Hospice

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 many older adults (and those with disabilities) that are abused, neglected or exploited each year. This course has been created to insure assisted living personnel knows how to identify, report, and prevent elder care abuse, neglect, and exploitation.

State and accrediting agencies monitor hospices and investigate complaints when they are filed. This course will help you understand what they are looking for and how to mitigate deficiency risks.

This course will explore the process of discharging a patient from the hospital setting and the role of a care management team in reducing and preventing hospital readmissions. We will examine and review some of the strategies to reduce the likelihood of unplanned readmission and adverse events after the patient is discharged from the hospital to a home health care or assisted living setting.

The concept of quality and process improvement are well-entrenched in most healthcare organizations today. CMS has regulations about quality for every kind of healthcare organization. These regulations require that an organization show their efforts at improvement based on organizational data. The Joint Commission (TJC) and other accrediting bodies also require evidence of process improvement activities. This course will teach you how to do performance improvement activities that helps your organization succeed and helps you pass survey

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 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.

This Effective Manager course has been designed to explore the many managerial strategies that
will allow a manager to become an effective manager.

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.

The QAPI plan helps the hospice identify the “best practices” based on the current information in the industry. This course will help you •Design a…

This course will help you better understand the process of wound healing and treatment, with the
goal of enhancing your skills to further improve wound care patient care.