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Creating a Training Program for Informal Personal Assistants

Description

A training for informal personal assistants that includes the same information that formal personal assistants receive.

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Additional Information

Creation Date:

2016

Type of Product:

• Workshop guide
• Infosheet

People Required:

Individual

Adaptation Needed:

Little to none needed

Rural Adaptations:

• Does not appear to be limited to urban areas
• Relies on technology

Reading Time:

Does not take a long time to read the document

Cost:

Needed for resources, medical supplies, and trainer

Staff Needed:

• Staff are needed to facilitate workshop
• Staff need to have knowledge of medical equipment and other personal assistant topics, as well as how to facilitate a workshop

Supplies:

• Medical supplies
• Quizzes
• Videos

Technology:

• Online access to resources, can be printed
• Videos

Alone/Group:

Done in collaboration with trainers

Recruitment/Attrition Risk:

Inability to have resources or trainees in rural communities

Plain Language Rating (Flesch-Kincaid):

Grade 10

Practical As-Is for Implementation:

Great