Texas Assisted Living Dementia Training · Direct Care Staff 4 Hours
A four-hour dementia training course for Texas assisted living direct care staff covering person-centered care, assessment, activities of daily living, behaviors, and communication.
Who this course is for
Texas assisted living managers or staff identified by the selected course.
A nursing license is not required merely to take this course. State designation qualifications may include separate education, experience, or professional-license requirements.
- Clock hours
- 4.0
- Format
- Self-paced online
- Final assessment
- 13 questions
- Course price
- $55
What you will be prepared to do
These outcomes come directly from the reviewed course modules. They describe what the instruction teaches, not a promise that course completion alone qualifies someone for a position or license.
- Explain when Texas requires personal care staff to complete dementia training and the competency-based evaluation.
- Describe person-centered care and the six practice recommendations for dementia care.
- Describe the Texas comprehensive assessment and service plan, including timing and updates.
- Apply task breakdown and the right level of cueing to help residents with dementia do daily tasks.
- Adjust how you speak and listen to match a resident's stage of dementia.
How the course works
The passing score is 80%. Questions and answer choices are randomized. After three failed attempts, you review the missed modules before receiving another randomized attempt set.
- 1
Complete the lessons
Work through each lesson and complete the required engaged seat time. Progress saves as you go.
- 2
Use the knowledge checks
Each module includes ungraded practice with immediate explanations and unlimited retries.
- 3
Take the final assessment
The assessment is untimed, saves your answers, and remains resumable for 24 hours after your last activity.
- 4
Receive your certificate
After you pass and complete the required identity step, AdminClear issues the certificate and adds it to your account record.
Complete course outline
Open any module to see its main objective, lesson count, practice-question count, time allocation, and governing requirement.
Module 1Alzheimer's disease and related disorders
Explain when Texas requires personal care staff to complete dementia training and the competency-based evaluation.
- practice questions
- 4
- Requirement covered
- 26 TAC 553.254(c)(1)(A): before performing personal care services, a staff member who provides personal care in an assisted living facility that is not Alzheimer's certified must complete four hours of training, and pass a competency-based evaluation, that includes Alzheimer's disease and related disorders (implements Tex. Health & Safety Code 247.0291).
Module 2Provision of person-centered care
Describe person-centered care and the six practice recommendations for dementia care.
- practice questions
- 4
- Requirement covered
- 26 TAC 553.254(c)(1)(B): before performing personal care services, a staff member who provides personal care in an assisted living facility that is not Alzheimer's certified must complete training, and pass a competency-based evaluation, that includes provision of person-centered care (implements Tex. Health & Safety Code 247.0291).
Module 3Assessment and care planning
Describe the Texas comprehensive assessment and service plan, including timing and updates.
- practice questions
- 4
- Requirement covered
- 26 TAC 553.254(c)(1)(C): before performing personal care services, a staff member who provides personal care in an assisted living facility that is not Alzheimer's certified must complete training, and pass a competency-based evaluation, that includes assessment and care planning; 26 TAC 553.259 sets the comprehensive assessment and service plan requirements staff carry out.
Module 4Activities of daily living for a resident with Alzheimer's disease or a related disorder
Apply task breakdown and the right level of cueing to help residents with dementia do daily tasks.
- practice questions
- 4
- Requirement covered
- 26 TAC 553.254(c)(1)(D): before performing personal care services, a staff member who provides personal care in an assisted living facility that is not Alzheimer's certified must complete training, and pass a competency-based evaluation, that includes activities of daily living for a resident with Alzheimer's disease or a related disorder.
Module 5Common behaviors and communications
Adjust how you speak and listen to match a resident's stage of dementia.
- practice questions
- 5
- Requirement covered
- 26 TAC 553.254(c)(1)(E): before performing personal care services, a staff member who provides personal care in an assisted living facility that is not Alzheimer's certified must complete training, and pass a competency-based evaluation, that includes common behaviors and communications associated with a resident with Alzheimer's disease and related disorders; 26 TAC 553.255 requires the facility's training to cover person-centered behavioral interventions and communication.
What happens after you pass
Certificate issuance is separate from the assessment score. Required seat time, module completion, a passing assessment, and identity verification must all be present.
- Download the certificate PDF in English or Spanish when that course language is available.
- The certificate records the course, clock hours, start date, completion date, trainer, provider, and certificate number.
- An issued certificate includes a signed QR link to its public verification record.
- The agency record and training requirements recalculate after issuance.