C 372 - Training within 30 days: Direct Care Staff
OAR 411-054-0070 (5)
Prior to providing care to residents, all direct care staff must complete an approved pre-service dementia training.
(5) TRAINING WITHIN 30 DAYS OF HIRE FOR DIRECT CARE STAFF.
(a) The facility is responsible to verify that direct care staff have demonstrated satisfactory performance in any duty they are assigned.
(b) Knowledge and performance must be demonstrated in all areas within the first 30 days of hire, including, but not limited to:
(A) The role of service plans in providing individualized resident care.
(B) Providing assistance with the activities of daily living.
(C) Changes associated with normal aging.
(D) Identification of changes in the resident's physical, emotional and mental functioning and documentation and reporting on the resident's changes of condition.
(E) Conditions that require assessment, treatment, observation and reporting.
(F) General food safety, serving and sanitation.
(G) If the direct care staff person's duties include the administration of medication or treatments, appropriate facility staff, in accordance with OAR 411-054-0055 (Medications
and Treatments) must document that they have observed and evaluated the individual's ability to perform safe medication and treatment administration unsupervised.
ST - C 374 - Annual Training and Other Requirements
OAR 411-054-0070 (6)(7)(8)
(6) ANNUAL IN-SERVICE TRAINING FOR DIRECT CARE STAFF.
(a) All direct care staff must complete and document a minimum of 12 hours of in-service training annually on topics related to the provision of care for persons in a community-based care setting, including training on chronic diseases in the facility population and dementia training. Annual in-service training hours are based on the anniversary date of hire.
(b) Requirements for annual in-service dementia training:
(A) Except as provided in paragraph (B) of this section, each direct care staff must complete 6 hours of annual in-service training on dementia care.
(B) Exception: Staff hired prior to January 1, 2019 must complete 6 hours of dementia care in-service training by the anniversary of their hire date in 2020 and annually thereafter.
(C) Dementia care training may be included in the required minimum 12 hours of annual in-service training described in subsection (a) above.
(D) Dementia care training must reflect current standards for dementia care and be informed by the best evidence in the care and treatment of dementia.
(E) The facility shall determine the competency of direct care staff in dementia care in the following ways:
(i) Utilize approved dementia care training for its direct care staff, coupled with methods to perform a competency assessment as defined in OAR 411-054-0005(19).
(ii) Ensure direct care staff have demonstrated competency in any duty they are assigned. Facility staff in a supervisory role shall perform assessment of each direct care staff.
(iii) Maintain written documentation of all dementia care training completed by each direct care staff and shall maintain documentation regarding each employee's assessed competency.
