Texas HCSSA 12-Hour Package for Administrators – Admin Bundle A

This bundle meets the 12-hour training requirements as outlined in Ch. 558.260 of The Texas Department of Aging and Disability Services (DADS) for Administrators and Alternate Administrators of Home and Community Support Service Agencies (HCSSA). This course bundle offers 12 clock hours of training that must be obtained within 12 months of designation and for annual CEUs thereafter.

This HCCSA bundle covers topics curated for administrators and includes advance care planning and communication with the dying, home care and OASIS-D1, HR, infection control, preventing hospital admissions and readmissions, and dementia and Alzheimer’s disease.

• Alzheimer’s Disease and Related Disorders: An Overview
• Alzheimer’s Disease and Related Disorders: Behavior and ADL Management
• Bloodborne Pathogens
• Boundaries
• Effective Communication: What Supervisors Need to Know
• From Touchy to Touching: Straight Talk About the Dying Process
• HIPAA Do's and Don'ts: Electronic Communication and Social Media
• Home Health Care OASIS-D1
• Managing Your Human Resources
• Perspectives at End of Life
• Preventing Unnecessary Hospital Admissions and Readmissions
• Principles of Infection Control
• Quality Improvement: The Basics
• Root Cause Analysis
• Understanding Pain in Palliative Care
• What Matters Most: Introduction to Five Wishes Advance Care Planning Conversations
• Workplace Emergencies and Natural Disasters: Tornadoes