Working Health Care Aides · Alberta
Responsive Behaviours and Dementia Care
A short refresher on reading, preventing and safely responding to behaviours in people living with dementia.
For working Health Care Aides only
Refresher learning, not a registration pathway
This course is for people already working as Health Care Aides. It is not an Alberta HCA certificate program and does not qualify you to register.
A practical place to begin.

Course information
Working Health Care Aides · Alberta
A short refresher on reading, preventing and safely responding to behaviours in people living with dementia.
Course-specific learning outcomes, assessment requirements and verified learning hours will be published when the course review is complete.
Fees will be announced before enrollment opens.
Who this is for
Health care aides already working in Alberta continuing care or home care. Not a route into the HCA role or a qualification.
Measured video time
19 minutes 26 seconds of video. This is not the full learning duration; practice and assessment time are separate.
The HCA Upskilling and Self-Care Program
This is Course 1 of a five-course program. The other four courses are in development.
Inside the course
Course content is in development and review, not available to learners yet. Only the authored material is listed below.
Module 1: Responsive Behaviours and Dementia Care
- Why behaviours happen
- Prevent
- Recognize
- Respond
- Afterwards
How the course is designed
Orientation, lessons, practice and assessment are being prepared. Enrollment is not yet available.
Course requirements will be published before enrollment opens.
Before you begin
Enrollment not yet available
The online learner journey is being prepared and tested. This page does not reserve a place, take payment or provide learner access.
Course information is not a professional license or a guarantee of employment.
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