Among the key principles of the College of Personal Assistance and Caregiving curriculum is to respect the rights and abilities of people with disabilities and older adults to make their own decisions about the assistance they need to live independently in their communities.  More than outlining simple tasks, train caregivers in a way that leads to more independent and inclusive lives for people who use personal assistance services.

Standardized, evidence-based training can build your staff’s confidence, competence, and satisfaction which in turn can help reduce turnover and improve outcomes. Enable learners to meet training objectives at their own pace, empower team leaders to mitigate risk, demonstrate compliance, and improve the learning process of every staff member. Training can be accessed at any time through the Elsevier Performance Manager (LMS), and supervisors can add customized content to integrate training into their learner’s current workflow.

Designed with consistent best practices and care standards at every level, the content is built from the experience of various national demonstrations, expert panel recommendations for basic caregiver competencies, and studies conducted by UCSF faculty, staff, and colleagues.[1] The courses are updated as practice standards evolve and data relative to care or training outcomes becomes available.

Training can be accessed at any time through the Elsevier Performance Manager (LMS), and supervisors can add customized content to integrate training into their learner’s current workflow. Enable learners to meet training objectives at their own pace, empower team leaders to mitigate risk, demonstrate compliance, and improve the learning process of every staff member.

The curriculum is developed by the Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences in the School of Nursing at UCSF. UCSF is part of the University of California, the world’s premier public research university system. It is singularly dedicated to graduate and professional education and is the leading university exclusively focused on health.