Through the CalGrows Innovation Fund, direct care home or community-based services (HCBS) workers — including paid direct care workers as well as unpaid family or friend caregivers — are eligible and incentivized to complete this program. Target workforce populations include home care aides, care coordinators, care managers, dementia care specialists, personal care assistants (non-IHSS), activities coordinators, community health workers, unpaid family or friend caregivers, transportation providers and related direct care workers.

Please contact our team at enterprise@opusvi.com at your earliest convenience to walk through this program and how it can best support the direct care workforce. 

The program is self-paced and takes 18 hours to complete. Individuals can start and stop as their schedule allows. Upon enrollment, the course will automatically allow learners 30 days to complete.

OpusVi fundamentally believes in and actively contributes to equity through education. In our Essentials of Person-Centered Memory Care program, the presentation of written content online is created so as to be appropriate for common “text to speech” readers for those with vision loss or impairment, or reading comprehension challenges. OpusVi will also offer both written and video learning content in English, Spanish, Cantonese, Mandarin and Tagalog. Digital, asynchronous (“on-demand”) delivery promotes equitable access to education by limiting the need for transportation, childcare and other barriers.

Our Essentials of Person-Centered Memory Care program is designed to be accessible from a broad range of devices, including desktop and mobile.

Yes, through the Learn and Earn Incentive, direct care workers can earn up to $500 for the completion of this program. $250 be given by way of an Amazon/Grocer gift card and up to $250 will be given to support hourly wage during the time of training.

No, your organization is not financially responsible for this program. California’s Department of Aging launched the CalGrows Innovation Fund to cover the costs of professional development for direct care workers across the state.