Fulfill your required training at a convenient, low-cost location.
Penn State delivers continuing education for health care professionals who are preparing to become personal care home administrators and/or administrators and direct-care staff who must meet continuing education requirements.
Individuals who are providing elder care for family members will find several or all topics valuable and are welcome to attend.
These programs address issues surrounding personal care homes as well as the responsibility to provide safe, humane, comfortable, and supportive residential settings for adults who don't require the services in or of a licensed, long-term care facility, but do require assistance or supervision with daily living activities and other physical and mental life skills.
All individuals who complete the 100-hour standardized department-approved administrator training course after January 31, 2009, must successfully complete the orientation program for new administrators and a competency test with a passing score in accordance with 55 Pa.Code § 2600.64(a)(3) (relating to administrator training and orientation). In addition, current administrators must complete at least 24 hours of training related to job duties. All direct-care staff must complete 12 hours of training.
You may register for the entire program for a total cost of $1,089, or you may choose to take classes as needed. These courses can be taken as part of the required 27-hour continuing education credits.
Penn State is an approved provider through the Department of Public Welfare under the Personal Care Homes Licensing Regulations as of April 23, 2005, published in 55 Pa. Code Chapter 2600 (35 Pa.B.2499).
Course Title Date Registration
Required DPW Orientation Friday, June 14, 2013 Register Now
Friday, September 13, 2013
Entire 100 hour course Monday, June 24 through Register Now
Cost: $1,089 Friday, July 26, 2013
Fall 2013 Cost: $1125 Monday, September 13 through
Friday, October 18, 2013
Medication procedures Monday, June 24, 2013 Register Now
Cost: $98 or September 16, 2013
Recreation Monday, June 24, 2013 Register Now
Cost: $56 or September 16, 2013
Personal Care Services & Hygiene Tuesday, June 25, 2013 Register Now
Cost: $126 or September 17, 2013
Gerontology Wednesday, June 26, 2013 Register Now
Cost: $84 or September 18, 2013
First-Aid Training Wednesday, June 26, 2013 Register Now
Cost: $42 or September 18, 2013
Nutrition, Food Handling & Sanitation Thursday, June 27, 2013 Register Now
Cost: $98 or September 19, 2013
Certification in CPR Thursday, June 27, 2013 Register Now
Cost: $56 or September 19, 2013
Care for Residents with Mental Illness Friday, June 28, 2013 Register Now
Cost: $126 or September 20, 2013
Cultural Competency Friday, June 28, 2013 Register Now
Cost: $42 or September 20, 2013
Writing Assessments Saturday, June 29, 2013 Register Now
Cost: $70 or September 21, 2013
Abuse & Neglect Prevention Monday, July 22, 2013 Register Now
& Reporting or October 14, 2013
Cost: $84
Fire Prevention Monday, July 22, 2013 Register Now
Cost: $56 or October 14, 2013
Care for Residents with Dementia Tuesday, July 23, 2013 Register Now
Cost: $112 or October 15, 2013
Community Resources Wednesday, July 24, 2013 Register Now
Cost: $56 or October 16, 2013
Budgeting, Financial Recordkeeping Wednesday, July 24, 2013 Register Now
Cost: $56 or October 16, 2013
Care for Residents with Intellectual Wednesday, July 24, 2013 Register Now
and/or Developmental Disabilities or October 16, 2013
Cost: $28
Local, State, and Federal Laws Thursday, July 25, 2013 Register Now
Cost: $28 or October 17, 2013
Resident-home Contracts Thursday, July 25, 2013 Register Now
Cost: $28 or October 17, 2013
Resident Rights Thursday, July 25, 2013 Register Now
Cost: $42 or October 17, 2013
Staff Supervision Friday, July 26, 2013 Register Now
Cost: $112 or October 18, 2013
To register or obtain more information, please contact the Penn State Beaver Office of Continuing Education, 724-773-3700.
The Adult Residential Licensing Program is pleased to announce a scholarship that will allow eligible personal care homes to send an individual for training at no charge.
Click here for more information about the Adult Residential Program.
You can also download a Summer 2013 Adult Residential Licensing Program brochure (pdf).