40 Hours of Practical Caregiver Courses
40 Hours of Practical Caregiver Courses
Rosenthal Community Care Services offers a complete online caregiver education library arranged as a professional pathway: foundations first, daily care next, safety readiness, dementia care, medication support awareness, and hospice comfort care.
Caregiving education should be practical, structured, and connected to real care moments.
RCCS online courses are built to support caregiver education, personal growth, facility training support, and skill development in assisted living, residential care, home care, private duty care, and family caregiving settings.
The course library follows a suggested pathway. Students begin with professional conduct and resident dignity, then move into ADL support, safety and emergency readiness, dementia care, medication support awareness, and hospice comfort care.
Important: These courses are provided for caregiver education, personal growth, and facility training support unless otherwise stated. They are not advertised as state-approved continuing education courses unless specifically identified as such.
Built around dignity, safety, communication, and compassionate care.
The full course pathway supports practical caregiving skills across resident rights, ADLs, dementia support, medication awareness, emergency readiness, hospice comfort care, documentation, and professional conduct.
Each course is designed as a 1-hour online learning course to help caregivers strengthen confidence and care awareness one topic at a time.
All RCCS online caregiver courses
The full library includes 40 online learning hours organized into 6 practical caregiver training tracks.
Professional Caregiver Foundations
Professional caregiver training for resident rights, mandated reporting awareness, boundaries, communication, documentation, reliability, and work ethic.
Resident Rights and Dignity
Respect, choice, privacy, autonomy, and avoiding shame or force.
Abuse, Neglect, and Mandated Reporting Awareness
Warning signs, caregiver responsibility, and reporting concerns.
Professional Boundaries for Caregivers
Gifts, family relationships, privacy, social media, and emotional boundaries.
Communication With Families and Supervisors
What to say, what not to say, respectful updates, and escalation.
Documentation and Shift Handoff Basics
Clear notes, meaningful observations, and continuity of care.
Caregiver Attitude, Reliability, and Work Ethic
Professionalism, punctuality, teamwork, humility, and resident-centered service.
ADL and Personal Care Training
Practical caregiver training for daily care, dignity, bathing, grooming, toileting, incontinence, eating, and hydration support.
Daily Care Basics for Caregivers
One full-day caregiver simulation covering dignity, ADLs, observation, and reporting.
ADL Support: Dignity, Privacy, and Consent
How to begin care respectfully before touching or assisting a resident.
Bathing and Personal Hygiene Support
Sponge bathing, shower assistance, warmth, modesty, refusal, and infection-control awareness.
Dressing and Grooming Assistance
Clothing choices, grooming preferences, weak limbs, shaving, oral care, and dignity.
Toileting and Incontinence Care
Privacy, embarrassment, bathroom safety, changing briefs, skin observation, and reporting.
Eating, Hydration, and Mealtime Assistance
Meal setup, cueing, hydration, safe positioning, food preferences, and intake observation.
Safety and Emergency Readiness
Caregiver safety training for fall prevention, transfers, fire safety, medical emergencies, infection control, and unusual incident reporting.
Fall Prevention for Caregivers
Fall risks, clutter, footwear, lighting, transfers, and bathroom safety.
Safe Transfers and Mobility Support
Transfer preparation, body mechanics, wheelchair safety, and when to ask for help.
Fire Safety and Evacuation Awareness
Fire drills, alarms, exits, evacuation thinking, and resident supervision.
Medical Emergency Response Basics
When to call 911, what to observe, staying calm, and notifying the responsible person.
Infection Control and Hand Hygiene
Handwashing, gloves, cleaning, laundry, bodily fluids, and illness prevention.
Incident Reporting and Unusual Events
Falls, injuries, behavior changes, refusals, skin concerns, and documentation basics.
Dementia Care Training
Foundational and advanced dementia care courses for communication, behavior response, safety, decline, hospice, and end-of-life support.
What Is Dementia?
Basic understanding of dementia, memory loss, brain changes, and symptoms caregivers may observe.
Communication With Residents Living With Dementia
Calm tone, simple words, body language, validation, patience, and respectful communication.
Confusion, Repetition, and Redirection
How caregivers should respond to repeated questions, confusion, and redirection needs.
Sundowning and Late-Day Behaviors
Understanding evening agitation, environmental triggers, calming routines, and late-day support.
Bathing, Dressing, and Grooming for Dementia Care
Personal care support when a resident is fearful, resistant, embarrassed, or confused.
Eating, Hydration, and Mealtime Support for Dementia
Cueing, hydration reminders, safe positioning, appetite changes, and mealtime dignity.
Dementia Behaviors and Caregiver Response
Agitation, yelling, refusal, suspicion, fear, pacing, and calm caregiver response.
Wandering, Exit-Seeking, and Safety Awareness
Reducing risk, observing patterns, protecting safety, and reporting concerns.
Dementia Documentation and Family Communication
Reporting changes, documenting behaviors, and speaking respectfully around family members.
Advanced Dementia and Declining Function
Recognizing decline in eating, mobility, speech, alertness, and daily participation.
Dementia and Hospice Care Basics
Comfort-focused care, dignity, reduced appetite, increased sleep, and family emotions.
End-of-Life Dementia Support for Caregivers
Gentle care, privacy, calm environment, respectful reporting, and comfort support.
Medication Support Awareness
Caregiver awareness training for medication assistance basics, refusals, side effects, reporting, and documentation awareness.
Medication Assistance Basics for Caregivers
General awareness of medication reminders, observation, and following facility policy.
Medication Refusal and Reporting
What to do when a resident refuses medication or reports discomfort.
Observing Medication Side Effects
Drowsiness, dizziness, appetite changes, confusion, mood changes, and reporting.
Medication Documentation Awareness
Timing, accuracy, documentation basics, and why caregivers must never guess.
Hospice and Comfort Care
Comfort-focused caregiver training for hospice basics, gentle personal care, appetite changes, pain observation, family support, and final days care.
Hospice Care Basics for Caregivers
What hospice means, comfort-focused care, and caregiver role awareness.
Comfort, Dignity, and Gentle Personal Care
Bathing, repositioning, grooming, privacy, and emotional sensitivity.
Appetite, Hydration, and End-of-Life Changes
Reduced appetite, swallowing concerns, fatigue, and family expectations.
Pain, Discomfort, and Observation
Recognizing signs of discomfort and reporting changes appropriately.
Supporting Families During Hospice Care
Respectful communication, boundaries, grief, and calm presence.
End-of-Life Environment and Final Days Support
Quiet environment, privacy, comfort, cultural respect, and professional behavior.
Questions about the RCCS online caregiver course library
How many courses are included?
The full RCCS online caregiver education library includes 40 online learning hours arranged across 6 tracks.
What are the 6 tracks?
The tracks are Professional Caregiver Foundations, ADL and Personal Care Training, Safety and Emergency Readiness, Dementia Care Training, Medication Support Awareness, and Hospice and Comfort Care.
Can students buy one course only?
Yes. RCCS lists individual 1-hour courses as available, and the full library is also offered as complete access.
Are these state-approved continuing education courses?
The course library notice states that the courses are provided for caregiver education, personal growth, and facility training support unless otherwise stated, and are not advertised as state-approved continuing education courses unless specifically identified as such.
Who can use the courses?
The courses may support caregivers, care home staff, home care workers, private duty caregivers, family caregivers, and individuals preparing for caregiving roles.
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