Simple, affordable training for working caregivers.

Get certified for your job—on your schedule.

Starling Care Institute helps personal care and adult daycare workers complete the training required to get hired, stay compliant, and keep working—self-paced, on any device, with your certificate ready as soon as you finish.

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Built for the caregivers who do the work.

Starling Care Institute is a Mississippi-based training provider for personal care and adult daycare workers.

We give you one place to complete the training your job requires—courses, quizzes, progress, and certificates—so you always know what's done and what's left.

Training is structured to match real job requirements and written to be clear, direct, and easy to complete.

Clear, step-by-step training

Each course is broken into chapters and lessons with short quizzes, so you can move forward one step at a time.

Pick up where you left off

Your progress is saved automatically, so you can stop anytime and come back without losing your place.

Certificate ready when you finish

As soon as you complete the course, your certificate is created and saved to your account.

Your records, always available

Download your certificate, quiz results, and training history anytime for employers or state requirements.

All required training, in one place.

Foundational training, annual certifications, and in-service courses—organized by role and ready when you log in.

Personal Care Services & Direct Care Workers

For caregivers providing personal care in participants' homes and the community.

PCS 40-Hour Training
40-Hour Curriculum

PCS & Direct Care Workers: 40-Hour Training

The full foundational program for new personal care assistants and direct care workers — 20 chapters covering rights, safety, ADLs, HIPAA, documentation, emergency response, and ethics.

  • 20 chapters
  • 60 lessons
  • ~40 hours
PCS Annual Certification
Annual Certification

PCS & Direct Care Workers: Annual Certification

Yearly recertification covering the 10 chapters most critical to ongoing compliance — from the Vulnerable Persons Act and HIPAA through emergency preparedness and person-centered care.

  • 10 chapters
  • 30 lessons
  • ~20 hours

Adult Daycare Workers

For staff working in adult daycare facilities and group care environments.

Adult Daycare 40-Hour Training
40-Hour Curriculum

Adult Daycare Workers: 40-Hour Training

Comprehensive onboarding for ADC staff — 20 chapters spanning purpose of services, behavioral interventions, health and infection control, fire safety, communication, and risk management.

  • 20 chapters
  • 60 lessons
  • ~40 hours
Adult Daycare Annual Certification
Annual Certification

Adult Daycare Workers: Annual Certification

Twelve-chapter yearly recertification reinforcing infection control, emergency response, mandatory reporting, CPR & first aid, dementia care, and ethical practice.

  • 12 chapters
  • 36 lessons
  • ~24 hours

Adult Daycare In-Service Trainings

Targeted in-service modules for ongoing ADC staff development. Take individually for $35 each — or save with the full in-service bundle below.

ADC In-Service Training 1
In-Service Training 1

ADC In-Service: Participant Needs & Infection Control

Three focused chapters on the needs of dementia and developmentally disabled participants, infection prevention in daycare facilities, and fire and disaster preparedness.

  • 3 chapters
  • 9 lessons
  • ~6 hours
ADC In-Service Training 2
In-Service Training 2

ADC In-Service: Safe Movement, ADLs & Reporting

Choking prevention, body mechanics and transfer techniques, safe assistance with activities of daily living, and the mandatory reporting laws every staff member must know.

  • 4 chapters
  • 12 lessons
  • ~8 hours
ADC In-Service Training 3
In-Service Training 3

ADC In-Service: Nutrition, Food Safety, CPR & Behavior

Basics of nutritional care, safe feeding techniques, CPR and first aid response, plus practical behavioral intervention and acceptance strategies.

  • 4 chapters
  • 12 lessons
  • ~8 hours
ADC In-Service Training 4
In-Service Training 4

ADC In-Service: Communication, Dementia Care & Early Intervention

Verbal and nonverbal communication, ethics and burnout prevention, advanced dementia and Alzheimer's care, and recognizing physical, cognitive, and emotional changes early.

  • 3 chapters
  • 9 lessons
  • ~6 hours
Best Value · Save $20
Bundle

All 4 ADC In-Service Trainings

Get every Adult Daycare in-service training in one purchase — participant needs, safe movement & ADLs, nutrition & CPR, and communication & dementia care. Same lessons, same chapter quizzes, same Starling Care Institute certificates — for less than four separately.

  • 14 chapters
  • 42 lessons
  • ~28 hours
  • 4 certificates
$140
$120 / person
You save $20

All courses include scored chapter quizzes, unlimited quiz attempts, and a downloadable Starling Care Institute certificate on completion. The ADC In-Service Bundle saves $20 versus enrolling in all four individually. Enrolling a whole team? Agencies get bulk rates on top of bundle pricing — see agency pricing.

From sign-up to certificate, in four steps.

The same path every Starling Care Institute learner walks — from a 40-hour foundation course for a brand-new caregiver to an annual recertification you can knock out in an evening.

Choose your course

Sign up and start in minutes.

Train on your schedule

Start and stop anytime. Your progress is saved automatically.

Complete each chapter

Short quizzes confirm your understanding before moving forward.

Download your certificate

Available immediately after you finish.

Everything you need to finish your training.

Courses organized by role and requirement

Step-by-step lessons with built-in quizzes

Progress tracking across all courses

Certificates saved to your account

Downloadable quiz results and completion records

Secure verification link for employers

Access anytime on phone, tablet, or computer

Support available when you need it

Training a team? Keep everything in one place.

Starling Care Institute helps agencies manage employee training from one dashboard.

Manage your team's training

  • Assign courses to employees
  • Track progress and completion
  • Access certificates anytime
  • Download reports for compliance or audits
  • Manage employee groups and training records
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Bulk pricing for team enrollment

Bulk pricing is available for team enrollment. Schedule a demo and we'll walk through the dashboard, pricing, and how to get your team set up.

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What our caregivers ask us most.

As long as you need. Once you enroll, the course is yours — no deadline, no expiration. Most learners finish a 40-hour course over a couple of weeks of evenings, and an annual recertification in a single afternoon. Your progress saves automatically on every device you sign in from.

Review the chapter and try again — no extra fee. The platform tells you which questions you missed and the right answers, and you get unlimited attempts to clear 70%. The quiz only blocks progress to the next chapter, so you can keep going the moment you pass.

Our certificates document training in the topic areas personal care and adult daycare employers and surveyors expect — rights, safety, HIPAA, ADLs, infection control, emergency response, dementia care, and ethics. We always recommend confirming with your specific employer or licensing body that the course you're taking meets their requirements before you enroll.

It's automatic. The moment you complete the final lesson and pass the final quiz, Starling Care Institute issues a navy-and-gold certificate in your name — dated and saved to your account. Download it as a PDF, print it, email it to an employer, or come back and grab a fresh copy any time.

Yes — phone, tablet, or laptop, whatever you have. Nothing to download. Sign in at starlingcareinstitute.com from any browser and your account, your courses, and your progress are right there.

Yes. Agencies enrolling whole teams get per-seat pricing that comes in under what your staff would pay individually — plus a supervisor dashboard for tracking every certification. Book a quick agency demo and we'll quote your team in the same call.

Start your training today.

Sign up in minutes and begin as soon as you're ready.

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$35 – $55 per course
Self-paced, any device
Real chapter quizzes
Certificate in your name

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