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Assisting Patients with Toileting and Elimination


For aides who will be allowed to assist with the person’s toileting needs, the content in this course must be combined with approved classroom training to demonstrate your knowledge and skills. This course teaches:

  • The person’s toileting and elimination needs
  • How to assist with toileting for healthy elimination
  • How to tend more complicated needs

60 mins Certificate included 100% online English Audio & Captions
Learning Objectives

What you'll learn

By the end of this course, learners will be able to:

  • Understand how illness, disability, and mobility affect toileting needs
  • Assist with healthy elimination using toilets, commodes, bedpans, and urinals
  • Support scheduled and urgent toileting routines in various settings
  • Provide care for clients with incontinence, constipation, or more complex needs
  • Assist clients with catheters, colostomy bags, and behavioral challenges during toileting
  • Maintain dignity, hygiene, and safety throughout the process
What's inside

This course includes

How-to instructional videos
Interactive learning activities
Knowledge checks throughout
Audio narration
Closed captions (accessibility)
Certificate of completion
Scenario-based videos
Downloadable checklists
Mobile-friendly access
Progress saving (resume anytime)
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