social workers, the clergy, support staff and administration to help meet the mission of the facility whose …
Every year, thousands of older adults fall and hurt themselves. Falls are one of the main causes of injury, and loss of independence in people ages 65 and older. There are many reasons older people fall. They may lose their footing when stepping off a stairway, or getting up from a chair. Or they may …
Substance abuse comes in many forms. It may involve street drugs, alcohol abuse or taking a prescription of a patient, family member or friend. This course looks at the policies and standards that are in place with American Medical Association and the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations. The course covers signs and symptoms …
For more than twenty years, millions of managers in Fortune 500 companies and small businesses nationwide have followed The One Minute Manager’s techniques, thus increasing their productivity, job satisfaction, and personal prosperity. These very real results were achieved through learning the management techniques that spell profitability for the organization and its employees. The One Minute …
This course will teach you that workplace violence is a complex and widespread issue that has received increased attention from the public, mental health experts, law enforcement, and healthcare professionals. Objectives: 1. Define workplace violence 2. Describe the consequences of workplace violence 3. Discuss some strategies to prevent and deal with workplace violence 4. …
The restraint of older people is a pressing issue in health and social care practices. The course provides health and social care professionals with an authoritative resource on the ethics and use of restraints. The course provides an overview of different forms of restraints, and the conditions under which they are used, and their …
When caring for the person in an assisted-living situation, in a nursing home or similar facility; it is important to develop a plan of care to make sure the patient’s physical, social, emotional and spiritual needs are being met. The behaviors and needs of people in a nursing home change constantly as the disease and …
Medication errors happen every day in our hospitals, doctor’s offices, pharmacies, and homes. One of the most common and potentially dangerous medications errors is the mix-up of two drugs that sound alike when spoken or look alike when written. One of the most common and most dangerous medications errors in the hospital is a patient …
