Power up your knowledge on Personal Hygiene!
Good hygiene is essential for health, dignity, and comfort—but many older adults struggle with daily tasks due to mobility limits, fatigue, or cognitive challenges. When caregivers step in without proper training, even routine activities like bathing, grooming, or oral care can become uncomfortable, unsafe, or ineffective for the client.
The Personal Hygiene Assistant Training Course gives caregivers the confidence and clarity to support seniors with skill and compassion. Through practical, step-by-step instruction, learners master safe hygiene techniques, respect client boundaries, and understand how to maintain cleanliness without compromising dignity. From bathing and dressing to oral care, shaving, and bed baths, caregivers gain a complete foundation in delivering high-quality personal care.
By elevating these essential skills, your team reduces infection risks, strengthens client trust, and enhances overall care satisfaction. This training helps your business provide more reliable, consistent service—raising care standards and setting your agency apart in a competitive market.
Course Goals
✅Describe why good personal hygiene is essential.
✅Discuss the proper ways of providing dressing assistance to older clients.
✅Explain the procedures in bathing older clients.
✅Distinguish between the proper ways of brushing and washing client's hair.
✅Identify how to provide proper hair & nail care.
✅Describe the proper ways of shaving.
✅Explain the correct procedures of oral care.
✅Discuss the essentials and the process in providing bath for bed bound clients.
✅Describe the correct procedures for providing perineal care.
Course Objectives
Upon completion of this Training, caregivers will be able to:
✅State the importance of maintaining good personal hygiene.
✅Assist clients in dressing with complete set of clothes and in proper sequence.
✅Demonstrate the correct ways of giving bath to clients.
✅Provide clients with hair care according to their preferences and proper routines.
✅Safely assist clients in shaving.
✅Demonstrate the correct steps in brushing teeth and other oral needs.
✅Provide care while keeping client's privacy and dignity.
