The KACE Operator Training Program offers a dynamic blend of virtual and in-person trainings led by Adult Care Executives, state agency professionals, and industry professionals who have dedicated their careers towards advancing elder care.

Virtual education is powered by an online classroom with presentations and resources designed to help you pass the operator exam and provide consultation and advice for working in the operator role.

In-person education sessions are led by Adult Care Executives, state agency leaders, and include test preparation before you sit for the licensure exam.

KACE Operator Program Curriculum Includes

Health Care Learning

• Person-centered model for housing with services for older adults in assisted living, residential health care, home plus, and adult day care settings.
• The aging process and common chronic diseases found in older adults.
• Knowledge of Kansas laws and regulations for assisted living, residential health care, home plus, and adult day care settings.
• Resident Rights.
• Functional Assessment Screen and developing a Negotiated Service Agreement.
• Abuse, neglect, and exploitation, including prevention and reporting requirements.
• Strategies for helping residents with behavioral symptoms, including dementia.
• Nutritional needs of older adults.
• Knowledge of infection control practices.
• Medication Management.
• Fire safety and emergency procedures.

Business Management Learning

• Operator's ongoing responsibility for the facility's compliance.
• Survey preparation.
• Basic principles of management, including support personnel, staff, and record keeping.
• Procedures involved in admission, transfer, and discharge of residents, and advance directives.
• Strategies for working effectively with family members.
• Basic principles of finance and marketing.
• Availability of outside service providers and the communications and contractual agreements needed for them.
• Competency as an Operator in an adult care home by successfully passing the Operator examination.

KACE Operator Training Program courses are offered throughout the year. Visit the KACE 

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