Home Care Aide Training Programs

Welcome to CAHSAH's New Virtual Training Center

Online Training for Home Care Aide

Welcome to the California Association for Health Services at Home’s online training for Home Care Workers. Using the California Uniform Standards for Home Care Aide Paraprofessionals (CUSHCAP) model approved by the CAHSAH Board, CAHSAH is offering three different levels of training for the non-medical home care workers.
These non-medical home care services are defined as assistance with the activities of daily living which require no medical intervention and are non-invasive. These activities include but are not limited to, companionship, baby-sitting or environmental type services which provide care, understanding, protections, supervision and assistance with feeding, dressing or bathing for a child or adult who by reason of advanced age, physical disability or mental deficiency, needs supervision.
The following chart summarizes the job description, duties and qualifications for home care aides performing at three different levels of assistance.

Title:	Home Care Aide I (HCA I)/ Homemaker	Home Care Aide II (HCA II)/ Personal Care Assistance	Home Care Aide III (HCA III)/ Certified Home Health Aide
Description:	The HCA I assists with environmental services such as housekeeping and homemaking services to preserve a safe, sanitary home and to enhance family life. The HCA I encourages client and family to assume as much responsibility as possible for their own care and environment in accordance with the agency plan of care. The HCA I does not provide any personal care.	The HCA II assists the client and family with home management activities, non-medically directed personal care and supportive services in accordance with the agency plan of care.	The HCA III may work under a medically supervised plan of care or with appropriate supervision to assist the client and his or her family with household management and personal care.
Duties:	Examples include: basic meal preparation and meal planning for regular diets escort and/or transportation services laundry light housekeeping maintaining a safe environment observing, monitoring and reporting on a client's condition respite/companion care shopping teaching and cueing to activities that will increase/sustain client independence and that the HCA I is quaIified to teach	Examples include: All HCA I duties AND support with activities of daily living such as: ambulation and/or transfers appropriate client teaching consistent with training assistance with eating, bathing, dressing, grooming, and hair care meal planning and preparation of special diets monitoring skin integrity observing/reporting intake of foods and fluids and frequency of elimination observing/reminding to take medications taking and recording vital signs toileting	Examples include: All HCA I and HCA II duties AND appropriate client instruction consistent with training assistance with medications which are ordinary self-administered assistance with prescribed exercises and rehabilitation activities emptying a catheter or ostomy bag help with specialized assistive devices non-sterile dressing changes simple procedures specific duties as delineated under a medically supervised plan of care
Prerequisites:	None. The HCA I training consists of 40 hours of online training.	Completion of HCA I plus 20 hours of online training.	Completion of HCA I and HCA II plus 16 hours of hands on practicum.
Work Environment:	Home Care Aide Organization	Home Care Aide Organization	Home Health Agency
Cost for Training:	CAHSAH Member $50 Student $50 Non-member $100	CAHSAH Member $30 Student $30 Non-member $60	Call for more information.
Link to Course:	HCA I	HCA II	HCA III

Upon completing HCA I and HCA II online training, home care workers may continue on to get the additional 16 hours of hands on practicum to get certified as a Home Health Aide. Home Health Aides are able to work under the supervision of registered nursing staff and under physician direction by assisting clients to meet their basic emotional, social and physical needs in their home.

When you successfully take and pass each of the HCA I and HCA II levels of training, you will receive a certificate of completion. You will be qualified to work in a wide variety of personal home care aide jobs during your personal home care aide career. When you take the last course and complete the 16 hours of hands on practicum and become certified as a Home Health Aide, you may work at a Licensed Home Health Agency. Our online Home Care Aide training will give you the freedom to make your career anything you want it to be, from Homemaker to Personal Care Attendant to Certified Home Health Aide.

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