Personal Caregiver Skills

Certificate Accredited

Online Personal Caregiver Training for Your Employees

Prepare to meet the growing demand for personal caregivers while providing a career pathway that can help retain dedicated employees. Through online personal caregiver skills training, you can grow your client list and improve worker productivity.

Prepares new and incumbent employees for entry-level work as personal caregivers.
Includes wraparound learner support and access to instructors and coaches, ensuring your workers successfully progress through the training and excel on-the-job.

Accredited

Online

Self Paced

caregiver hugging patient in wheelchair.

What Your Learners Will Study

Standard procedures needed to maintain clean, safe, and healthy environments.
The standard practices used to assist clients with the activities of daily living, including bathing, dressing, grooming, physical movement, and mental exercises.
The correct way to administer prescribed treatments, therapies, and basic first aid as directed, when appropriate and allowed.
Unique practices and procedures involved with caring for special needs populations.

Personal Caregiver Skills Training Curriculum

23.3 continuing education units (CEUs)
14 exams
5 courses

Penn Foster’s online Personal Caregiver Skills Certificate Program helps your employees build the foundational knowledge and confidence to be effective caregivers. Online courses include:

Therapeutic Communication
Law, Ethics, and Confidentiality in Allied Health
Home Care Procedures
Meeting Clients’ Needs

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As the trusted training provider for leading employers, education providers, and job training organizations, Penn Foster designs and delivers digital and blended learning programs that attract, upskill, and retain workers in America's fastest-growing fields and professions.