Primary Home Care

Each individual has the right to live his or her life with dignity and respect, free from abuse of any kind. Unfortunately, there are too…

“This course will cover the basic information concerning the process of prevention and control of infections in a home health care setting.
The content of this course was developed to assist home heath-care providers in understanding their roles in preventing the spread of communicable diseases in a home healthcare setting.
The course will also explore safety measures and technique to help create a safe working environment, as well as laws and regulations about patients and caretaker rights in a home care setting.”

This course will cover the basics of adult first aid. This course was developed for home healthcare providers to provide the basic information on how to handle health emergencies in a home care setting.
This course can be taken by anyone who provides care in the home and is designed to give step by step instructions on what to do in a health emergency while you wait for EMS.

This course can be taken by anyone who is a caretaker to a patient at risk of falling. We will explore the process of fall risk assessment using available fall assessment tools and the multiple risk factors that make home health care patients vulnerable to falls. We will discuss different fall prevention strategies and techniques that home health care providers can utilize to reduce fall incidences in the home. The course will also showcase available resources and steps to incorporate strong fall prevention programs in the home health care setting.

In the current landscape of health care, the concept of ethics is more important than ever. The many moving parts in the health care field (plus the remote nature of the work) places health workers in delicate positions where the concept of ethics and ethical behavior must be applied to ensure the best solution is chosen.

This course provides a comprehensive look at Alzheimer’s and tackles all these thorny questions with the best advice of an experienced clinician. We review what Alzheimer’s is, how it is diagnosed, and the expected progression of the disease. The class also offers practical advice for the day-to-day obstacles a caregiver might face at each stage of the disease.