Professional Caregiver Resources



Caregiver Wellness.

Creators:

Program Development Associates. Resource #DVD HCCD9811W. 2004. 36 minutes

Purpose:

Education

Audience:

Caregivers

Contents:

DVD video provides tools and resources to help caregivers transform stress and maintain wellness. Topics Include: The importance of maintaining wellness; Acknowledging and defusing difficult emotions; Goal-setting and action plans; Simple, effective exercises for relaxation and renewal; Activities that foster self-esteem and well-being; The role of respite.

Cost:

119.95

Availability:

http://www.disabilitytraining.com/product-info.php?Caregiver_Wellness_DVD-pid350.html

Caring for you, caring for me: Education and support for family and professional caregivers

Creators:

Rosalynn Carter Institute

Purpose:

Addresses the needs of family and professional caregivers by bringing them together in a relaxed setting to discuss common issues, share ideas, and gain a better understanding of each other&39;s perspective on what it means to be a caregiver.

Audience:

Family and professional caregivers

Contents:

10-hour program, conducted in five two-hour modules. The Program Guide contains a scripted narrative of the content and suggested activities; handouts for program participants; mock-ups of overhead transparencies and a CD containing slides to support presentation; written material explaining the philosophy, organization and appropriate use of the program; and appendices with supplementary information.

Evidence based results:

The program was developed as part of a demonstration grant funded by The Pew Charitable Trusts in the mid-1990s. Content information developed for the program was based on a 1993 research study conducted by the RCI, review of relevant literature and existing programs for caregivers, and information from a task force of professional caregivers, family caregivers, and academicians. During the demonstration project, participant satisfaction evaluations were conducted and compiled for all programs offered. Additionally, pre and post program surveys were used to measure the perceived impact of the program on participants. When the New Jersey Department of Health and Senior Services conducted the program on an extensive basis in 1999-2001, an evaluative study was conducted by the Center for State Health Policy at Rutgers University.

Cost:

Program guides costs $55 USD.

Availability:

Available for order at http://www.rosalynncarter.org/product/

Direct Support Professional credentialing

Creators:

National Alliance for Direct Support Professionals

Purpose:

Provide national recognition and validation for the skills, knowledge, ethical practices, contributions and competence of Direct Support Professionals who apply for and meet the credentialing standards

Audience:

Direct Support Professionals

Contents:

Three-tiered credentialled training program: Registration Level (DSP-R), Fully Certified DSP (DSP-C), DSP Specialist (DSP-S)

Cost:

$50 - $150; recertification: free to $50

Availability:

Available at https://www.nadsp.org/dsp-credentialing/about-dsp-credentialing.html

How to Try This

Creators:

Hartford Institute for Geriatric Nursing

Purpose:

A series of assessment/screening tools where each issue focuses on a topic specific to the older adult population. They are designed to increase knowledge in best practices.

Audience:

Direct care nurses

Contents:

2 page assessment tools available to be downloaded online. The content on each 2 page document is directed to orient and encourage all nurses to understand the special needs of older adults and utilize the highest standards of practice in caring for the elderly.

Cost:

Available for download free

Availability:

Available at http://hartfordign.org/Resources/Try_This_Series/

Internet-based college for Direct Support Professionals

Creators:

College of Direct Support

Purpose:

A web-based learning management system available 24 hours a day, seven days a week for learners to improve their skills in caring for people across disabilities

Audience:

Direct support professionals

Contents:

Online training curriculums and courses, with learning objectives, On-the-Job skills, and pre- and post-tests. Written by the University of Minnesota RRTC on Community Living.

Evidence based results:

The College of Direct Support content will provide good consistent basic skills training for direct support staff in any environment. It's flexibility and ability to be accessed 24/7, 365 days a year raises the bar in training direct care staff. It is most cost effective when it is used to replace parts of the current training required and when there is a collaboration of partners seeking to use the system.
See final report of Virginia Demonstration Program using CDS here: http://directcourseonline.com/directsupport/files/2011/09/virginia_report.pdf

Cost:

Varies

Availability:

http://directcourseonline.com/directsupport/

Mental Health Continuing Education Programs

Creators:

Missouri Institute of Mental Health, Office of Continuing Education

Purpose:

Continuing education programs for professionals in the fields of mental health and developmental disabilities

Audience:

Mental health and social service professionals

Contents:

Live conferences, web conferences, web training, and DVD training

Cost:

Varies

Availability:

http://www.mimhtraining.com/

Physician Practices. Integrating Chronic Care and Business Strategies in the Safety Net

Creators:

MacColl Institute for Healthcare Innovation, RAND, California Health Care Safety Net Institute

Purpose:

To help safety net practices implement the Chronic Care Model along with complementary changes to business systems designed to assure sustainability.

Audience:

Physician practices

Contents:

A toolkit supported by a practice coach to offer a sequenced approach to implementing the CCM while integrating the concepts of efficiency, revenue enhancement and productivity. The practice changes are divided into four main phases: getting started; assess data and set priorities for improvement; redesign care and business systems; and continuously improve performance and work to make changes sustainable.

Evidence based results:

The team worked with two California public health and hospital systems to develop, test, and disseminate a toolkit and coaching intervention (and accompanying manual).

Cost:

Free online

Availability:

http://www.improvingchroniccare.org/index.php?p=Toolkit&s=244

Physician Practices. The Chronic Care Model (CCM)

Creators:

Ed Wagner, MacColl Institute for Healthcare Innovation

Purpose:

To improve health outcomes by optimizing the individual practice&39;s interaction with patients by identifying the essential elements of a health care system that encourage high-quality chronic disease care

Audience:

Physician practice teams

Contents:

Includes summaries of the basic elements for improving care in health systems at the community, organization, practice and patient levels.

Evidence based results:

RAND and UC Berkeley conducted in-depth assessments across 51 participating sites in four collaboratives involving almost 4,000 patients with diabetes, congestive heart failure (CHF), asthma and depression.

Organizations were able to improve, making an average of 48 changes in 5.8 out of the 6 CCM areas; Patients with diabetes had significant decreases to their risk of cardiovascular disease; CHF pilot patients more knowledgeable and more often on recommended therapy, had 35% fewer hospital days; Asthma and diabetes pilot patients were more likely to receive appropriate therapy. When contacted a year later, the care teams reported that involvement in the collaboratives was rewarding. Over that year, 82% of sites had sustained the changes and 79% of sites had spread change to other places or diseases.

Availability:

http://www.improvingchroniccare.org/index.php?p=The_Chronic_Care_Model&s=2

Principles of Caregiving

Creators:

The Arizona Direct Care Curriculum Project

Purpose:

A training program for caregivers, personal attendants and direct support professionals

Audience:

Caregivers, personal attendants, and direct support professionals

Contents:

Four modules: Caregiving Fundamentals (13 chapters); Developmental Disabilities; Aging and Physical Disabilities; and Alzheimer's Disease and Related Dementias. Each module has a trainer manual, a student manual, and a slide presentation.

Cost:

Free online

Availability:

http://www.azdirectcare.org/Training--DCW_Curriculum.html

Providing Personal Care Services to Elders and People with Disabilities

Creators:

PHI

Purpose:

1) To help participants develop the core competencies needed to provide person-directed personal care in a range of long-term care settings;
2) To introduce potential workers to all the different settings; and
3) To lay the foundation for further

Audience:

Workers who provide personal care services in people's homes or in assisted living or other residential facilities, or those preparing for jobs in nursing facilities and home health care agencies (in which instance this would be a first level of training)

Contents:

The 77-hour curriculum includes a CD and training materials in both pdf and Word formats.

Cost:

$25 for hardcopy; Free download online

Availability:

For more information and to download the guide: http://phinational.org/workforce/resources/phi-curricula/personal-care-services-curriculum/

Specific populations, conditions. Adult Learner-Centered Training: An Introduction for Educators in Home and Residential Care

Creators:

PHI

Purpose:

To introduce a different approach to learning for home and long-term care workers, Adult Learner-Centered Training, and to make this information available and easily accessible to long-term care educators.

Audience:

Long-term care educators

Contents:

A training manual for long-term care educators, consisting of three sections: What Adult Learner-Centered Training Is and Why It Works; How to do Adult Learner-Centered Training; How to Make Your Entry-Level Training More Learner-Centered

Cost:

Free on internet

Availability:

Available for download at: http://PHInational.org/clearinghouse

Telephone Learning Series

Creators:

Rosalynn Carter Institute

Purpose:

Free telephone sessions delivered by national caregiving experts on a variety of issues related to caregiving

Audience:

Caregivers

Contents:

Telephone sessions with real-time Q&A opportunity at the end of each session; Handouts available online or by mail

Cost:

Free; must register online beforehand.

Availability:

See http://www.rosalynncarter.org/phone/

The Home Environmental Skill-Building Program (ESP) for Individuals and Families

Creators:

Gitlin, LN & Corcoran, MA

Purpose:

Addresses problem areas identified by caregivers and offers solutions based on modifying dimensions of home life

Audience:

Advanced practitioners, grad students, other health professionals

Contents:

Book with CD-Rom. Background information, theoretical frameworks, and essential elements of ESP. OT provide caregivers via five home contacts and one phone contact with education, problem-solving training, and adaptive equipment.

Evidence based results:

ESP caregivers report they are less upset with memory-related behaviors, need less assistance from others, and have better affect; ESP spouses are less upset with disruptive behaviors. Reduces burden and enhances caregiver well-being in select domains and has added benefit for women and spouses.

Cost:

Book on ESP for OT's: $49 for AOTA members, $69 for non-members

Availability:

Available at http://www1.aota.org/shop_aota/prodview.aspx?TYPE=D&PID=213&SKU=1232

Train-the-(Caregiving) Trainers. Caring to Help Others: A training manual for preparing volunteers to assist caregivers of older adults

Creators:

Eisai, Inc. and Family Caregiving 101 (National Alliance for Caregiving and National Family Caregivers Association)

Purpose:

To help those community-based organizations that train and support volunteer caregivers who assist primary caregivers

Audience:

Community-based organizations that train and support volunteer support caregivers

Contents:

Downloadable (pdf) training so that community-based organizations can use materials to train volunteer caregivers.

Cost:

Available for download free of charge

Availability:

Available at http://www.caringtohelpothers.com/html/index.htm

Train-the-(Caregiving) Trainers. Consultant Training Program.

Creators:

The Center for the Study of Home and Community Life, Boston College Graduate School of Social Work

Purpose:

To address two identified training needs for consultants/support brokers working with participants in self-directed care: The need to successfully negotiate the 'paradigm shift' from the 'fix it' approach to the empowerment approach and to understand the

Audience:

Consultants and support brokers who work with participants in self-directed care

Contents:

Two, half-day training sessions (Module One and Module Two) supplement special technical training as required by state and federal mandates under the Cash & Counseling programs

Cost:

Curriculum free online

Availability:

http://www.bc.edu/schools/gssw/nrcpds/cash_and_counseling.html/resources/20060602-113610/index_html

Train-the-(Caregiving) Trainers. Controlling Frustration: A Class for Caregivers (Leader's Manual)

Creators:

Family Caregiver Alliance

Purpose:

Leader's manual describes the methods for conducting an 8-week class that teaches family caregivers the basic steps for learning to relax, to control their negative thoughts, and to act assertively when necessary.

Audience:

Potential trainers/leaders of caregiver classes

Contents:

Self-teaching Leader's manual describes how to teach an 8 week class on frustration and caregiving.

Cost:

15

Availability:

Available at http://www.caregiver.org/caregiver/jsp/content_node.jsp?nodeid=474

Training programs for organizations, agencies and caregivers; DVDs, and other resources for family and professional cargivers

Creators:

Medifecta Healthcare Training

Purpose:

Various dvds, online training programs, books

Audience:

Family and professional cargivers

Availability:

http://www.medifecta.com/