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A common part of a home care client’s care plan is “light housekeeping”. What does light housekeeping mean and what does it include? This course includes information about how to do certain tasks, guidelines on which tasks to do first, what not to do’s, and the importance of disinfecting to prevent the spread of germs and infection. -
This course discusses clients' privacy, security (confidentiality), and related rights. The course also discusses ethical behaviour as it relates to being a caregiver. -
This course discusses the responsibility of every employee to assist in fire prevention, procedures and practices within the client environment. -
This course will discuss organization practices in regards to organizations commitment to providing a healthy, harassment-free work environment supportive of the dignity, self-esteem and productivity of every employee. -
This class demonstrates the importance of observing, documenting and reporting on a client’s condition. Caregivers will learn techniques for objective and subjective observation, elements and types of reports, and characteristics of effective documentation. -
This course will teach caregivers how to bathe an older adult. After understanding the importance of bathing, caregivers will be instructed on how to make bathing safe and dignified. -
This course discusses elder abuse and neglect, including how to prevent it and how to report it if it does occur. The course also discusses ethical behaviour as it relates to being a caregiver. -
This course ensures all staff consider proper body mechanics when assisting clients with lifts and transfers. Discussion will ensure all client transfers will be provided in a safe and appropriate manner. Staff members are trained in the safe use of site specific lifts as well body mechanics. -
This course explores what aggression is, how to recognize and how to diffuse, and deal with in a calm professional manner. Safety of caregiver and client will be discussed. -
This course will discuss ways to protect employees from occupational exposure to infectious disease and that it is done in a manner that complied with the provincial and federal Workers Compensation Act and the Occupational Health and Safety Regulation, and human rights legislation. -
Our Infection Prevention & Control (IP&C) policies and procedures were created by our nursing team with the safety of your staff and your clients in mind. Our policies and procedures were designed to reduce the spread of infection. While minimizing the spread of infection may seem like a no-brainer, it often falls victim to complacency. By having policies and procedures in place to ensure staff are accountable to reduce the spread of infection, everyone benefits. Safety is paramount when you are caring for a vulnerable population. Ensuring your staff are compliant with infection prevention protects your staff and your clients. Our two-policy Home Support Infection Prevention & Control package is a great addition to your policy and procedure manuals. All of our policy and procedures package templates allow you to easily insert your logo to make the packages your own, and come in a format which can be edited to allow you to add or remove policies and procedures, or edit specific items which are important to the values of your company. Our Home Support Infection Prevention & Control Policy Package includes: Contains 2 customizable policies (MS Word file). Downloadable upon purchase. Click here to view a sample policy. Click here to view The Home Care Academy's return policy. -
Just as important as many of our other policy and procedure packages, our Administration policies don't fit into and specific category. These policies and procedures were created through our years of experience building businesses. They are ones that have been created our of need. Some of these policies include tasks such as record keeping, confidentiality agreements, and dealing with client concerns. Our Home Support Administration Policy Package includes: Contains 3 customizable policies (MS Word file). Downloadable upon purchase. Click here to view a sample policy. Click here to view The Home Care Academy's return policy.
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