Home health aide and caregiver training requirements have been updated for Illinois Medicaid in-home care service providers.
Medicaid home care services are provided for qualifying seniors and those with disabilities to enable them to remain safe in their homes with part-time caregiving services.
The Illinois Department of Aging, also known as “IDOA”, has added new mandates for training of caregivers and supervisors providing services through the IDOA Community Care Program (CCP).
Caregiverlist provides training through Caregiver Training University to allow both caregivers and Medicaid home care agencies to easily stay in compliance with both the Illinois Medicaid In-Service training and annual renewal training courses.
Caregiver Training University’s Illinois Medicaid courses allow home health aides to be sure they are keeping up with the latest updates. Alzheimer’s Disease and Related Dementia training has always been part of the Caregiver Training University Medicaid training curriculum. Illinois outlines caregiver training topics required upon initial hiring of a caregiver or home-health aide as well as on-going caregiver training to insure senior care clients are receiving care by qualified caregivers.
Illinois Department of Aging’s newest mandate requires an inclusion of their overview of “Understanding Alzheimer’s and Dementia” and “Healthy Living for Your Brain and Body: Tips from the Latest Research”. This content must be included in training courses for Illinois Medicaid Community Care Case Supervisors and In-Home Caregivers.
Caregiver Training University offers the Illinois Medicaid Courses in many languages, including Spanish, Hindi, Greek, Chinese, Russian, Polish, Tagalog, Arabic, and many more on the works.
Medicaid companies subscribe to Caregiverlist’s Training Portal to easily enroll caregivers and re-enroll caregivers annually, and is headquartered in Chicago, Illinois, to continue to support in-home caregiver training needs for the state, for both private-duty caregivers and Medicaid caregivers. The Illinois caregiver training includes recognition tools to assist Medicaid home care companies to reward and recognize their home health aide staff.
Illinois Department on Aging Supervisor and Home Health Aide Caregiver Training Updates
- 26 hours of annual in-service training for supervisors, two of those hours shall be mandatory dementia training which include shall include subjects related to Alzheimer’s Dementia and Related Disorders; Safety risks; and Communication and behavior.
- 12 hours of in-service training for home care aides, also including 2 hours on dementia-related topics.
Caregiverlist also assists Illinois Medicaid companies to customize their courses and maintain all of their training history for easy reporting to IDOA. Learn more: susan@caregiverlist.com
