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Posted Apr 20, 20202 min Read
On April 18, 2020, the Indiana State Department of Health (ISDH) issued a Sixth Emergency Order for Comprehensive Care Facilities that adds the AHCA Temporary Nurse Aide program as an option for training individuals to assist with patient care during the public health emergency. This is additive to the currently approved Personal Care Attendant program. IHCA/INCAL has engaged with the ISDH over the weekend and expect a clarification from ISDH on a few matters early in the week of April 20th. Based on IHCA/INCALs engagement with ISDH, please read the below.
The AHCA program is an 8-hour fully online program and resources for this program are:
This approval is additive to the Personal Care Attendant program previously approved, but contains some key differences. Please refer to Comparison Chart: PCA Program vs AHCA Termporary Nurse Aide Program for the two programs. Both programs are active and both can be used.