RCFE and ARF Recertification
(RCFE: DSS/CCL Approval #1000409-740-2)
(ARF: DSS/CCL Approval #1000409-735-2)

The continuing education program is for certified RCFE and ARF administrators and staff members who are required to complete on-going training. The courses are individually approved by the California Department of Social Services to complete the recertification requirement of 40 hours every 2 years. Courses can be applied to either RCFE and/or ARF.

The topics we offer include:
– ###Medication Training (New AB#2609)-($60.00): 6 hours hours
– ##Skin Care and Pressure Ulcers ($40.00): 4 hours
– #Memory Lapses and Alzheimer's ($40.00): 4 hours
– *Hospice Care: 8 hours
– Activity & Eating for Optimal Health ($40.00): 4 hours
– Administrative & Enforcement Provisions ($25.00): 3 hours
– Admission & Retention Assessment of Residents ($75.00): 8 hours
– Behavior Management of Dementia ($40.00): 4 hours
– Behavioral Decompensation in Dementia ($40.00): 4 hours
– Body Mechanics 101 ($80.00): 8 hours
– Caregiver Training ($100.00) (2-day course): 10 hours
– CCF Business Plan Essentials ($75.00): 8 hours
– Comprehensive Fall Prevention & Mgmt.for Older Adults ($80.00): 8 hours
– Depression in the Elderly ($20.00): 2 hours
– Developmental and Psychiatric Disorders ($40.00) (This four hour course will provide comprehensive information on the knowledge and functioning of both adults and elderly with developmental and psychiatric problems and how to manage them with behavioral intervention and psychoactive medications.): 4 hours
– Diabetes: What You Need to Know (It describes everything to know about diabetes to include the different types, risk factors, signs and symptoms, diagnosis and treatment.): 4 hours hours
– Eating Healthy ($40.00): 4 hours
– Effective Communication with the Elderly ($40.00): 4 hours
– Handwashing and Prevention of Infection ($20.00): 2 hours
– Managing Behaviors ($75.00): 8 hours
– Medication Management ($40.00): 4 hours
– Medication Usage ($45.00): 5 hours
– Mental Health Issues ($75.00): 8 hours
– Physical & Psychosocial Needs of Clients ($75.00): 8 hours
– Principles of Care for Someone with Alzheimers Disease & Dementia ($80.00): 8 hours
– Proper Treatment of Older Adults ($40.00): 4 hours
– Sexuality & Aging ($40.00): 4 hours
– Sleep & Aging ($40.00): 4 hours
– Stroke ($40.00): 4 hours
– Tuberculosis & HIV Update ($40.00) (Required every 2 years for ARF): 4 hours
– Understanding Alzheimer's Disease & Dementia ($75.00): 8 hours
– Updates in Regulation I ($40.00): 4 hours

Schedule of Classes

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