§ 16-27-1.5-5 — Approved dementia training for home health aides

Indiana § 16-27-1.5-5

• Jurisdiction: Indiana
• Title 16: HEALTH
• Art. 27: HOME HEALTH AGENCIES
• Ch. 1.5: Registration of Home Health Aides

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Note: This version of section effective until 9-1-2025. See also
following repeal of this section, effective 9-1-2025.
Sec. 5. (a) This section applies to a registered home
health aide who:
(1) is employed as a home health aide; and
(2) provides care to an individual who has been diagnosed with or
experiences symptoms of Alzheimer's disease, dementia, or a
related cognitive disorder.
(b) As used in this section, "approved dementia training" refers to
a dementia training program:
(1) for use in training home health aides in the care of individuals
described in subsection (a)(2); and
(2) that has been approved by the state department under
subsection (f).
(c) Not later than sixty (60) days after the date on which a home
health aide is initially hired to care for an individual with Alzheimer's
disease, dementia, or a related cognitive disorder, the home health aide
shall complete at least six (6) hours of approved dementia training.
(d) Before December 31 of each year, a home health aide who has
been employed as a home health aide for at least one (1) year shall
complete at least three (3) hours of approved dementia training.
(e) A home health aide who:
(1) has received the training required by subsections (c) and (d);
(2) has been employed as a home health aide for at least
twenty-four (24) consecutive months; and
(3) is hired by a home health agency;
is not required to repeat the training required by this section.
(f) The state department shall do the following:
(1) Identify and approve each dementia training program that
meets the following requirements:
(A) The dementia training program includes education
concerning the following:
(i) The nature of Alzheimer's disease, dementia, and other
related cognitive disorders.
(ii) Current best practices for caring for and treating
individuals with dementia.
(iii) Guidelines for the assessment and care of an individual
with dementia.
(iv) Procedures for providing patient centered quality care.
(v) The daily activities of individuals with dementia.
(vi) Dementia related behaviors, communication, and positive
intervention.
(vii) The role of an individual's family in caring for an
individual with dementia.
(B) The dementia training program:
(i) must be culturally competent; and
(ii) may be provided online.
(2) Establish and implement a process for state department
approval of a dementia training program.
(g) To the extent allowed by 42 CFR 484.80, the hours of approved
dementia training completed under this section satisfies an equivalent
number of hours of the home health aide training required by 42 CFR
484.80.
(h) An entity that provides approved dementia training shall provide
to each home health aide who successfully completes the training a
certificate of completion.
(i) A home health aide:
(1) is responsible for maintaining the home health aide's
certificate of completion; and
(2) may use the certificate of completion as proof of compliance
with this section.

Legislative History

As added by P.L.44-2022, SEC.1.