Colorado Health Care Training and Consulting is the first and only local education company with CDPHE-approved home care training programs.
Accreditation Statement: Colorado Health Care Training is accredited as a provider of continuing home care education by the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment.
Statement of Contact Hours: This 24 contact hour educational activity is provided by Colorado Health Care Training and Consulting.
This certificate program has been approved by the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment to provide home care administrators, managers and alternates with 24 clock hours of continuing education credit. After completion of the courses, passing each course post-test with an 80% or better, and completion of the course evaluation, a course completion certificate is issued.
Conflict of Interest: It is the policy of Colorado Health Care Training and Consulting to require our continuing education program faculty and planning committee members to disclose any financial relationships with companies providing program funding or manufacturers of any commercial products discussed in the program. The program faculty report that they do not have financial relationships with manufacturers of any commercial products they discuss in the program.
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All workshop topics below are CDPHE- approved for ongoing and annual Continuing Education requirements for Administrator, Managers and Alternates. Please note: agenda and/or speakers may vary slightly for each Workshop.
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Basic Administrator/Manager Workshop (First 4 hours of required initial 8 hours) |
1. Home Care Overview 2. Types of Providers 3. Start-up: Overview of Requirements & Resources available 4. Administrator/Manager Responsibilities 5. Overview: Owner/Operator Skill Requirements 6. Colorado Licensure: Types, Requirements, Enforcement of Standards 7. Minimum Policy & Procedure Set for All Agency Types 8. Care Coordination: Internal, External, Training of Staff, Working with Other Professional Service Providers. Limitations of Personal Care versus Skilled Care 10. Responsibility and Compliance Evidence with Relevant Law and Regulation 11. Key Federal Regulations Affecting the Aged, Ill, Disabled 12. Consumer Satisfaction: Colorado Standards, CAHPS 13. Consumer Rights: Assurances, How to Demonstrate Consumer Understanding 14. Advance Directives 15. At Risk Adults, Elder Mistreatment, Abuse, Neglect, Financial Exploitation, Investigation, Reporting, APS, Chapter II SB 13-111 in effect July 1, 2013 |
Basic Administrator/Manager Workshop (Second 4 hours of required initial 8 hours) |
16. Governing Body, Legal Responsibility & Authority 17. Oversight of Policies and Procedures 18. Job Descriptions 19. Administrator/Alternate Administrator, Credentials 20. Overall Operation of Agency, including Implementation of Budgeting and Accounting System 21. Annual Program Evaluation and Meaning of Adequate, Appropriate, Effective, Efficient 22. Professional Advice, Professional Advisory Committee Membership and Responsibilities 23. Organization Chart Standards 24. Complaints/Occurrences/Incidents: Reporting, Investigation & Resolution 25. Quality Management Program-Colorado Requirements, Best Practices 26. Risk Management, Outcome Based Quality Improvement |
Additional Training Topics (May be presented in any combination or order via interactive Webinar or Workshop) |
27. Key Policy and Procedures : Admission, Discharge, Ongoing Training for Safe and Adequate Care 28. Factors Affecting Agency Purpose and Key Policies & Procedures 29. Personnel: Recruitment, Qualifications, Experience, Selection, Competency, Duties, 30. Orientation of New Staff, Regularly Scheduled In-Service Education Programs, Opportunities for Continuing Education 31. Personnel Supervision and Ongoing Training 32. Personnel Record Content and Policies, Criminal History Checks 33. Consumer Record Content and Policies 34. Ethics: How the Ethical Culture of the Agency Impacts Operations 35. Staffing methodologies and oversight of scheduling: How to evidence compliance 36. Initial and Comprehensive Assessment 37. Plan of Care 38. Care Coordination and Communication 39. Ongoing Review: Plan of Care and Discharge 40. Medication Management 41. Extended Care 42. Skilled Nursing 43. SN Supervision and Delegation Rules in Colorado 44. Certified Nurse Aide Orientation, Training, Supervision 45. Certified Nurse Aide Written Assignment 46. Therapy & Medical Social Services 47. Therapy Services and Supervision 48. PCW/Homemaker Orientation, Training, Supervision 49. PCW/Homemaker Written Assignment 50. The Survey: Initial, Ongoing, Complaint-initiated 51. Needs of fragile, ill and physically and cognitively disabled in the community setting with special training and staffing considerations 52. Behavior Management Techniques 53. Consumer-centered Care/Services, Psychosocial Indicators 54. Annual Operating Budget and Capital Expenditure Plan 55. Financial Management, Cost Reporting, Maximizing Revenues 56. Implementing a Budgeting and Accounting System 57. Marketing, Expansion & Service Offering Strategies 58. Marketing, Advertising and Promotional Information of Care, Treatment and Services Provided 59. Stark Rules 60. Audits: RAC, 61. Preventive Services: Risk factors, Frequency 62. Money Follows the Person and Other Trends in Medicare/Medicaid 63. Administrator/Manager – recap of overall responsibility 64. PAC/Gov Board 65. Emergency Preparedness 66. Infection Control 67. Communicable Disease Prevention & Management 68. Fall Prevention Awareness 69. Skills and Teaching for Consumers, Authorized Representatives, Families and Other Professional Service Providers 70. Community Resources for the Medical and Nonmedical Consumer 71. Change in Condition 72. Complaint Investigation 73. Adult Protective Services 74. Abuse and Neglect 75. Depression Awareness 76. Mental Illness 77. Dementia-Encouraging and Maintaining Cognitive Ability 78. Consumer Rights 79. Consumer- and Family-Centered Care 80. Boundaries 81. Restraint Policy 82. Aging Process 83. Grieving 84. Psychosocial Environment 85. Conflict Resolution 86. Workplace Violence 87. Sexual Harassment in the Workplace 88. Management Styles 89. Empowerment Techniques for Staff Building 90. Productive Communication with Employees |
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