Download or read book Home Health Aide written by and published by . This book was released on 2015-12-18 with total page 250 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Home health aides must meet the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services' (CMS) annual requirement to complete 12 hours of in-service training. Deliver the relevant education your aides need to satisfy this requirement with HCPro's Home Health Aide On-the-Go In-service Series, Volume 15. This new edition is filled with 12 informative, one-hour in-service training lessons addressing timely topics that are crucial to homecare. Home Health Aide On-the-Go In-service Series, Volume 15, also provides authoritative, comprehensive, yet easy-to-understand training lessons for group classroom settings or self-study. The in-services offer home health aides the convenience and flexibility to study when time permits and to learn at their own pace. The lessons include both clinical topics, such as avoiding UTIs and colostomy care, and staff training topics, such as ethics and a basic understanding of Medicare and OASIS-C1. With this resource, agencies will be able to: Help home health aides fulfill CMS' annual mandate to complete 12 hours of in-service training with condensed, practical lessons that focus specifically on their role and needs Easily prepare an in-service training program for the entire calendar year without having to coordinate staff schedules for on-site training Copy lessons, attendance logs, and customizable certificates of completion for each participant through single-site reproduction rights Each lesson includes new and updated content, including: One hour of study, including a concisely written fact sheet, explaining an important homecare-specific topic A descriptive homecare-specific case study Supplemental learning activities A 10-question posttest to measure aides' understanding and validate their comprehension of the subject matter An attendance log and certificate of completion to document staff training hours