Build the practical judgment needed to reduce fall risk, support safe mobility, and respond correctly when an older adult loses balance or falls. This course emphasizes dignity, choice, preparation, approved equipment, caregiver limits, and prompt reporting.
What you will learn
- Recognize personal, environmental, medication-related, and task-related fall risks
- Complete a respectful home-safety check without restricting an older adult unnecessarily
- Prepare for walking, standing, repositioning, and transfers before movement begins
- Use only equipment and techniques authorized by the care plan and your training
- Stop when a transfer is unsafe instead of attempting an improvised manual lift
- Respond after a fall, protect the person from further harm, and report objectively
Safety foundation
CDC’s STEADI resources emphasize practical fall-prevention steps and home-safety tools for older adults and caregivers. OSHA identifies repeated manual lifting, transfers, repositioning, and awkward postures as important sources of caregiver injury. Safe care protects both the older adult and the caregiver.
CDC STEADI fall-prevention resources · OSHA safe patient handling guidance
Complete every required lesson and pass the final knowledge check with at least 80% to qualify for the course-specific completion certificate. Online completion does not replace employer policy, hands-on training, care-plan instructions, or supervisor-observed competency.
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