Summary: 

Effective Date: January 1, 2017

Last Updated: December, 2024

The state of New Jersey added new training requirements for staff working with patients with Alzheimer’s and dementia. Below is a summary of House Bill 2960 and information on how Safety-Care can be utilized to improve the safety of patients and staff.

HB 2960 sets new training requirements for homemaker-home health aide education and training programs to provide for comprehensive education in the specialized care of patients with Alzheimer's disease including:

(a) The causes and progression of Alzheimer's disease and related disorders.

(b) The methods to deal with the specific problems encountered in the care of patients with Alzheimer's disease including, but not limited to:

• • Communicating with patients with Alzheimer's disease.
  • Psychological, social, and physical needs of such patients.
  • Safety measures which need to be taken for patients with Alzheimer’s/dementia.

Applicants for certification or recertification as a homemaker-home health aide on or after the effective date of the act must complete the required training as a condition of receiving certification or recertification.

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.