College Certificate - Continuing Care Assistant

The Continuing Care Assistant program allows students to make a difference in someone's life everyday.  This program is a one-year certificate program. Students that enjoy caring for others the Continuing Care Assistant program might be right for them. Student will work directly with clients in long-term care, home care, assisted living, and even special needs classrooms. Student will help them with mobility, personal care, assisting them to eat their meals and medication monitoring. The clinical work experiences will give students a taste of different work settings and offer students a strong foundation as a health care support staff.

Students will build knowledge and skills related to:

• Application of long-term care philosophy in different settings
• Addressing individual psychosocial needs
• Dementia management strategies
• Gerontology (a major area of study)
• Administering personal care
• Promoting independence in a safe environment
• Working with individuals with different physical and cognitive impairments
• Working with people of different cultures