The Executive Director of Assisted Living Certificate Course is developed for individuals seeking a career leading assisted living communities, including current and aspiring executive directors. The course provides an introduction to topics that have been identified as essential to the job of an executive director.

This comprehensive course is broken down into 16 modules, covering the eight knowledge domains identified in the Job Task Analysis for Assisted Living Community Executive Directors, as well as other pertinent topics (e.g., infection prevention and control). Learners will benefit from best practices described throughout the course, as well as opportunities to think through their current community operations, policies, and procedures. This course provides learners with an opportunity to expand their understanding of assisted living and to fill in learning gaps.

Learning objectives are provided for each module to help focus learners on expected outcomes.

Module 1: Principles and Philosophy of Assisted Living

Module 2: Resident Care and Services

Module 3: Customer Experience

Module 4: Leadership

Module 5: Operations Management

Module 6: Quality Assessment Improvement Process

Module 7: Sales and Marketing

Module 8: Financial Management

Module 9: Resident Rights

Module 10: Medication Management

Module 11: Infection Prevention and Control

Module 12: Activity Programming

Module 13: Human Resources

Module 14: The Dining Experience

Module 15: Emergency Preparedness

Module 16: Memory Care Enrichment

This course will expire one year after purchase. You will lose access to the course content 365 days after it is purchased.