Senior Care

Online Courses for Senior Care Training

With best-in-class training and an easy to use record keeping system, our partner Upstairs Solutions is the premier online training provider in senior care.  They are a provider-owned company and understand your business. eLearning courses for Senior Care by Cogentys.

Course highlights…

You can download a list of available senior care courses here.

Abuse and Neglect
■  Abuse and Neglect 1,2
■  Abuse and Neglect – Fundamentals
■  Abuse and Neglect Investigation 1,2

Activities
■  Activities – An Interdisciplinary Approach 1,2
■  One-to-One Activities 1,2
■  Welcome to the Activity Department 1

Assessments Falls
■  Introduction to the RAI-From MDS to Care Plan 1,2
■  Anatomy of a Medical Record 1

A HIPAA Primer for Long-Term Care 12
■  Affirmative Action
■  Are You Survey Ready? 1,2
■  Corporate Compliance, the Deficit Reduction Act for Managers 2
■  Corporate Compliance – What You Need To Know 2
■  Fair Housing •   Five Star Quality Rating System
■  The Ins and Outs of Documentation 2
■  Preventing Harassment in the Workplace 1
■  Preventing Harassment in the Workplace for Supervisors 1,2
■  Quality Assessment & Assurance
■  Residents’ Rights 1,2

Dementia
■  Communicating with Older Adults with Dementia 1,2
■  Depression – What You Need to Know 2
■  Providing High Quality DementiaCare – An Overview 1,2
■  What is Dementia? 1,2
■  What is Dementia – Fundamentals

Dietary
■ Kitchen Safety1
■ Kitchen Safety – Fundamentals
■ Safe Food Handling 1
■ Safe Food Handling – Fundamentals
■ Welcome to the Dietary Department 1

Elopement
■ Elopement – Do You Know Where Your Resident Is? 1,2

Falls
■ Understanding Falls 1,2

Family Education Series
■ Advance Directives
■ Communicating with Older Adults with Dementia
■ Creating A Fine Dining Experience
■ Depression – What You Need to Know
■ Diabetes – What You Need to Know
■ Introduction to End-of-Life Issues
■ Is Your Loved One at Risk for Falls?
■ Medicare Overview
■ Nutrition and Hydration – Your Responsibilities
■ Safe Eating
■ Siderails – A Hidden Danger
■ What are Physical Restraints?
■ What Families Should Expect from Long-Term Care
■ What is Dementia?

Infection Control
■ Bloodborne Pathogens 1,2
■ Bloodborne Pathogens – Fundamentals
■ Hand Hygiene1
■ HIV and AIDS – What You Need to Know
■ Infection Control 1,2
■ Infection Control – Fundamentals
■ Personal Protective Equipment 1,2
■ Tuberculosis – What You Need to Know 2

Medicare
■ Medicare Overview 1,2

Medications
■ Medication Administration: Avoiding Common Errors 1,2

Nutrition
■ Alternative Feeding Methods 1,2
■ Creating a Fine Dining Experience 1,2
■ Nutrition and Hydration – Your Responsibilities 1,2
■ Nutrition and Hydration: Your Responsibilities -Fundamentals
■ Safe Eating 1,2

Pressure Ulcers
■ Pressure Ulcer Prevention – “T-N-T” 1,2

Pressure Ulcers—Advanced (Wound Care 101)
■ Back to Basics of Wound Healing
■ Nutrition & Wound Healing
■ Wound Assessment & Documentation
■ Selecting a Dressing
■ Chronic Wound Management
■ Interventions to Manage Tissue Loads & Incontinence
■ Differentiating Various Types of Ulcers
■ How to Perform an Ankle Brachial Index & Applying a Multilayer Compression Wrap
■ Reducing Your Risk of a Lawsuit

Resident Care
■ Advance Directives 1,2
■ Aggressive Residents 1,2
■ Catheter Care 1
■ Depression – What You Need to Know 2
■ Diabetes-What You Need to Know 1,2
■ The Ins and Outs of Documentation 2
■ Introduction to End of Life Issues
■ Pain: The 5th Vital Sign – Assessment 1,2
■ Pain: The 5th Vital Sign – Treatment Options 1,2
■ Perineal Care 1
■ Postmortem Care 1
■ Pressure Ulcer Prevention – “T-N-T” 1,2
■ Preventing Constipation and Fecal Impaction 1,2
■ Transferring, Repositioning and Lifting Residents Safely 1,2
■ Urinary Incontinence 1,2
■ Weighing and Measuring Residents 1

Restorative Nursing and ADLs
■ Communicating with Older Adults with Dementia 1,2
■ Empowering Residents Through ADLs 1,2
■ Empowering Residents Through ADLs – Fundamentals
■ Nutrition and Hydration – Your Responsibilities 1,2
■ Perineal Care 1
■ Pressure Ulcer Prevention – “T-N-T” 1,2
■ Safe Eating 1,2
■ Transferring, Repositioning and Lifting Residents Safely 1,2
■ Understanding Falls 1,2
■ Urinary Incontinence 1,2

Restraints
■ Creating a Restraint-Free Environment 1,2
■ Siderails – A Hidden Danger 1,2
■ What are Physical Restraints? 1, 2

Safety
■ Aggressive Residents 1,2
■ Bloodborne Pathogens 1,2
■ Bloodborne Pathogens – Fundamentals
■ Defensive Driving
■ Emergencies & Disasters — What You Need to Know 2
■ Ergonomics – Lifting and Moving 1,2
■ Fire Safety 1,2
■ Hazard Communication – MSDS 1
■ HIV and AIDS – What You Need to Know
■ Kitchen Safety
■ Investigating Employee Accidents 1,2
■ Lockout / Tagout Procedures 1
■ Personal Protective Equipment 1,2
■ Preventing Slips, Trips and Falls 1,2
■ Preventing Workplace Violence 1,2
■ Transferring, Repositioning and Lifting Residents Safely 1,2
■ Tuberculosis – What You Need to Know 2

Other
■ Customer Service
■ Managing the Employee on Transitional Duty 1
■ Professionalism in the Workplace 1,2
■ Stress Management
■ What Families Should Expect from Long-Term Care

1 Module has been reviewed by the National Continuing Education Review Service (NCERS) of the National Association of Boards of Examiners for Nursing Home Administrators (NAB) and approved for 1 clock hour and 1 participant hour

2 Module  co-provided by Rush University College of Nursing, an approved provider of continuing nursing education by the Illinois Nurses Association, an accredited approver by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation.  This CNE activity is being offered for 1 contact hour.  This program is being offered without bias and without commercial support.

You can download a list of available senior care courses here.