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Expand your knowledge of Dementia

Length: 4-hours
From $79.99 + tax

This 4-hour self-paced online program has been shown to significantly increase dementia knowledge and is comprised of four courses:

  1. Foundations of Dementia
  2. Responsive Behaviours and Mental Health
  3. Home Supports and Safety
  4. Promoting Brain Health and Caregiver Wellness

Demonstrate your new knowledge by sharing your Certificate of Completion with employers. Developed by experts in geriatrics, mental health and online learning.

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BLS, First-Aid, Heart saver, and Instructor Trainer Courses

From $50

At Keen Training, we are a group of certified instructors teaching both Heart & Stroke and Canadian Red Cross courses.
From BLS, First-Aid, Heart saver, and Instructor Trainer courses, we are your one stop shop for all your certifications needed to work in the healthcare industry. Manuals provided for all courses.
  • BLS renewals from $50/student (including tax)
  • BLS provider classes from $50/student (including tax)
  • First-Aid classes $120/student (including tax)
Contact us today at info.keentraining@gmail.com if you have any questions.

Food Service Orientation in Long Term Care

In here are modules related to dining experience and dysphagia and safe feeding.
CLRI OSNAC new e-Learning modules

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 Professionalism in the Workplace

 

Length: 3 Hours

Format: Virtual instructor led via Zoom

Pricing: $79.00 per person

This course explores the concept of professionalism as it relates to the PSW’s practice.

Topics will include:

    • Legal and moral rights of the client and the principles that guide PSW practice
    • The Regulated Health Professions Act (RHPA) and the unregulated care provider’s (UCP) Scope of Practice
    • The therapeutic relationship and client centered care including Communication, Professional Boundaries, Privacy & Confidentiality and Ethics
    • Interactive case studies that explore the above topics.
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Empathic Strain

 

Length: 3.5 Hours

Format: Virtual instructor led via Zoom

Pricing: $89.00 per person

Empathic Strain has been described as “the cost of caring” for others, which results in deep emotional and physical exhaustion. The work of helping requires health care professionals to open their hearts and minds to their clients, but it is this process which makes helpers vulnerable to being very affected by their work. Join us for this important topic.

Topics of discussion will include:

    • Vicarious trauma
    • Warning signs that you may not be coping well
    • Strategies for your workplace
    • Self-awareness and mindfulness
    • Coping strategies
    • Strategies to balance life and work
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Person-Centered Care

 

Length: 3 Hours

Format: Virtual instructor led via Zoom

Pricing: $79.00 per person

This course explores the principles of person-centered care.

Topics will include:

    • The benefits of practicing person-centered care
    • The community support worker’s role in a person-centred environment
    • How to develop care practices that support person-centred work
    • Communication strategies and practical tools to support person-centered care
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Medication Management

 

Length: 3.5 Hours

Format: Virtual instructor led via Zoom

Pricing: $89.00 per person

This 3.5-hour course explores the community support worker’s responsibilities when assisting with or administering medication to clients in the community.

Topics will include:

    • An overview of medications including drug classifications, actions and, observations
    • How medications work and factors that affect medication action and efficacy
    • The unregulated care provider’s scope of practice as it relates to the Regulated Health Professionals Act (RHPA) and their employer’s policies and procedures
    • Best practice techniques when assisting with or administering medication through various routes
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Assisting with Mobility – Safer Client Handling

 

Length: 3.5 Hours

Format: In-person at the Regional Learning Centre in Oakville Ontario

Pricing: $125.00 per person

Care providers working in a community setting face a number of unique challenges when it comes to assisting clients with their mobility. This session will provide participants with targeted and relevant information and hands on practice.

Topics will include:

    • Principles of safer body mechanics, and discussion on why body mechanics is not always enough to keep you safe
    • The difference between lifts and transfers
    • Recognition of high-risk client care activities
    • Responding to unsafe client handling situations and requests from others
    • Opportunity to practice using a Hoyer lift, sit-stand lift, and ceiling track lift
    • Assisting with a variety of manual transfers such as sit-stand
    • Assisting with repositioning using a variety of techniques and devices
    • Discussions on safe patient handling challenges unique to community care
    • Opportunity to problem solve current patient handling situations with peers
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VEGA Family Violence Education Resource

Free Online Resource

 

The VEGA (Violence, Evidence, Guidance, and Action) Project has created pan-Canadian, evidence-based guidance and education resources to assist healthcare and social service providers in recognizing and responding safely to family violence. About VEGA (EN), About VEGA (FR)

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Workplace English for Personal Support Workers

Free Online Course

 

Develop communication skills to:

  • Build effective communication skills for client and team interactions
  • Improve both your oral and written English for workplace clarity and confidence
  • Develop assertiveness within diverse work settings
  • Get ready for career growth
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Smart Tips for Stroke Care

Free Online Resource

This guide was intended/created for Personal Support Workers (PSW) working in long-term care in Ontario. However, anyone interested in stroke care can benefit from using this resource, including PSWs in the community, family members, etc.

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Infection Prevention and Control

Free Online Resource

Looking to build or expand your knowledge in IPAC best practices? Check out our courses on IPAC core competencies and reprocessing, as well as specialized knowledge for different environments, including hospitals, community health care settings and long-term care homes.

Public Health Ontario has developed four new modules for the IPAC Core Competencies online course:

  • Personal Risk Assessment in Acute Care
  • Personal Risk Assessment in Long-term Care
  • Personal Risk Assessment in Community-Clinic
  • Personal Risk Assessment in Community-Home
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CLTC Stroke Resources

Free Online Resource

STROKE Resources for Health Providers
This information was compiled by the Ontario Regional Stroke Networks’ Community and Long Term Care Group.
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STROKE Network Contact Listing for OPSWA
Ontario Regional Stroke Networks contact list of Long Term Care Specialists.
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~ Workinesh Daba Seboka

Empower Your Career as a Personal Support Worker

Enhance your skills and confidence with expert-led online courses designed to help you provide exceptional care. Build valuable expertise applicable to home care, long-term care, and support care settings, and take the next step in your professional journey.

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