Vermont staff emergency training

In a special care unit for residents with dementia, staff need a minimum of eight hours of training in total before working independently with residents, and no fewer than two hours of dementia-specific training each year.

What Vermont requires

Residential Care Home (Level III / Level IV) and Assisted Living Residence — Dementia special care unit staff training

In a special care unit for residents with dementia, staff need a minimum of eight hours of training in total before working independently with residents, and no fewer than two hours of dementia-specific training each year.

RCH/ALR Licensing Regulations §5.6.b(6)(v) · Vermont Dept. of Disabilities, Aging and Independent Living (DAIL) — Division of Licensing and Protection · checked September 2026

Proving it, not just doing it

Record the start date alongside the training date. The training date alone shows the session happened; the pair shows it happened inside Vermont’s window, which is the thing actually being asked. The fire drill log is the other half of the same request, and both feed the Vermont readiness sheet.

General information, not legal advice, and not a compliance determination. The rule above is cited and dated to when we last checked it.