Cabrillo Extension Classes
Healthcare Careers
Caregiver Training Series
This series of seven classes for family and entry-level professional caregivers is designed to increase knowledge, skills and confidence in providing hands-on care. Each class will include instruction, discussion and practical application of essential caregiving skills.
This project is a collaborative effort of agencies specializing in geriatric care or in-home caregiving, including the Seniors Council, Health Projects Center, Lifespan, Visiting Angels, Hospice of Santa Cruz County, Alzheimer's Association, Elderday, Meals on Wheels, Santa Cruz County Human Services Department, and Cabrillo College. Students completing all seven classes will receive a Certificate of Completion.
Cost: $250 for the series
For more information, please email caregiver@calcentral.com or leave a message at 831-708-8576.
To Register for the Entire Series:
5 Sat., September 22 - November 17 see below for specific workshop dates
$250 entire series
Click here for > Caregiver Training Series Student Information
Essentials of Caregiving
What is a Caregiver? Learn about the principles of caregiving, how and why people become caregivers, the caregiving needs for common diseases related to the aging process, the continuum of care, and strategies for reducing caregiver stress.
Sat., Sept. 22
9:30 am - 12:30 pm
Room HW2214
$25
Community Resources and You
Get the help you need! This class introduces you to many local resources available for caregivers and seniors. We will provide resources for learning how to navigate the human service system to get the support you might need.
Sat., Sept. 22
1 - 4 pm
Room HW2214
$25
Managing Hygiene and the Activities of Daily Living
This class will take place in the state-of-the-art hands-on Cabrillo Nursing Skills Lab where we will practice useful skills using realistic scenarios. Learn basic standard precautions, how to safely perform personal care, and bathing techniques.
Sat., October 6
9:30 am - 4 pm
Room HW2225
Fee: $50
Keeping it Safe: Transfers and the Body Mechanics of Caregiving
This class will take place in the state-of-the-art hands on Cabrillo Nursing Skills Lab where realistic scenarios can be practiced. This class will explain basic body mechanics and give students the opportunity to learn and practice different transfer techniques.
Sat., October 20
9:30 am - 4 pm
Room HW2225
Fee: $50
Finding the Answers: The Challenges of Dementia Care
Learn about the concepts of dementia and Alzheimer's; develop strategies for identifying behaviors and managing changing needs and how to access community resources for dementia care.
Sat., November 3
9:30 am - 4pm
Room HW2214
$50
Advanced Care Planning and End-of-Life Needs
Learn about Advance Health Care Directives, the emotional, spiritual, and physical needs of those near the end of life; common symptoms, and comfort measures caregivers can provide.
Sat., November 17
9:30 am - 12:30 pm
Room HW2214
$25
How to Make Caregiving a Successful Career
This class will engage students in learning about expected professional behaviors when caregiving, ethical and legal considerations, professional development and career advancement.
Sat., November 17
1 - 4 pm
Room HW2214
$25
Nutrition for Caregivers
This single nutrition class will introduce caregivers to basic nutritional considerations for aging patients, people with various health conditions, and other factors related to nutrition and disability. This class is not included in the Caregiver Series.
Sat, May 19
9:30 am – 12:30 pm
Room HW2214
Register by Apr. 1: $25
Register after Apr. 1: $32
This project is a collaborative effort of agencies specializing in geriatric care or in-home caregiving, including the Seniors Council, Health Projects Center, Lifespan, Visiting Angels, Hospice of Santa Cruz County, Alzheimer's Association, Elderday, Meals on Wheels, Santa Cruz County Human Services Department, and Cabrillo College.
Chi Aura Integration - Level I
Chi-Aura Integration is a complementary alternative healing method using the vital life force. Chi-Aura is a set of skills used to read the health of the body and facilitate healing and balance. This method can be used by individuals for self-healing or by the practitioner in relationship with their patients. By learning how to relax into a state of mind that is able to "read" the energy field of the body and to work hands-on with the out -of-balance conditions which lead to illness, the nurse to patient relationship can be greatly enhanced by incorporating these skills.
This 2-day workshop will teach techniques that will elicit the relaxation response and help develop the "Awakened Mind State". You will learn to perform the specific Chi-Aura Integration hand positions learning specific acupoints, energy centers and parts of the body to release muscle tension and induce the relaxation response to promote healing.
Chi-Aura Integration is relevant to nursing because it develops the nurse's ability to improve their effectiveness in treating clients.
This course is approved for 18 CEU's for Nurses, 14 CEU's for massage therapists, and 15 CEH's for acupuncturists.
A free downloadable manual is available to registered students before class.
Sat. Oct. 13 & Sun., Oct. 14
9 am - 5:30 pm
Room 432
Register by Sept. 4: $145
Register after Sept. 4: $158
includes manual
Click here for Chi Aura Intergration Student Information
Timothy Dunphy has taught Chi-Aura Integration for over 22 years in the US and Europe, enhancing participant's personal growth and their therapeutic relationship to others.
