Here you’ll find information on the Oregon Health Care Association dementia training application.

Dementia Training Approval Information

High quality, evidence-based dementia training for direct care staff is essential to carry out compassionate, person centered, and effective care to Oregonians. Oregon Revised Statute 443.433 (2017) and Oregon Administrative Rule 411-054-0070 (2018) require dementia pre-service and annual dementia in-service training in assisted living and residential care be evaluated and approved by a Department of Human Services (DHS) approved entity.

Oregon Health Care Association is a designated dementia training approving body. OHCA uses an objective method, following the specified training elements in law, to evaluate submitted dementia training.

Detailed information about Oregon’s dementia training regulations, curriculum requirements, and FAQs about dementia training can be found on the DHS website.

Submit an Application

There are two online applications.

  1. Pre-service Training (Applications accepted starting June 2018. Pre-service training must be completed by 12/31/2018.)
  1. Dementia In-service Training (Applications accepted starting December 2018. The 6 hours of annual dementia training requirement does not start until 1/1/2019.)

A list of pre-approved, pre-service training can be found here including a NO COST option through Oregon Care Partners. Pre-approved curriculum does NOT need to be submitted for approval.

Pre-Service Application

Access and complete the online survey here. Please review a PDF version of the survey here before you begin the survey process as a reference. Note: the PDF version of the survey does not point out the survey “logic” which uses applicant’s answers to take them to the next appropriate question based on their answers.

Please email OHCA at dementiaapplication@ohca.com with any questions.

In-Service Application

Access and complete the online survey here. Please review a PDF version of the survey here before you begin the survey process as a reference.

Please email OHCA at dementiaapplication@ohca.com with any questions.