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Dementia Specialty Training - Caregiver: $75.00 A Washington State Aging and Disability Services Administration (ADSA); Department of Social and Health Services (DSHS) approved course: Required by any Caregiver providing care to anyone with a diagnosis of Dementia. Dementia Specialty Training - Manager: $90.00 A Washington State Aging and Disability Services Administration (ADSA); Department of Social and Health Services (DSHS) approved course: Required by any Provider, Manager, or person in Supervision of other Caregivers providing care to anyone with a diagnosis of Dementia. Mental Health Specialty Training - Caregiver: $75.00 A Washington State Aging and Disability Services Administration (ADSA); Department of Social and Health Services (DSHS) approved course: Required by any Caregiver providing care to anyone with a diagnosis of any form of Mental illness (other than Dementia). Mental Health Specialty Training - Manager: $90.00 A Washington State Aging and Disability Services Administration (ADSA); Department of Social and Health Services (DSHS) approved course: Required by any Provider, Manager, or person in Supervision of other Caregivers providing care to anyone with a diagnosis of any form of Mental illness (other than Dementia). Revised Fundamentals of Caregiving Training: $120.00 A Washington State Aging and Disability Services Administration (ADSA); Department of Social and Health Services (DSHS) course: Required by any Caregiver providing care to clients in a Boarding Home (Assisted Living), Adult Family Home, Group Home or (in certain cases) in a Home Health setting. RFOC is NOT for RN’s, LPN’s or Certified Nursing Assistants (NA-C’s); or those who have completed those courses of study. Modified Fundamentals of Caregiving: $35.00 is the Self-Study course to be taken by RN’s, LPN’s, or NA-C’s (Certified Nursing Assistants). First Aid Training: $25.00 Can be taken by anyone. CPR Training: $25.00 Class size will now be limited to 12 people! "Walk-in's" will only be accommodated if anyone registered in advance of class, does not "show up". Needed by all Caregivers. RN's, those in RN Training programs, and Hospital workers will need Provider CPR Training. Notify us of this need, when registering for CPR Training. Nurse Delegation for Nursing Assistants Training (same as above): $45.00 A Washington State Aging and Disability Services Administration (ADSA); Department of Social and Health Services (DSHS) course: Required by all Caregivers, below the level of an RN or LPN, who must perform Nurse (RN) Delegated tasks. To be Nurse Delegated, one must: (1) Have taken Fundamentals of Caregiving (Revised or Modified, as eligible); (2) Have an active NA-R (Registered) or NA-C (Certified) license (as eligible); and (3) Have completed Nurse Delegation for Nursing Assistants Training. Nurse Delegation; Special Focus on Diabetes Training: $20.00 A Washington State Aging and Disability Services Administration (ADSA); Department of Social and Health Services (DSHS) course: Required by all Caregivers, below the level of an RN or LPN, who must perform the Nurse (RN) Delegated task of administering Insulin Injections. To be Nurse Delegated for the task covered in this course, one must: (1) Have taken Fundamentals of Caregiving (Revised or Modified, as eligible); (2) Have an active NA-R (Registered) or NA-C (Certified) license (as eligible); (3) Have completed Nurse Delegation for Nursing Assistants Training; and (4) Have completed this course.

Important Information regarding Training Regulations / classes at this time: The “new” Training requirements of Initiative 1029, currently in effect as of 01-01-11, have been set aside by Legislative action on (or around) 05-27-11, and Governor’s signature on 06-15-11. New Training requirements are now set to take effect as of 01-01-14. There is now a campaign to place Initiative 1163 on the Nov., 2011 ballot. I-1163 essentially resurrects I-1029, to have Training requirements take affect before 01-01-14. As of 07-08-11, more than 340,000 signatures were submitted to the WA Secretary of State, making it likely that voters will have the opportunity to accept or reject I-1163. Stricter and significantly more costly Training requirements, as with I-1029, are also certain with I-1163. The Legislature was unable to determine how to fund the requirements of I-1029, so it chose to delay I-1029 out of Budgetary concerns. Service Employees International Union backed I-1029, and also backs I-1163. According to the Public Disclosure Commission, $241,165.00 was spent on signature gathering for I-1163, starting the day after I-1029 was set aside by the Legislature. I-1029 did, and I-1163 will affect "New Caregivers". Those persons will need to take a 75 hour package of Core Basic Training vs. a 28 Hour Revised Fundamentals of Caregiver Training course which is now again being offered. Current 28 Hour RFOC: Basic Caregiver Training. 75 Hour package: Enhanced Training, but necessary? At this time, all Training requirements in effect as of 12-31-10 and before, are now currently in effect until 01-01-14; or until the passage of any measure that may overturn them. What Training requirements are suitable, practical, and correct for Washington State Caregivers, and the clients and employers they serve: the current State of Washington DSHS Training requirements, or the set aside / proposed I-1163 Training requirements? Each person and business enterprise must come to their own decision, and reflect that opinion accordingly; in support or rejection of the current, or of the Initiative requirements. Quality Assurance Consulting, LLC

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