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By having a clear medication management practice in place you ensure safety when it comes to prescribed and non-prescribed medications. Our policies create a transparent medication management program which ensures the safety of your clients and the staff managing the medication. Ensuring staff adherence to your medication policies will help mitigate medication mistakes and keep your clients and staff safe. Having medication policies in place shows your clients and staff that you are professional and care about them and their safety. All of our policy and procedure package templates allow you to easily insert your logo to make these 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 Care Medication Policy Package includes: Contains 11 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. -
The Home Care Nursing Policy and Procedure package is one of the most critical packages. Essentially, these define many of the tasks your home care staff will complete on a daily basis. These policies outline many of the duties of a home care worker, provide accountability, proper guidance, and ensure consistency and safety for your clients. By defining these clearly to your staff they will understand what it means to provide consistent, safe, proper services that represent what your company stands for quality, compassionate, home support. Our Home Care Nursing Policy Package includes: Contains 16 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. -
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 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 discusses clients' privacy, security (confidentiality), and related rights. 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 discusses the responsibility of every employee to assist in fire prevention, procedures and practices within the client environment. -
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. -
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.
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