Caregiver Training
Every entity must ensure that its employees, contractors, volunteers,
clients and nonclient residents are knowledgeable about the entity's
misconduct reporting procedures and requirements. Staff must be
trained to immediately report to the appropriate person all allegations of
misconduct, including abuse or neglect of a client or misappropriation of
a client's property.
Caregiver Program Training
Abuse and Neglect Prevention Training
Wisconsin is one of three states to receive federal pilot funding to
create and deliver abuse and neglect prevention training for caregivers in
long term care settings. The primary goal of the training is to
reduce the incidence of abuse, neglect and misappropriation.
Wisconsin's innovative training approach utilizes multiple modes of
delivery, including an experiential component and a series of topical
workshops and a DVD-based training.
The training is designed for direct caregivers and managers in
nursing homes, long-term care hospitals, facilities serving people with
developmental disabilities, hospices, home health agencies, community
based residential facilities and personal care worker agencies.
The pilot runs until October 2007 but DHFS plans to continue funding
the training through June 2008. During this time, the project will
focus on train-the trainers to teach long-term care providers to train the
materials themselves.
To learn more about the train-the-trainer sessions, go to:
*Please not that the fall 2007 train-the-trainer sessions are filling
up rapidly and some are already full. The 2008 train-the-trainer
schedule will be posted by January 15, 2008.
To access copies of all the training materials, go to:
- Experiential Training Materials (PDF,
14 KB): During this training, participants interact with each other by
participating in reality-based scenarios. Each participant takes on
the life of one of the scenario characters, such as a caregiver, manager,
resident/client, or family member. Scenarios address the following
topics: emotional abuse, mental abuse, physical abuse, sexual abuse,
verbal abuse, neglect and misappropriation.
To request a copy of the DVD training, go to:
Contact for Questions:
Jan Navis
Phone: (608) 264-6748
Fax: (608) 264-6340
Email: navisjh@dhfs.state.wi.us
Last Revised:
June 30, 2008
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