77 Ill. Adm. Code 245, The Home Health, Home Nursing, Home Services Agency Licensing Code, requires ten hours of initial training for Home Services Workers, at least five hours of which much be completed prior to first assignment and the remaining five hours completed within the first thirty days of employment; and ten hours of annual training for Home Services Workers. This set of training modules represents the initial ten hours of training:

1.     Home Services Workers Responsibilities, Limitations and the Importance of Confidentiality

2.     Communication

3.     Observation, Reporting and Documentation

4.     Basic Needs and Bathing

5.     Personal Care

6.     Toileting

7.     Feeding, Ambulation and Transfers

8.     Hygiene and Infection Control

9.     Maintenance of a Clean, Safe & Healthy Environment

10.   Safety and Emergencies

11.   Abuse and Neglect

12.   Understanding Dementia and Challenging Behaviors Associated with Dementia

These training modules were developed by the following staff and consultants from FrontlineCo and the Illinois HomeCare & Hospice Council:

• Bonny Kohr, BSN, RN, CHCE, HCS-D, Consultant to IHHC
• Kim Robinson, President, FrontlineCo
• Sara Ratcliffe, CMP, Executive Director, IHHC
• Liz Vogt, MA, Director of Government & Regulatory Affairs, IHHC
• Alexa Tintori, BSW, Account Executive, FrontlineCo
• Courtney Helton, Education Specialist, IHHC

The training modules included in the IHHC Home Services Worker series rely on information included in Mosby’s Textbook for Nursing Assistants, 2021.  Unless otherwise documented, all such information is republished with permission from Elsevier Ltd.