As per Maryland COMAR regulation 10.07.14.19, when job duties involve the provision of personal care services, employees shall receive a minimum of five hours of training on cognitive impairment and mental illness within their first 90 days of employment.
This five-hour package allows you the flexibility of choosing from a variety of applicable topics to best meet the specific needs of your facility.
You may select five courses from this list:
- Aging: Understanding the Process and Impact for Senior Care Providers
- Cognitive Impairment: An Introduction
- Cueing and Coaching: Medication Assistance
- Cueing and Coaching: Promoting Resident Health
- Dementia and Alzheimer's Disease
- Depression: An Introduction to Depression
- Depression: Identification, Treatment, and Prevention
- Managing Challenging Behaviors Associated with Dementia and Alzheimer's Disease
- Psychosocial Needs of the Elderly
- Seizure Disorders
