Course Overview

Optimizing your care team’s observation skills is the most effective way to improve resident outcomes. This Caregiver Essentials course trains your staff to be the "eyes and ears" of your facility, focusing on early detection of mental status changes and physical red flags like shuffling gaits or sudden weight loss. By empowering caregivers with the knowledge to identify and report subtle shifts in health, you enhance resident safety and maintain the highest standards of assisted living excellence.

Learning Objectives:

At the end of this course, caregivers working in assisted living facilities can learn how to spot:

• Subtle mental changes in residents
• Physical changes that could point to an underlying illness