The Professional Caregiver's Guide to ALS

*Empowering CNAs & Home Health Aides to Deliver Expert ALS Care*

Welcome to The Professional Caregiver’s Guide to ALS - a 10-episode training series designed specifically for CNAs and home health aides working in long-term care facilities or private homes.

What You’ll Learn:
⚫How to support pALS in a nursing home
⚫ALS basics, symptoms, and what to expect
⚫Techniques for safe range of motion (ROM)
⚫Understanding cognition, emotion & behavior changes
⚫Communication without speech: low- and high-tech tools
⚫Swallowing, breathing, and ventilator basics for caregivers
⚫Wheelchair use, positioning, and daily care essentials

Episodes:
  1) Making a Nursing Home Work for You
  2) What is ALS?
  3) Range of Motion (ROM)
  4) Cognition & Emotion
  5) Fundamentals of Communication without Speaking
  6) Partner-Assisted Scanning (AEIOU Board)
  7) High Tech Communication
  8) Swallowing & Breathing: CNA Vent Basics
  9) Power Wheelchair & Positioning
10) pALS Care 101 (Advanced CNA Guidance)