75-Hour Training And Home Care Aide Certification Overview

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75-Hour Training and Home Care AideCertification OverviewRevised September 2019

This overview contains information about What is a long-term care worker? What is a Home Care Aide? Requirements for Home Care AideCertification DSHS Resources and Home Care AideCertification Checklist What classes make up the 75 hours oftraining? Who must take the 75 hours of HomeCare Aide certification training and whois exempt? Summary of training and certification requirements for newly hired noncredentialed (not exempt) long-term care workers Additional training requirements

What is a Long-Term Care Worker?All persons who provide paid personal care services for the elderly or personswith disabilities, including, but not limited to, the following: Individual Providers paid to provide home care services to DSHS clients.Direct care workers employed by home care agencies.Providers of home care services to persons with developmental disabilities underTitle 71A RCW.All direct-care workers in state-licensed assisted living facilities and adult family homes,as well as respite care providers, and community residential service providers.– Note: Developmental Disabilities Administration (DDA) has specialized trainingrequirements for Community Residential Services. The training requirements canbe found in WAC 388-829 and differ slightly from the requirements listed in thistraining.Any other direct care staff who provide home or community-based services to theelderly or persons with functional disabilities or developmental disabilities.

What is a Home Care Aide?A Home Care Aide is a long-term care worker whoobtains a professional certification through theDepartment of Health, after completing 75 hours ofrequired training and successful completion of the exam.All newly hired long-term care workers who do not haveanother professional credential or meet specificexemptions are required to obtain Home Care Aidecertification. Who is required to complete the seventy-hour longterm care worker basic training and by when? Which long-term care workers are exempt from theseventy-hour long-term care worker basic trainingrequirement? Who is required to obtain home care aidecertification and by when?

Requirements for Home Care Aide Certification1.2.3.4.Complete the Department of Social and Health Services (DSHS)fingerprint-based background check.Submit the completed Home Care Aide Application to the Department ofHealth, including the Employment Verification form, with 14 days of hire.Complete the 75-hour long-term care worker basic training, includingOrientation and Safety training approved by DSHSPass the home care aide knowledge and skills certification examinations.You must complete all training within 120 calendar days of the date of hire.The deadline to become certified as a home care aide is 200 days from dateof hire. LTCWs who are limited-English proficient and obtain a DOH-issuedprovisional certification have 260 days from the date of hire. If you do notmeet these time frames, you are no longer eligible to provide care. You muststop working until you receive a home care aide certification.

DSHS Resources and Home Care AideCertification ChecklistAdditional information and resources are on DSHS Aging andLong-Term Support Administration Training Requirements andClasses.Download the Certified Home Care Aide Checklist for detailedinformation about background checks, fingerprinting, trainingand the DOH application requirements.

What classes make up the 75 hours of training?Orientation Training: 2 hours ofintroductory information orienting newworkers to the care setting and job.Safety Training: 3 hours of introductoryinformation on safety practices.Basic Training: 70 hours of training that combines the following: Core basic training – Training covering the basic skills and information neededto provide hands-on personal care. Population-specific training – Training on topics unique to the care needs ofthe population served. See slide 9 for more information.

Who is exempt from the 75-Hour Training andCertified HCA requirement? A person employed as a long-term care worker onJanuary 6, 2012 who completed the basic trainingrequirements in effect on the date of his or her hire Washington state DOH RNs, LPNs, NACs, and ARNPslicensed under chapter 18.79 RCW A person with special education training and endorsementgranted by the Office of Superintendent of PublicInstruction (OSPI). A long-term care worker who worked in Washington Statebetween January 1, 2011-January 6, 2012 and completedall basic training requirements in effect at the time.This list above details only four types of long-term care workers who are exempt from the 75-hourtraining requirements. Additional information is in Which long-term care workers are exempt from theseventy-hour long-term care worker basic training requirement?

Summary of training and certification requirements for newlyhired non-credentialed (not exempt) long-term care workersTrainingHoursTimelineOrientation2Before providing careSafety3Before providing careLong-Term Care Worker Basic Training70Completed within 120 days of hire. Youmust have your Home Care Aidecertification within 200 days of yourdate of hire or 260 days with aprovisional certification. If you do notmeet these deadlines, you cannotprovide care. See Slide 5.Dementia Specialty Training*8Mental Health Specialty Training*8Developmental Disability SpecialtyTraining*16All long-term care workers includingthose exempt from basic training whowork in an assisted living facility,enhanced services facility, or adult familyhome who serve residents with specialneeds must take a class approved asspecialty training. Additional informationcan be found here.*Specialty training may be used to meet the requirements for the basic training population-specific component if completedwithin 120 days of the date of hire.

Additional Training RequirementsTrainingNurse Delegation CoreHours9TimelineNurse delegation trainings are onlyrequired before performing anynurse-delegated tasks.Not all home care aides performnurse delegated tasks.Nurse DelegationSpecial Focus on Diabetes3Continuing Education12Nurse delegation training hoursmay apply to the populationspecific component of the 70-hourlong-term care worker basictraining.Certified home care aides mustcomplete 12 hours of continuingeducation by their birthday eachyear after obtaining certification.

Need additional information? DSHS Training Requirements and Classes DOH Home Care Aide

4. Pass the home care aide knowledge and skills certification examinations. You must complete all training within 120 calendar days of the date of hire. The deadline to become certified as a home care aide is 200 days from date of hire. LTCWs who are limited-English proficient and obtain a DOH-issued

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