PRINCIPLES OF CAREGIVING Level 1:
These training manuals have been created under the guidance of the Arizona Direct Care Workforce Committee in response to recommendations from the Citizens Workgroup on the Long Term Care Workforce. This curriculum is a public resource and can be used for self study and in classes.
Much of Principles of Caregiving curriculum was revised in 2010/11 and posted in January 2011. The Spanish translation is new in July 2011. If you find any errors (English or Spanish), please send comments to julrich@azdes.gov.
Fundamentals (January 2011)
Level 2:
Aging and Physical Disabilities module (January 2011)
Developmental Disabilities Module (January 2011)
Alzheimer's Disease and Related Dementias Module
(January 2008 - documents added Nov. 2011)
Note: DDD forms below DD module on this page
NEW: Skills Workbook (2011) - all skills from the manuals with photos
Instructor notes for skills workbook (June 2011)
Only 50 pages; consider giving the workbook to all staff.
NEW: List of key terms Spanish to English and English to Spanish
Give this to your staff so they can learn the terms in both languages.
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Alzheimer’s Disease and Related Dementias Student manual 2008 Spanish student manual Instructor manual 2008
Aging and Physical Disabilities
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Developmental Disabilities -
Student Manual (and Facilitator's Guide). The Facilitator Guide contains all the student materials plus teaching tips and additional resources.
We are adding the Spanish chapter by chapter; please check back. The English chapters are exactly the same as before, only we added a date on each page and corrected the margins.
FORMS
DD Preservice Orientation Form
DD Incident Report Form
DD Attendant Care Form
DD Attenndant Care Housekeeping Agreement p. 1
DD Attendant Care Housekeeping Agreement p. 2
DD Attendant Care Monitoring
Alzheimer's Disease and Related Dementias
New: Instructor manual, Spanish translation
