Resources For LTC Professionals

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Improve your knowledge base for your current role, or take the next step in your long term care career. AHCA/NCAL offers a number of training materials and connects you with leading organizations to develop your skills. Click on a section below to view available resources.

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LTC Workforce Webinar Series

This series will focus on issues from career ladders to getting more youth interested in the long term care field to hiring immigrants and refugees. Registration is free to AHCA/NCAL members. Each webinar will be recorded.


Nursing Home Administration: Beyond the Essentials​

This series builds upon training and education administrators received in their Administrator in Training programs and clarifies the rationale behind the actions nursing facility administrators should take each day to effectively manage their facilities. Cost: $450 AHCA members and $650 Non-members.

To How to Be a Nurse Assistant curriculum is also available as a hybrid program, offering flexibility, quality, and convenience through a blend of online coursework and in-person clinical and skills training. Developed in partnership with Academic Platforms, it incorporates professional instructors for online and in-person clinical training and provides practice tests, study guides, and quizzes, fully preparing students to become certified CNAs.​

Infection Prevention Control Specialist (IPCO) Training

This AHCA/NCAL course provides specialized training for healthcare professionals who seek to serve as Infection Preventionists--a training requirement as part of the CMS Requirements of Participation for Long Term Care Facilities. Individuals are specially trained to effectively implement and manage an Infection Prevention and Control Program at their skilled nursing center or assisted living community.

Requirements of Participation e-Competencies ​

​AHCA’s Requirements of Participation eCompetencies® is designed specifically to help skilled nursing facilities comply with F-Tag 726 under CMS’ Requirements of Participation (ROP) using a comprehensive competency tool that is interdisciplinary and relevant to all nursing home staff. The program offers an extensive library of evidence-based skills checklists that allow evaluators to assess and document staff skills in real time. Videos are included to aid in skill progression and remediation. 

Become a QAPI Certified Professional​

Developed by the American Association of Post-Acute Care Nursing (AAPACN), QAPI Prep is a five-course program that trains leaders and teams to provide high-value care and services while positioning businesses for continuous growth and performance improvement. Visit QAPIprep.com.
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Trauma-Informed Care (TIC) Training

Developed in partnership with the AAPACN, this certificate program will assist facility leaders in implementing TIC in their facility with staff trained to care for residents at risk for re-traumatization. 

Creating Inclusive Communities for LGBTQI and HIV+ Older Adults Training​

Gain the background and skills needed to create an inclusive environment in your facility with training designed to improve your staff's LGBTQI cultural competency.​

CARES® Dementia Basics™

CARES® Dementia Basics™ is a four-hour online course is recognized by the Alzheimer’s Association® for successfully incorporating the evidence-based Dementia Care Practice Recommendations in the following topic areas: Alzheimer’s and dementia, person-centered care, assessment and care planning, activities of daily living, and behaviors and communication. CARES®  Dementia Basics is also available in Spanish​. Use promo code AHCA15 when registering and save 15% off the purchase price.​

Develop New Skills

Building Employee Resiliency through Person-Centered Approaches​

​This webinar will review key take aways from a mindfulness-based stress reduction program as well as the impact that yoga has on resiliency, mental health, and wellness. This on-demand webinar is available free to AHCA/NCAL members.

​State Affiliate Training Programs

Some AHCA/NCAL State Affiliates offer training and certification programs, which can help you advance your career in coordination with your state’s specific requirements. Check with your local state affiliate to see what might be available.
   

National Association of Long Term Care Administrator Boards (NAB)

NAB is the nation’s leading authority on licensing, credentialing, and regulating administrators of organizations along the continuum of long term care.
 

Gero Nurse Prep

Gero Nurse Prep is an online training course designed to prepare RNs who care for elders to attain board certification in Gerontological Nursing (RN-BC) by the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC). This course equips RNs with a broad array of clinical knowledge, skills and competencies that are tested on the ANCC certification exam and essential for quality gerontological nursing practice and leadership of elder care teams. 
  

Assisted Living Nurse Specialty Certification

This is an online certification exam that tests knowledge of care for older adults in Assisted Living Facilities. Upon successful completion of the exam, the letters C-AL may be affixed after your name to indicate successful completion of the AALNA Certification Examination for Assisted Living Nurses.
 

Alzheimer’s Association essentiALZ® Individual Certification

For both professional care providers and family members of a person living with dementia, the essentiALZ exam tests knowledge of evidence-based dementia care practices that are promoted in the nationally-recognized Alzheimer’s Association Dementia Care Practice Recommendations.

Person-Centered Care in a PDPM World

This four-module course is designed to improve person-centered care for post-acute care (short stay) residents under the PDPM payment system. This course will define person-centered care and show how it is a key feature in PDPM and when implemented can improve care practices that lead to better patient outcomes. 

Grief, Trauma, & The Impact of COVID-19 on Residents & Staff​

While the vaccine and monoclonal antibody treatment are now available, the countless losses and pandemic-related stresses will continue into the future.  This three-part training will provide a comprehensive overview of COVID-19, as well as grief and trauma and the impact it has on residents and staff. Participants are encouraged to review all three parts to gain the full insight of the impact COVID-19 has had and the connection to grief and trauma.  ​

Apply For Jobs

ConnectToCareJobs​

ConnectToCareJobs.com is a free, national website that provides individuals looking for jobs with an easy way to connect with potential employers. The tool uses a matching algorithm to pair licensed and/or trained workers with healthcare facilities that are in need of their specific skills.



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