The Association continues to work diligently to provide its members the critical information needed to re-engineer their agencies, streamline operations, reduce costs, and develop new product lines and revenue sources while ensuring their patients continue to receive the highest quality of care possible. This area of AHHC's website is designed to announce events and workshops, or to provide educational resources for use within your organization to help you stay ahead of the curve.

Below is a list of AHHC's latest educational offerings. To view program descriptions, dates and locations, or to download registration forms click on the specific event.

• Aide Training - Caring Connection SNAP Packets
  These SNAP audio conferences cover a wide range of topics including the aide’s role in caring for patients with respiratory conditions, shortness of breath, Alzheimer’s, difficult behaviors, urinary incontinence and pain. Aides receive practical, useful information on fall prevention, caring for HIV/Aids patients, patient medication self-management and safety, improving patient self-care and independence, the aide’s role in preventing patient hospitalization and patient rights.
  
  In each SNAP Packet you will find three unique aide training audio conferences on CDROM (each one is about 1 hour in length) with learning objectives. You will also receive accompanying handouts, a post-test with answer sheet and a certificate of completion template. Choose from among four different packets to meet your specific aide learning needs! Buy all four - take advantage of significant savings - and you have 12 packaged aide inservices ready for the year ahead!

• Pursuing Outstanding Performance
  January 8, 2008 – Orientation: A Strong Infrastructure Produces a Successful Employee
  March 11, 2008 – Competency Assessment: Ensure Qualified, Efficient and Productive Staff
  May 20, 2008 – Delegation:  How to Effectively Communicate, Delegate and Ensure Practice Boundaries
  September 16, 2008 – Coaching: Coaching the In-Home Aide toward Outstanding Performance
  This series of teleconferences will focus on the role of the in-home aide supervisor as it relates to: Orientation, Competency Assessment, Delegation and Coaching.
  
  The presenter for these teleconferences is Michelle D. White, RN, BSN. Michelle has worked in home care for many years during which time she has implemented various In-Home Aide programs and offered direct aide supervision. She is currently the Director for HomeCare Providers, a division of Alamance Regional Medical Center.  She is a Nurse Aide instructor for Alamance Community College and serves on the Community College CNA Advisory Committee.

• The Aide’s Role in Infection Prevention and Control
  July 15, 2008 (Teleconference)
  This workshop will focus on understanding the basic principles of infection prevention and control. This workshop will also focus on Blood Borne Pathogens and the principles surrounding transmission and methods in which the aide can protect themselves and the patient.

• Fall 2008 Aide Teleconference Series
  June 2008 - February 2009