The Continuing Care Assistant program allows you to make a difference in someone's life everyday. This program is a one-year certificate program.

If you enjoy caring for others the Continuing Care Assistant program might be right for you. You'll work directly with clients in long-term care, home care, assisted living, and even special needs classrooms. You will help them with mobility, personal care, assisting them to eat their meals and medication monitoring. Your clinical work experiences will give you a taste of different work settings and offer you a strong foundation as a health care support staff.

You will build knowledge and skills related to:

application of long-term care philosophy in different settings

addressing individual psychosocial needs

dementia management strategies

gerontology (a major area of study)

administering personal care

promoting independence in a safe environment

working with individuals with different physical and cognitive impairments

working with people of different cultures