Personal Care Aid Training

Personal Care Aide training is designed to prepare entry-level direct-care workers to support clients safely, respectfully and within the nonmedical scope assigned by an employer or care organization. The program combines instructor-led learning, demonstrations, skills practice, knowledge checks and a final competency review.

Training involves

• Role of the personal care aide and professional boundaries
• Client rights, dignity, privacy and confidentiality
• Communication, observation and reporting
• Infection prevention, hand hygiene and personal protective equipment
• Safety, emergencies, falls and incident reporting
• Assistance with activities of daily living within the approved scope
• Nutrition, hydration and meal assistance
• Mobility, positioning and transfer awareness
• Dementia-sensitive and person-centered support
• Abuse, neglect and exploitation reporting
• Documentation, attendance and professional conduct

Completion Standards

• Required attendance
• Participation in demonstrations and practice
• Passing score on written knowledge checks
• Satisfactory skills evaluation
• Signed code of conduct and acknowledgement of program limitations

Credentials

Students who satisfy the published course requirements may receive a Hearts of Kindness Certificate of Completion.