You do not have to attend classes in person. Cornerstone is the only state-approved trainer that offers the full Home Care Aide training completely online.

Most students complete their required courses in 4-6 weeks, but it can be faster or slower depending on your schedule. You get to set your own pace with courses you can take anywhere, anytime, on any device.

Learning plans are built with you in mind. You can filter plans based on language where you're at in your training journey at our HCA Learning Plans page.(cornerstonehealthcaretraining.com/hca-learning-plans)

1. Take a video on your phone or computer.2. Open the assignment in your skills lab page. 3. Scroll to the bottom 4. Click “Upload”. 5. Find and click on the video. 6. Wait for it to upload - this will happen automatically but could take some time. 7. Press “Submit” after the file has uploaded and you’re done!

It depends on how many videos have been submitted! We have over 1000 students actively working on their skills program right now, but usually we are able to get your videos graded within a few hours. If it’s been 2 or more days and your video still isn’t graded, please send us an email to assignments@cornerstonehealthcaretraining.com (mailto:contact@cornerstonehealthcaretraining.com)and we will check it out. Grading hours are: Monday - Friday: 8am-6pm Saturday - Sunday: 9am-6pm excluding holidays Any videos submitted outside of these hours will be graded during the next grading period.

Not for the first two videos. These are only so we can make sure you have proper procedure for washing your hands and using disposable gloves. After these two you will have a “client” and you should interact with them as we demonstrate in the example videos.

Send an email with your name and mailing address to assignments@cornerstonehealthcaretraining.com!(mailto:contact@cornerstonehealthcaretraining.com)

If you don’t have dentures, you can use a retainer, lid for a jar, or other small round item. You can get creative here!

If you leave out a safety step or do something in your video that could cause harm or risk harm to your client or yourself, we will give detailed feedback about why this is important and ask you to resubmit it. We could also send it back if you miss too many steps along the way in your video, so please make sure you are keeping track of the steps to follow. Almost everyone has to resubmit a few videos along the way, so please don’t take it personally! Our goal is to help you care for clients safely and pass the state exam - there are specific things they will be looking for when you test, so we require those steps as well. If it helps, you can always write a notecard for yourself to help you remember what to do, especially in the longer and more complicated skills. You can use notes and online resources to practice your skills however, for the actual filming process you need to be able to demonstrate your skill without any notes or study materials as this is what will be expected of you at the state exam.

No. You can upload as many videos at a time as you like, but you can’t submit your video until you have finished watching the demonstration video first. We recommend that you start by uploading the first few skills videos and then wait for our feedback to make sure you have it right to save yourself some time. If there are mistakes this gives you a chance to correct them before you do the rest.

Please click here to check out the flyer with some ideas (https://3d85bb04-de1d-490f-9a2e-390c01f08573.usrfiles.com/ugd/3d85bb_e7b2a9f7450a410f970e22de3caf1fee.pdf)(approved by DSHS) about acceptable alternatives for some skills. However, there are 5 skills that do require another person because it’s not possible to demonstrate properly alone - skills 1, 2, 4, 8, and 9. If you are not able to find a friend, family member or coworker to assist you, please submit all videos except for these, then email the grading team at assignments@cornerstonehealthcaretraining.com.(mailto:contact@cornerstonehealthcaretraining.com) We can set up a video chat for you to demonstrate these to the best of your ability and go over the skill expectations with an instructor live. After that meeting is over the instructor will pass you on the assignment and leave a comment with any notes for you to remember.

Please keep an eye on your email inbox while you’re working on these videos! Our instructors leave you detailed feedback with every video you submit. These comments go to your email and are available in the skills lab course online too. To find the comments online: - open the skills lab course - scroll down until you see the assignment - click the green box for comments on the right side. If you can’t find the comments, please reach out to us ()for help!