Personal Care Aide
Overview
Approved By LWIA: 25
Last Re-Certification Date: 9/19/2024
Program Description
This program is designed to prepare individuals to be personal care aides and is a beginning step in a career pathway that will lead to placement in a demand occupation. Personal care aides assist the elderly, convalescents, or persons with disabilities with daily living activities at a person's home or in a care facility. Students will learn the knowledge and skills necessary to provide routine individualized health care such as basic nutrition and personal hygiene, first aid, taking vital signs and reporting abnormal findings, geriatric care, and legal and ethical responsibilties.
Established in 2014
CIP: 51-2602 Home Health Aide/Home Attendant.
Training Program Type
Vocational
Provider Information
Rend Lake College
Associated Job Families and Occupations
- Healthcare Support Occupations
- (311121 )
- (311122 )
Certifying / Licensing / Registering Body
IL Dept of Public Health
Quality Assurance
- North Central Association
- Illinois Community College Board
- Illinois State Board of Education
- Industry Standard: IL Dept of Public Health
Education Information
Industry Recognized Certification, Community College Certificate of Completion
16 Weeks ( 296.00 Hours / 16.00 Credit Hours )
| Tuition | $1,760.00 |
| Fees | $700.00 |
| Tests | $140.00 |
| Other Expenses(Materials, Supplies, Tools, Uniforms, etc) | $200.00 |
| Total Cost | $2,800.00 |
Financial Aid
- Pell Grants
- Illinois Monetary Award Program
Application Procedure
Open admission. ID and proof of residency needed.
Entry Requirements:
- Prerequisites - 8th Grade Completion
- Other - TB Test, IL State Police Background check
Nondiscrimination, Equal Opportunity, and Disability Provisions Compliance Assurance
- EEO Compliant: Yes
- Disability Accomodation: Yes
Program Offerings
- Full-Time Enrollment
- Part-Time Enrollment
- Classroom Instruction
- Labs
Performance Data
Program: Personal Care Aide
Overview
Approved By LWIA: 25
Last Re-Certification Date: 9/19/2024
Program Description
This program is designed to prepare individuals to be personal care aides and is a beginning step in a career pathway that will lead to placement in a demand occupation. Personal care aides assist the elderly, convalescents, or persons with disabilities with daily living activities at a person's home or in a care facility. Students will learn the knowledge and skills necessary to provide routine individualized health care such as basic nutrition and personal hygiene, first aid, taking vital signs and reporting abnormal findings, geriatric care, and legal and ethical responsibilties.
Established in 2014
CIP: 51-2602 Home Health Aide/Home Attendant.
Provider Information
Rend Lake College
Associated Job Families and Occupations
- Healthcare Support Occupations
- (311121 )
- (311122 )
Certifying / Licensing / Registering Body
IL Dept of Public Health
Quality Assurance
- North Central Association
- Illinois Community College Board
- Illinois State Board of Education
- Industry Standard: IL Dept of Public Health
Education Information
Industry Recognized Certification, Community College Certificate of Completion
16 Weeks ( 296.00 Hours / 16.00 Credit Hours )
| Tuition | $1,760.00 |
| Fees | $700.00 |
| Tests | $140.00 |
| Other Expenses(Materials, Supplies, Tools, Uniforms, etc) | $200.00 |
| Total Cost | $2,800.00 |
Financial Aid
- Pell Grants
- Illinois Monetary Award Program
Application Procedure
Open admission. ID and proof of residency needed.
Entry Requirements:
- Prerequisites - 8th Grade Completion
- Other - TB Test, IL State Police Background check
Nondiscrimination, Equal Opportunity, and Disability Provisions Compliance Assurance
- EEO Compliant: Yes
- Disability Accomodation: Yes
Program Offerings
- Full-Time Enrollment
- Part-Time Enrollment
- Classroom Instruction
- Labs