Summary: 

Effective: January 1, 2016 

Last Updated: December, 2024

HF 2402 became effective January 1, 2016, and will require dementia care training for staff in Alzheimer's disease and related disorders This training must inlcude communication skills, assisting with daily activities, and addressing challenging behaviors.

Employees of facilities that serve patients with Alzheimer’s disease or other dementias must be trained in at least:

• Supervisors—8 hours of initial training within 120 working hours of their employment start date.
• Direct-care employees—8 hours of initial training within 160 working hours.
• Staff who do not provide direct care—4 hours of initial training within 160 working hours.

Assisted living services under chapter 144G must meet the following training requirements:

• Supervisors—4 hours of initial training within 120 working hours.
  
• Direct-care employees and staff who do not provide direct care—4 hours of initial training within 160 working hours.
  

Following initial training, all staff in any facility are required to have 2 hours of dementia care training for every 12 months of employment.

How Safety-Care aligns: Numerous organizations throughout the United States and Canada rely upon QBS and our Safety-Care training to provide their staff members with the training they need to help maintain a safe and healthy environment. Safety-Care provides a comprehensive, supportive approach to incident prevention, de-escalation, and management. Your Staff will learn practical strategies for helping students that use evidence-based practices consistent with PBIS (Positive Behavior Interventions and Supports) and ABA (Applied Behavior Analysis).

Safety-Care can meet the requirements of Departmental Requirements in the following ways:

Safety-Care is uniquely designed to provide trainees with the skills to assess potential crises, how de-escalate these situations, and how to respond if the situation is elevated. Our trainings are trauma-informed and focus on modifying behavior to prevent dangerous outcomes. Safety-Care can be taught to all levels of personnel, from administration down to volunteers. Additionally, our core trainings can be supplemented with unique add-on trainings focused on specific needs and professions. Safety-Care uses a Train the Trainer model allowing each district to quickly develop their own core of trainers qualified in the most current behavioral interventions and de-escalation strategies. Our Master Trainers can have up to ten (10) staff ready to train in as little as three days. Safety-Care is geared towards ensuring that all trainees are familiar with a single response system and can respond in-kind to numerous situations regardless of the professional setting.