To support your caregiving journey, we provide on-demand training for caregivers covering a wide range of essential topics. Our most popular courses cater to new caregivers and those specializing in dementia care. A list of our most requested courses is below. To enroll in one of these classes or in the Dementia Basics Program, please text our office with your course request.
Dementia Basics Certificate Program
Introduction to Dementia Care
Introduction to Dementia Care | 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.
Communicating with a Person with Dementia
Communicating with a Person with Dementia | This class will teach caregivers about the progression of dementia and discuss ways to communicate with the older adult living with dementia as the condition progresses. The goal of this class is to give caregivers more tools and confidence around effective styles of communication with older adults with memory problems.
Addressing Agitation & Aggression in Dementia
Addressing Agitation and Aggression in Dementia | 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.
Safety in Dementia
Safety in Dementia | This class will teach caregivers the importance of safety for clients living with dementia. It will also show caregivers strategies for protecting the client inside and outside the home while maintaining the client's independence.
Addressing Dementia-Related Behaviors When Assisting with ADLs
Addressing Dementia-Related Behaviors When Assisting with ADLs | In this class, caregivers will learn the importance of person-centered care when assisting older adults living with dementia with activities of daily living (ADLs). Caregivers will apply strategies for supporting clients throughout the progression of dementia and will identify best practices for fostering the client's dignity, independence, and choice.
Caregiving Generalist
Light Housekeeping Techniques
Light Housekeeping Techniques | We created this CareAcademy class to help professional caregivers like you maintain cleanliness in your client's home and avoid the spread of infection and bacteria.
Assisting with Independent Living Through IADLs
Assisting with Independent Living Through IADLs | In this class on instrumental activities of daily living (IADLs), we touch upon how to assist older adults with activities such as meal preparation, grocery shopping, medication self-administration, social connections, and transportation.
Assisting with Personal Care Through ADLs
Assisting with Personal Care Through ADLs | In this class on activities of daily living (ADLs), we touch upon how to assist older adults with activities such as transferring to and from a bed to chair, wheelchair, or commode; bathing; grooming; dressing; toileting; and eating.
