This foundational course will help you identify, engage, and support caregivers. The course is for interprofessional care teams, with a focus on primary care.

Objectives:

1. Describe the benefits of caregiver engagement in primary care. 

2. Describe when and how to identify members of a patient’s caregiving team. 

3. Demonstrate how to include caregivers as an integral part of your health care team. 

4. Review strategies that promote caregivers' well-being and their ability to support your patients.

The foundational course is available in three different formats!

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This course provides practical ways to identify a patient’s caregiver team and tools for documenting caregiving teams. This course can be taken on its own or as a supplement to the foundational course. 

Objectives:

1. Name key roles and responsibilities of caregivers.
2. Describe how and when to identify members of a patient's caregiver team.
3. Recognize options for documenting caregiver teams. 

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This course helps learners implement effective communication skills with caregivers and care recipients, uncover any unmet needs of the caregiver, and tailor appropriate interventions. This course can be taken on its own or as a supplement to the foundational course. 

Objectives:

1. Discuss the importance and benefits of engaging caregivers.
2. Implement effective communication skills with caregivers and care recipients.
3. Identify if caregivers have unmet needs and then tailor appropriate interventions. 

Enroll

This course provides effective strategies to support caregivers through education and care coordination, ultimately improving the health and well-being of the caregiver and care recipient. This course can be taken on its own or as a supplement to the foundational course. 

Objectives:

1. Recognize the important role of caregivers in providing patient care.
2. Identify ways to support caregivers through education and care coordination.
3. Identify how to leverage community resources to support caregivers. 

ENROLL

This course describes how to engage kin and grandfamily caregivers in primary care, improving patient care and caregiver well-being.

Objectives:

1. Define kin and grandfamily caregivers.
2. Describe the benefits of identifying and engaging kin and grandfamily caregivers in the primary care of a minor.
3. Demonstrate how to include kin and grandfamily caregivers as an integral part of your health care team.
4. Identify a caregiver's unmet needs and support them with resources to improve their well-being.

This live course provides practical guidance on navigating the legal and planning issues that frequently arise when working with patients and their family caregivers. Early identification of the legal roles of caregivers and who matters to the patient facilitates better care. The course is for interprofessional care teams, with a focus on primary care.

Objectives:

1. Understand key roles and responsibilities of caregivers, including legal terms.
2. Describe how and when to identify members of a patient's caregiving team, particularly around medical and financial decisions.
3. Demonstrate ways to document caregiving teams and their legal status, i.e., power of attorney, health care proxy, and VA fiduciary.