Certified Healthcare Caregiver Professional

📘Program Overview

The Certified Healthcare Caregiver Professional (CHCP) program prepares caregivers to deliver safe, compassionate, and competent direct care to patients and residents across home, long-term-care, and facility settings.

The program develops the practical, communication, and safety skills required to support activities of daily living, protect residents' rights, prevent harm, and collaborate effectively with healthcare teams.

Participants learn to assess resident needs, manage daily tasks and common problems, and provide person-centered support — including for residents with dementia or complex needs.

🎯Program Rationale

• Caregivers are central to the safety and dignity of vulnerable patients.
• Aging populations are increasing demand for skilled caregivers.
• Structured competency reduces harm and protects residents' rights.
• Person-centered care improves wellbeing and outcomes.

👥Target Audience

• Caregivers and care assistants
• Long-term-care and home-care staff
• Family members supporting dependent relatives
• Healthcare support workers
• Individuals entering the caregiving profession

✅Program Objectives

• Assess resident needs and develop service plans.
• Support activities of daily living safely and respectfully.
• Protect residents' rights and prevent abuse, neglect, and exploitation.
• Apply infection-control, fall-prevention, and emergency procedures.
• Communicate effectively with residents, families, and care teams.

🏆Learning Outcomes

• Provide personal hygiene and daily-living support.
• Monitor vital signs and maintain accurate documentation.
• Support medication self-administration safely.
• Care for residents with dementia and challenging behaviors.
• Manage personal stress and maintain professional boundaries.

📚Program Structure

• Module 1: Foundations of Caregiving
• Who are caregivers and care receivers?
• Assessing resident needs and the needs questionnaire
• Residents' rights
• Communicating effectively with residents
• Module 2: Daily Care & Personal Support
• Handling daily tasks and common problems
• Personal hygiene
• Assisting with activities of daily living
• Nutrition, hydration, and food services
• Module 3: Safety & Protection
• Preventing abuse, neglect, and exploitation
• Risk management, fall prevention, and ambulation
• Controlling the spread of disease and infection
• Fire, safety, and emergency procedures
• Module 4: Health Monitoring & Documentation
• Vital signs
• Record-keeping and documentation
• Service plans
• Assisting in the self-administration of medications
• Module 5: Specialized & Person-Centered Care
• Residents with dementia and Alzheimer's disease
• Communicating with residents unable to direct self-care
• Managing difficult behavior
• Social, recreational, and rehabilitative activities
• Module 6: Communication, Teamwork & Wellbeing
• Communicating with healthcare teams
• Managing personal stress
• Emotional issues in caregiving
• Hospice, palliative, and elder care

📝Assessment & Certification

• Module knowledge checks
• Practical skills demonstration
• Care-scenario case analysis
• Final comprehensive examination

🚀Capstone / Practical Project

Develop a person-centered care plan for a resident, including a needs assessment, daily-care schedule, safety measures, and communication approach.

🏥Organizational Impact

• Safer, more dignified direct care
• Fewer falls, infections, and preventable incidents
• Better protection of residents' rights
• Stronger family and team communication

📈Career Pathway

• Certified Caregiver
• Care Assistant / Senior Care Assistant
• Home-Care Aide
• Long-Term-Care Support Worker

Exam Fee: $495