Assisted living training courses for all levels of staff


We offer a wide range of online learning courses in four major areas: Clinical Training, Direct Care, Dementia, and Onboarding.

Onboarding Courses

  • Abuse and Neglect
  • Confidentiality
  • Fire Safety
  • Infection Control
  • Mobility
  • Normal Aging
  • Nutrition, Food Handling & Sanitation
  • Person Centered Care
  • Reportable Incidents & Conditions
  • Resident Rights
  • Safe Management Techniques
  • Safety Mgmt. and Hazard Prevention
  • What to do in an Emergency

Clinical Courses

  • Focus on Anticoagulant Therapy
  • Focus on Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
  • Focus on Congestive Heart Failure
  • Focus on Diabetes
  • Focus on Dysphagia
  • Focus on Falls
  • Focus on Impaired Physical Mobility
  • Focus on Incontinence
  • Focus on Indwelling Urinary Catheters
  • Focus on Infection
  • Focus on Ostomies
  • Focus on Pain
  • Focus on Wounds

Dementia Courses

  • All Behavior Communicates
  • Alzheimer’s Introduction*
  • Alzheimer’s Related Agitation*
  • Alzheimer’s Related Wandering*
  • Care for Residents with Vascular Dementia
  • Caregiver Approaches
  • Communicating with Residents
  • Creating a Safe Environment
  • Creating a Therapeutic Environment in a Memory Care Neighborhood
  • Dementia ADLs
  • Dementia and Other Possibilities
  • Introduction to Dementia and Alzheimer’s Disease
  • Introduction to Alzheimer’s Disease and its Stages – Video Lesson
  • Meaningful Activities
  • Mental Disorders – Understanding and Care
  • Resisting Care*
  • Understanding Dementia and Mental Illness
  • Understanding and Managing Difficult Behaviors

Direct Care Courses

  • ADLs – Bathing*
  • ADLs – Eating, Drinking, Toileting & Transferring*
  • ADLs – Mouth Care, Grooming & Dressing*
  • After A Fall – Safety, Prevention & Follow Up
  • Aging Sensitivity*
  • Assisted Living – A New Approach to Care*
  • Assisted Walking
  • Back Safety*
  • Bloodborne Pathogens
  • Caregiver Approach is Critical for Success
  • Changing Conditions in Residents
  • Cultural Competency
  • Dining – Assisted Feeding
  • Eating and Drinking
  • Fall Risk Reduction
  • Hospice Care for Patients at the End of Life
  • Infection Risks in the Older Adult
  • Introduction to Trauma & Trauma Informed Care
  • Medication Management – Mastering the Med Pass – Video Lesson
  • Medication Self Administration
  • Meeting the Needs of Residents – Visual Impairment
  • Moving Techniques
  • Observing & Reporting Conditions
  • Pennsylvania DHS Required Forms
  • Preventing Transition Trauma
  • Quality Assurance and Performance Improvement (QAPI) Programs
  • Recognizing Resident Changes
  • Reducing Resident Falls – Video Lesson
  • Resident Incident & Accident Prevention in a Skilled Nursing Facility
  • Responding to Elopement
  • Restorative Nursing Programs
  • Safe Management Techniques
  • Sleep: It’s Too Important to Miss
  • Supporting Bedbound Residents
  • The Cycle of Cleaning Resident Rooms
  • Transfer & Lifting Safety
  • Vital Signs: Blood Pressure & Weight – Video Lesson
  • Vital Signs: Temperature, Pulse, & Respiration – Video Lesson
  • Wellness – 7 Psychosocial Needs of Residents

Skills

  • Ambulate with a Transfer Belt
  • Applying Elastic Stockings
  • Bed Bath
  • Bedpan
  • Denture Care
  • Donning and Doffing PPE
  • Dressing a Client with a Weak Affected Right Arm
  • Empty Urine Drainage Bag
  • Feed a Resident
  • Foot Care
  • Indwelling Catheter Care
  • Measure Intake
  • Measure Output
  • Measuring Intake and Output
  • Mouth Care
  • Occupied Bed-Making
  • Passive ROM – Knee, Ankle
  • Passive ROM – Shoulder
  • Perineal Care
  • Positioning on Side
  • Standard Post-steps
  • Standard Pre-steps
  • Transfer Bed to Wheelchair

Administration & Safety

  • Cyber Security & Password Management
  • Cybersecurity Training for Senior Living Business End Users
  • HIPAA Privacy Act
  • Making a Good First Impression to Callers
  • Misappropriation and Financial Abuse in Assisted Living
  • Phone Etiquette
  • Reportable Incidents & Conditions – Maryland
  • Reportable Incidents & Conditions – Pennsylvania
  • Resident Rights for PA & MD Employees
  • Safe Management Techniques

* Courses with an asterisk are online versions of our SLU DVDs

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