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The Senior Home Safety Specialist® course empowers professionals with actionable ways to better help educate clients, older adults and their family members on the serious issues of home safety, fall prevention, fire safety, crime prevention, and the importance of a complete home safety assessment and recommended modifications.

This 5-hour online self-paced educational course offers the only designation of its kind to individuals within the senior services industry. Upon successfully completing the entire course, you will receive an attractive certificate along with a digital copy of the designation emblem to use in your marketing, social media and public relations efforts

IMPORTANT:
When you Sign-Up (watch for verification email—maybe in your spam), CLICK the Link to Confirm your Account, then log back in to purchase the course. Once you log in and begin the course, the first thing you will want to do is download the Home Safety Assessment and Participant Note Pad under FILES at the top of the page and print them out for reference. YOU MUST FINISH THE COURSE WITHIN 60-DAYS!

WHAT IS COVERED IN THIS ONLINE COURSE:
– Fall Prevention Myths and Solutions
– Fire Safety Precautions and Solutions
– Aging-in Place Home Modifications
– Mobility and Accessibility Issues
– Home and Senior Safety Technologies
– Considerations for Alzheimer's/Dementia
– Crime Prevention and Personal Safety
– Senior Exploitation, Identity Theft and Scams
– Communication with Older Adults and Family
– Performing a Complete Home Safety Assessment

WHAT PEOPLE ARE SAYING:
“Age Safe America has developed a tremendously comprehensive training. I would recommend all professionals working with older adults in the home make this part of their overall certifications, such as CPR and AED, because it will save lives.” – Oscar E. Rodriguez, MD MBA

“As a physical therapist who works with the aged population as a home care therapist and an outpatient therapist, the information in this seminar was excellent and will be used immediately with my clients”. –Candy Jansen, Physical Therapist

“Members of my team completed the training and loved it. Very relevant to what we do and where we’re heading as a program.” –Jason Latona, Chief, Specially Adapted Housing (SAH) US Dept. of Veterans Affairs

“So glad I learned about this course and Age Safe America. Excellent course and great gems dropped about how to make recommendations while serving clients.” – Felicia Robinson, Physical Therapist

“The Senior Home Safety Specialist provides valuable information that is useful and practical to implement. I would recommend this course to other professionals”. – Sarah Ford, Physical Therapist/Athletic Trainer

APPROVED FOR CEU's:

• Physical Therapists and Physical Therapy Assistants: This course has been approved for 5.0 continuing education/competency units by several State Boards. Specific state board approvals include TX (#79250TX), CA (CPTA#24-260), NY (APTANY 24-05-19), OH (OPTA 24S1888), FL (FPTA CE24-1222906), NV and LA. The CEU/CCU credits are also available through reciprocity and/or petition in most other states. Many State Boards of Physical Therapy accept courses approved by their board, and/or courses approved by other state APTA chapters. The Practice Act of some states do not require course evaluation for continuing education credit, and/or have no CE requirements for PTs and PTAs. You will need to check with your state to see how many hours you need each approval period and how many of those are allowed from online coursework. You can go here https://www.fsbpt.org/Free-Resources/Licensing-Authorities-Contact-Information to find your state Practice Act on the FSBPT site.

• This program has been approved by the American Occupational Therapy Association (AOTA) for .5 CEU/ contact hours and your certificate will state this along with the approval number (APP00000170). Age Safe America, LLC is an AOTA Approved Provider of professional development. Course approval ID# 5285. This distance learning-independent course is offered at 0.5 CEUs, introductory level, foundational knowledge. The assignment of AOTA CEUs does not imply endorsement of specific course content, products, or clinical procedures by AOTA or indicate AOTA approval of a certification or other professional recognition.

• National Association of Home Builders (NAHB/CAPS) 5 CEU’s (self-reporting)
• Society of Certified Senior Advisors (SCSA) 5 CEU's (self-reporting)
• National Association of the Remodeling Industry (NARI) 5 CEU's (self-reporting)
• American Kinesiotherapy Association (AKTA) 5 Contact/Clock Hours (self-reporting)

CERTIFICATION RENEWAL

Due to the constantly changing nature of this industry, the importance of providing the full comprehensive home safety assessment, and to encourage ongoing continuing education, graduates are required to take a short refresher course every year. The cost of re-certification and the refresher course will be $97.00