Understand training requirements for New Hampshire
Caregiving roles in New Hampshire
- Personal Care Attendants
- Home Care Service Providers
- Direct Care Staff in Residential Facilities
- Home Health Aides.
Number of hours to meet the requirement for initial onboarding training
- Home Care Service Provider Agencies (HCSPA): 8 hours of training, to be completed prior to providing services.
- Personal Care Attendants (Medicaid): Topic-specific training, to be completed within 30 days of hire.
- Dementia Care Training (Residential and Community-Based Services): 6 hours of specific required topics, to be completed within 90 days of hire for employees hired after 2/1/20 and within 6 months of hire for employees hired before 2/1/20.
- Home Health Aide (HHA): LNA certification is required, CareAcademy cannot offer this training at this time.
Number of hours to meet the requirement for annual training
- Home Care Service Provider Agencies (HCSPA): Topic-specific continuing education, to be completed annually.
- Personal Care Attendants (Medicaid): No annual training requirements.
- Dementia Care Training: 4 hours annually, to be completed by the end of the calendar year.
- Home Health Aide (HHA): 12 hours annually, to meet federal requirements.
Caregivers can get the following training through CareAcademy
- Home Care Service Provider Agencies (HCSPA): CareAcademy offers training in home care service and Medicaid-specific regulations.
- Personal Care Attendants (Medicaid): CareAcademy provides topic-specific training to meet the initial training requirement within 30 days of hire.
- Dementia Care Training: CareAcademy offers training for both initial and annual dementia care requirements.
- Home Health Aides (HHA): CareAcademy offers 12 hours of continuing education annually for Home Health Aides.
What do you need to know about caregiver training requirements?
Caregiver training requirements in New Hampshire are determined by the type of care setting and the specific regulatory guidelines for each caregiver role. Care settings in New Hampshire are regulated under different authorities, such as the Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) and the Division of Human Services.
Licensing authorities
Home Care Service Provider Agencies (HCSPA)
The licensing authority is the Department of Health and Human Services, Health Facilities Administration and Home and Community-Based Services Waivers.
Personal Care Attendants
The licensing authority is the Department of Health and Human Services, Division of Human Services, under the NH Medicaid Information.
Home Health Aides
The Department of Health and Human Services regulates the certification requirements for Home Health Aides through the New Hampshire Code of Administrative Rules.
Dementia Care Training
Regulated by SB 255, the law applies to both residential facilities and community-based services for direct care staff.
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