Health Care Aide Program / Personal Care Attendant

<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0><tr> <td valign="top" colspan=2 height=90 BGCOLOR="#006699" TEXT="#080000" bgproperties="fixed" background="02c285a1erlcgo.png"> <div> <FONT SIZE="5" COLOR="#FFCC66" FACE="Arial" ><B>                               Career Designs Inc. - Health Care Aide / Personal Care Attendant</B></FONT><B>     |     </B><A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE=" Career De"><U><B>home</B></U></A></div> <div> <FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#FFFFCC" FACE="Arial" >back to  </FONT><A HREF="id3.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Courses Programs"><U><B>Courses & Programs</B></U></A></div> <div> </div> </td> </tr><tr> <td valign="top" width=210 BGCOLOR="#FFCC66" TEXT="#080000" background="02ad2c00dkelyh.png"> <div> <B>Health Care Aide Program / Personal Care Attendant</B></div> <div> <A HREF="id24.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Course Start Dates"><U>Course Start Dates</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id8.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Prior Learning Assessment"><U>Prior Learning Assessment</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id19.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Medication Administration Course"><U>Medication Administration Course</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id9.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Prerequisites"><U>Prerequisites</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id18.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Course Fees HEALTH CARE AIDE ( HCA ) / "><U>Course Fees - HEALTH CARE AIDE ( HCA ) / PERSONAL CARE ATTENDANT ( PCA )</U></A></div> <bR> </td> <td valign="top" height=390 BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#080000"> <div> <B>Health Care Aide Program ( HCA )  Government Curriculum</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>Intake for the Health Care Aide Program is currently on hold.</B></div> <bR> <bR> <div> <B>The Health Care Aide program </B> is 6 months in duration and is designed for adult education through <B>Home-Study, Classroom Teaching,  Lab Workshops,  Hospital Practicum and Community Practicums. </B> Telephone tutorial/help is available throughout the course.  The program is designed to provide students with the necessary medical knowledge, technical skills and clinical work experiences to secure employment providing quality hands on nursing care in a wide variety of health care settings. Upon successful completion of the <B>HCA</B> <B> </B>program, students will receive a  Health Care Aide certificate.  </div> <bR> <div> There is a variety of rewarding careers in a wide variety of health care settings available to you upon successful completion of this program. <B>Remember, Caring Careers Make a Difference.</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>STUDIES INCLUDE:</B></div> <bR> <div> <B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700c800000000.png" HEIGHT="13" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">41</B> Self-study modules to be completed in 24 weeks.</div> <bR> <bR> <div> <B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700c800000000.png" HEIGHT="13" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Telephone Tutorial </B>with an instructor is available throughout the program.</div> <bR> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700c800000000.png" HEIGHT="13" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Also included in the Program are 4 - Home Study Assignments</div> <bR> <div> <B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700c800000000.png" HEIGHT="13" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">32 Classroom /</B><B> </B><B>Lab</B> instruction days ( <B>256</B><B> hours</B> ) including <B>Emergency First Aid / Adult CPR.</B></div> <bR> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700c800000000.png" HEIGHT="13" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">The Calgary Health Region's ( CHR )   Safe Food Handling Certification is also included in the program.</div> <bR> <div> <B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700c800000000.png" HEIGHT="13" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Written exams </B>and <B>clinical evaluations </B>( competency based ) are conducted throughout the program.</div> <bR> <div> <B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700c800000000.png" HEIGHT="13" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Clinical Hospital Practicum</B> <B>-  ( 205 hours )</B></div> <div> <B>      </B><FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >When the students have successfully passed their written exams and clinical lab evaluations, they are then placed in the hospital, with an Instructor on-site, for a 5-week, practical work experience.</FONT></div> <bR> <div> <B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f000000000.png" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">C</B><B>ommunity Care Practicum </B>  - <B>35 hours </B></div> <div>        Following the 4- week hospital work experience practicum,  there will be 35 hours of community-based practicum including,  </div> <div>        Homecare and Personal Care Homes ( Group Homes ).                                                                                                                                                              </div> </td> </tr></table></body>