RCFE: According to Health and Safety Code, Section 1569.625, all RCFE direct care staff assisting with activities of daily living are required in the state of California to receive 40 hours of initial training. 20 hours must be completed before working independently with residents.
CA RCFE Caregiver Orientation: Self-Paced Online Training
Description: This course is designed to assisted RCFE providers with regulations to require staff members of residential care facilities for the elderly who assist residents with personal activities of daily living to receive appropriate training. This training shall consist of 40 hours of training. A staff member shall complete 20 hours, including six hours specific to dementia care, as required by subdivision (a) of Section 1569.626 and four hours specific to postural supports, restricted health conditions, and hospice care, as required by subdivision (a) of Section 1569.696, before working independently with residents. The remaining 20 hours shall include six hours specific to dementia care and shall be completed within the first four weeks of employment.
Modules include:
All Staff Orientation:
Reporting Abuse in California
Theft and Loss
Adult Basic First Aid
Emergency and Disaster Preparedness
Evacuation
Workplace Violence Prevention Plan – CA
Preventing Sexual Harassment for Employees
Caregiver Orientation (CA) Part 1:
Aging and the Body
Aging and the Mind
Theories of Basic Human Needs
Postural Supports
Fire Safety
Evacuation
Working with a Hospice Provider
Transfers, Positioning, and Turning
Bathing
Assisting with Dressing
Personal Rights in California Assisted Living
Restricted Conditions
Caregiver Skill Checkoffs
Caregiver Orientation (CA) Part 2:
Medication Room Workflow
Person Centered Care
What is Aging
Infection Control
LGBTQIA+ Resident Care
Memory Care Orientation:
Responding to Behavior of Cognitively Impaired Residents
Meals and Hydration Diet
Skin Care
Communicating with Cognitively Impaired Residents
The Resident’s Environment
Dementia: Assisting with ADLs
Dementia Unique Behaviors
Dementia: Wandering & Elopement
Understanding Behavioral Communication in the Cognitively Impaired
Dementia – End of Life
Price: $149 per person
Proof of Completion: Certificate will be issued upon completion.
CEUs: This course is designed for direct care staff and caregivers, not approved for administrator CEUs.
