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For CNAs, home care aides, assisted-living staff and families: understand dementia, spot urgent changes, communicate with compassion and give safe, person-centered care within your role.
For: Certified nursing assistants (CNAs), home care and personal care aides, assisted-living and memory care staff, adult day staff, customer-facing staff who serve older adults, and family caregivers
Learn what dementia is and is not, how the main types differ, and how to tell a sudden change such as delirium from the slow course of dementia. You will practice the skills that make the biggest difference on a shift: communicating so a person living with dementia can understand you, reading responsive behaviors as messages, and reporting a change in condition clearly with SBAR. Hands-on exercises include a branching bathing scenario, a change-in-condition decision tool, an SBAR builder and three spot-the-issue activities.
Built for CNAs, home care aides, assisted-living and memory care staff, adult day staff and family caregivers. Every module follows a different US care setting, from a Tulsa home visit to a Milwaukee nursing home, and keeps a clear line between what aides do (observe, support, report, document) and what nurses and physicians do (assess, diagnose, prescribe).
Dementia care is closely regulated. Federal rules for nursing homes require yearly nurse aide in-service that includes dementia management and abuse prevention (42 CFR 483.95(g)) and push care teams toward non-drug approaches before antipsychotics (42 CFR 483.45). Many states add their own training rules. This awareness course explains those rules honestly, includes verified examples from Illinois, California and Texas, and gives you four job aids, including a stop-and-watch SBAR form and an in-service sign-off record.
What you’ll be able to do Monday morning
8 modules · 25 lessons · about 2 contact hours
Diagram · In practice checklist · 2-question knowledge check
Diagram · In practice checklist · 2-question knowledge check
Diagram · In practice checklist · 2-question knowledge check
Diagram · In practice checklist · 2-question knowledge check
Diagram · In practice checklist · 2-question knowledge check
Diagram · In practice checklist · 2-question knowledge check
Diagram · In practice checklist · 2-question knowledge check
Diagram · In practice checklist · 2-question knowledge check
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This course awards a certificate of completion for 2 contact hours of instruction. It has not been approved or accredited by any state nurse aide registry, state health or aging agency, board of nursing, the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), the National Association of Long Term Care Administrator Boards (NAB) or any other accreditor. It is general awareness training: it does not certify competence in hands-on dementia care, and it does not replace the site-specific, supervised training your employer provides. Federal rules require nursing homes to give nurse aides at least 12 hours of in-service each year that includes dementia management, and many states set their own dementia training hours, topics and approved curricula. Check with your employer or state agency whether this course can count toward your specific requirement.
Pathways we are pursuing or may pursue include acceptance as part of employer nurse aide in-service programs, nursing continuing education through a provider accredited by ANCC, NAB approval for long-term care administrators, and state-specific editions where states review dementia training curricula. No approval exists today; any approval will be shown on this page only after it is granted.
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Dementia training rules differ by state, by care setting (nursing home, assisted living, memory care, home care, adult day, hospice) and by role. The federal floor applies only to nursing homes that participate in Medicare or Medicaid: nurse aides need at least 12 hours of in-service each year, including dementia management and resident abuse prevention training (42 CFR 483.95(g)).
Many other states have their own rules, and some require training to use an approved curriculum or trainer, include in-person skills practice, or be documented in a particular way. What to check locally: the rule for your setting and role, required hours and deadlines, whether online training is accepted, whether the curriculum or trainer must be approved, and how completion must be recorded.
It gives you a certificate of completion for 2 contact hours of instruction. It is not currently approved or accredited by any state agency, board or accreditor. Dementia training rules vary by state, setting and role, and some require approved curricula or in-person skills practice. Ask your employer or state agency whether they accept this course toward your specific requirement before you rely on it.
It is written for certified nursing assistants, home care and personal care aides, assisted-living and memory care staff, adult day staff, and customer-facing staff who serve older adults. Family caregivers will also find it practical. It is foundational awareness training and assumes no clinical background. Nurses and other licensed staff may use it as a refresher, but it does not teach clinical assessment or treatment.
Federal rules require nursing homes to provide nurse aides at least 12 hours of in-service each year, including dementia management and abuse prevention training, chosen to address performance reviews and the facility assessment. Each facility decides what training it uses to meet that rule. A facility may choose to include this course, alongside its own site-specific training, and record it on the sign-off log provided.
The course is designed for about 2 hours of learning time. That includes eight short modules with real-world care scenarios, interactive exercises such as a branching bathing scenario and an SBAR builder, knowledge checks after each module, and a final assessment of 23 questions with a pass mark of 80 percent. You can pause and return to where you left off.
No. It explains dementia, its types and new treatments at an awareness level so you can understand the people you care for and answer families appropriately. Diagnosis, medication and treatment decisions belong to physicians and other licensed clinicians. The course focuses on what care staff do: observe, support, communicate, report changes and document.
When you pass the final assessment you receive a certificate of completion showing the course title, 2 contact hours and the completion date. You also get four downloadable job aids: a dementia care shift checklist, a stop-and-watch SBAR change-in-condition form, a reflection worksheet and an in-service sign-off record for your employer's files.
This course is general education and dementia care awareness training from CE Courses Hub. It is not legal, medical or professional advice and does not replace your employer's policies, your licensing board's rules, your care plans, or advice from a qualified professional. Completing it earns a certificate of completion for the stated contact hours; it is not approved or accredited by any licensing board, state agency or accreditor unless an approval is shown on the course page. Check with your board, employer or state agency whether this course meets your specific requirement.