NEW! Family Care Giving

Gainesville Classes                                            Lake City Classes

 

Caring for a parent, spouse or friend at home can be overwhelming. If you are like most caregivers you want to feel you are doing everything you can to provide the best care possible. Plus like many caregivers, you may have many other commitments including a job and additional family.

 

This exciting new program offers you a helping hand by providing a variety of information-packed sessions covering topics that can help you provide the care that your loved one may need, including subjects such as home safety, healthy eating, and bathing, as well as legal and financial issues. There's even a session that helps you take care of yourself.

This new Family Caregiving Program has been designed to:

  • Teach skills for caring for the elderly, chronically ill and disabled at home;
  • Help organizations in the communities served by the American Red Cross provide services that benefit the growing senior population
  • Prepare families to take on the responsibility and challenges of caring for a loved one at home.

The program consists of nine individual topic-based modules for caregivers. Choose those modules that best fit your needs - they can be taken separately or in combination. Topics include:

  • Home Safety
  • General care giving Skills
  • Positioning and Helping Your Loved One Move
  • Assisting with Personal Care
  • Healthy Eating
  • Caring for the Caregiver
  • Legal and Financial Issues
  • Caring for a Loved One with Alzheimer's Disease or Dementia
  • Caring for a Loved One with HIV/AIDS

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

NEW! Blended Learning Program

Lifesaving Skills Are Just a Click Away with American Red Cross Web-Based CPR, First Aid and Automated External Defibrillation (AED) Training

 

If you have a computer meeting minimum operating system requirements* that has Internet access, you can participate in an exciting new blended learning format from the American Red Cross. The first part of the training is taken online, which allows you to learn at your own pace. You also have the option of going through the course in an abbreviated format and testing out of lessons with which you may already be familiar. And you don’t need to worry about interruptions at home from kids, phone calls or ringing doorbells.  Red Cross Web-based training can be stopped and started according to your busy schedule.

 

 

*Minimum Operating System Requirements:

§         Windows 98 or higher or MAC OS X or higher

§         Web browser—Internet Explorer 5.5 or higher or Netscape 4.76 or higher

§         56K modem or broadband access

 

The second part of your training will be led by an instructor at the North Central Florida Chapter Gainesville or Lake City office, or at your location (6 or more students).  This approximately two-four hour practice and assessment will ensure that you learn the skills necessary to save a life in an emergency. A list of skills practice and assessment training dates is listed.

 

Red Cross Web-based Blended Learning lets you choose from the following course options:

  • Adult CPR
  • First Aid
  • Automated External Defibrillator

For a demonstration of this new Web-based training, please visit www.redcross.org/websites/nhq.html