Welcome to the Home Care Aide core basic training!

This practical course will introduce you to the knowledge and skills you need to provide personal care.

Training Certificates After you complete all the Home Care Aide training requirements, you will receive a 75-hour certificate of completion. 

After completing all 75 hours of required training, you must take the Home Care Aide Exam. Exam (the written test) will show whether you have learned the key points in this course. By completing the lesson checkpoints and module reviews, you should be ready to pass the written test.

Learning Goals There are five major learning goals in this course.

• Understand what is required and expected of you in your job. 

• Use good communication and problem-solving skills with a client, family members, and other care team members. 

• Know how to protect a client’s rights and why it is important to protect a client’s rights. 

• Protect the health and physical safety of a client and yourself. 

• Correctly provide personal care and other authorized tasks while: understanding how a client wants things done and doing tasks that way; honoring a client’s privacy, dignity, and differences; encouraging a client to do as much as they can for themselves.