QBS, Inc.

Staff who work with the elderly are often presented with significant behavioral challenges. Conditions such as Alzheimer's and related dementias, depression, psychosis, or medical issues can result in problematic behaviors such as agitation, resistance to care, wandering, and aggression. Direct caregivers are often expected to cope with these issues, but without specialized training they may respond in ways that escalate behavior problems, use inappropriate or dangerous physical restraints, and never learn effective crisis prevention.  This places staff at risk, individuals in their care at risk, and your organization at risk.

Prevent Behavioral Incidents

Geri-Care™ teaches staff to confidently, safely, humanely, and respectfully enhance the lives of elderly individuals who sometimes exhibit serious challenging behaviors. Staff who participate in a Geri-Care training learn and practice specific, valuable skills designed to help them prevent crises and enhance safety.

Geriatric Friendly Interventions

The elderly present unique characteristics that often require a specialized approach. Geriatric clients have a susceptibility to many types of injuries, such as fractures, skin tears, and joint injuries. Traditional aggression or crisis management curricula fail to account for these concerns and, as a result, can lead to injury to the individual, instead of ensuring their safety. Significant consideration went into the design, testing, and refinement of each Geri-Care intervention to ensure that the individual is free from harm, while providing care, assisting resistive individuals, avoiding aggression, or releasing from a harmful grab.

Evidence-Based Procedures

Geri-Care interventions are based on extensive research on prevention and reduction of challenging behavior. No course is more thoroughly grounded in evidence-based practice. Geri-Care avoids vague theories in favor of teaching and practicing specific, valuable skills.

Simple Training Process

Geri-Care offers two options:

Direct On-Site Training

QBS Master Trainers will come to your facility and provide a series of two-hour trainings for your direct care staff. Multiple trainings can be provided each day. Every staff who participates receives a training workbook and a training certificate. To discuss a direct on-site training, call us now (toll free) at (866) 429-9211 or use our simple contact form.

Trainer Training

If desired, selected staff from your agency can be trained as Geri-Care trainers. They can then provide unlimited training to your staff. Click here to find out more about Geri-Care trainer training.