6 Pa. Code § 11.404 - Program staff training guidelines
(a)
To assist centers in complying with §
11.33 (relating to program staff
orientation and training) and to ensure that they provide general orientation,
annual and enhancement training designed to ensure basic skills and knowledge,
to introduce new skills and knowledge and to enhance professional competencies,
centers should consider using the following training topics:
(1)
Program assistant/aide
recommended topics.
(i) Special
needs due to normal changes in the aging process-sensory changes, hydration,
developmental needs, and the like.
(ii) Special needs due to disability and
chronic illness-rehabilitation, psychosocial aspects, orientation strategies,
remotivation, and the like.
(iii)
Facilitating functions of clients with: sensory changes, decreased ability to
perform activities of daily living, physical, emotional and cognitive problems,
and the like.
(iv) Recreational
activities.
(v) Death and dying;
the grief process.
(vi)
Communication and interpersonal skills-active listening, documentation, stress
management for staff, clients, and caregivers, coping skills, and the
like.
(vii) The older adult daily
living centers (OADLC) working environment-safety issues (protecting clients
and staff members), handling emergencies, fire safety, and the like.
(viii) Personal care-dietary needs, body
mechanics, medications and substance abuse, and the like.
(ix) The interdisciplinary team approach to
OADLC.
(x) Confidentiality and the
rights of the older person.
(2)
Activities coordinator
recommended topics.
(i) Group
process and group dynamics.
(ii)
Supervisory skills development.
(iii) Therapeutic intervention
skills-awareness therapy, reality orientation, sensory stimulation, fantasy
validation therapy, and the like.
(iv) Arts and crafts project
training.
(v) Leisure
counseling-pet therapy, horticultural activities, and the like.
(vi) Community relations-public relations,
outreach, fundraising, newsletters, and the like.
(vii) Volunteer supervision.
(3)
Nurse recommended
topics:
(i) Geriatric medicine-the
normal aging process, diseases, body systems, medications, therapies, and the
like.
(ii) Information, referral
and community outreach.
(iii)
Health education-intervening with clients and families or other
caregivers.
(iv) Counseling
skills.
(v) Training OADLC staff
persons in personal care skills.
(vi) Geriatric assessments.
(4)
Social/Supportive
service worker recommended topics.
(i) Psychosocial aspects of aging.
(ii) Geriatric medicine-medical terminology,
the normal aging process, diseases, therapies, understanding effects of
medication, and the like.
(iii)
Rehabilitation process-preventative care, understanding needs and abilities of
clients, therapies, and the like.
(iv) Information and referral community
outreach, including fundraising.
(v) Leisure/therapeutic recreation.
(vi) Reality orientation.
(vii) Facilitator skills for the
interdisciplinary team.
(viii)
Interpersonal skills.
(ix) Staff
education-Advocacy for clients, confidentiality, understanding motivation and
change, evaluative techniques to prioritize client problems in social, physical
and mental health areas, and the like.
(5)
Program director/administrator
recommended topics.
(i) Medical and
psycho-social needs of clients.
(ii) Legal and ethical issues in program
management (living wills, avoiding litigation, client rights, and the
like).
(iii) Policy and procedures
development.
(iv) Management
Information Systems.
(v)
Sensitivity to cultural diversity.
(vi) Human resources management.
(vii) Marketing and community
relations.
(viii) Records and
documentation.
(ix) Supervision of
staff persons.
(x) Financial
management, budgeting and grantsmanship.
(xi) Strategic planning.
(xii) Time management and
delegation.
(xiii) Quality
assurance.
(xiv) Government
relations.
(xv) Board
relations.
(xvi) Stress
management.
(xvii) Research and
publication.
(b) Recommended topics are intentionally
stated in broad terms so that they may include many specific subtopics, chosen
by a particular center to meet its own needs.
(c) Topics which have been recommended for a
specific job function are not necessarily unique to that function, and may also
be appropriately chosen for program staff persons performing other job
functions.
(d) Suitable training
topics are not limited to those recommended under each OADLC staff function.
Centers may appropriately choose others.
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