Continuing Care Assistant Program

 

Continuing Care Assistant

Continuing Care Assistants (CCAs) work in "professional helping relationships" with people in home care, long term care facilities, nursing homes, community living settings, and not-for profit housing. It is the intention of this health care profession to encourage and inspire well being with people who are worked with. Inspire Well Being!

 

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** In all ways working with clients/residents/patients as a CCA remember to _respect_ people you are working with through remembering to _encourage_ Dignity , Independence , Privacy , Preferences , Safety (foundational to all decisions made). Practice encouraging D.I.P.P.S. while working with people in Health Care settings.

 

REMEMBER A.P.I.E.

Assessment (Assessing)

Planning

Implementation (Implementing)

Evaluation (Evaluating)

 

CCA Core Competencies and Foundations

 

  • Body Structures, Functions & [Related Health Issues] - Anatomy,
  • Medication Awareness
  • Certification WHMIS Awareness
  • Occupational Health and Safety Act (certification available)
  • Standard First Aid/CPR Level C (certification available)
  • Food Handler's Course (certification available)
  • Palliative Care Front Line Education (certification available)
  • Alzheimer's Disease and Other Dementia Care (certification available)

 

Module 1 and 2 Intro to CCA program and CCA competencies and Continuing Care Sector WITH EMPHASIS TOWARD HOME SUPPORT**

 

Module 3 Standard Operating Procedures, Personal Wellness (including Personal Health Maintenance Plan), Generational

 

Module 4 =

Module 5 = Aseptic Techniques (differences between Clean and Disinfection and Sterile) , Fire Prevention related specifically to safety in home support

 

Module 6 =

 

Module 7 = Household Management

 

Module 8 =

 

Module 9 =

 

Module 10 = Certification Alzheimer's Disease and Other Dementia Care (administered by Alzheimer's Society of NS and NSAHO), Vital Signs ,

 

Module 11 = Prepared Planning

 

Module 12 = Well Being (Encouraging Practicing Meaningful Activity), Prevention and Interventions with Non-Dementia clients, Mental Health Issues, Preventing Crisis, CCA role in identifying and reporting abuse

 

Module 13 = Medication Awareness

 

Module 14 =

Health and Disease

 

Health Care

 

Applied Practice through Placements

  • Scenerios and Placements
  • CCA Personal Health Maintenance Plan

 

 

Additional Resources

CCA Scope and Support

NSAHO "Becoming a CCA" - core competencies, equivalents and program objectives