How to find caregiver training for certification in your state
California caregivers just began the process of meeting the new state caregiver training requirement for 10 hours of training for a caregiver’s first year of working and 5 hours of annual caregiver training in core competencies and many states in the U.S.A. do require caregiver training. Online caregiver training is acceptable and enables caregivers to maintain certification training each year. View California caregiver training requirements and purchase online training.
Caregiver Stress Relief Photo
Sunsets for caregivers – find caregiver training and jobs at www.caregiverlist.com. Senior caregivers in many states are required to have training annually to keep updated on the most recent senior care skills and innovations. As caregiving is emotional as well as physical, it is also important for caregivers to care for themselves. Take a moment to enjoy this photo!
Caregiver Stress Relief relaxation photo
Becoming a Certified Nursing Aide
Senior caregivers may consider becoming a Certified Nursing Aide, or C.N.A. (also sometimes called a Certified Nursing Assistant). Federal legislation mandates a minimum of 75 hours of training for an individual to be tested and officially receive “certification” as a nursing aide. States can pass additional legislation to require more than 75 hours.
C.N.A. training hours by state can be found on Caregiverlist and it seems many states require 120 hours of classroom training. Students also shadow a working C.N.A. at a licensed care facility for what is called “clinical training” as part of their nursing aide course education.
Nursing homes, hospitals and other care facilities must maintain a minimum number of C.N.A.’s on staff at all times in order to stay in compliance with their licensing. This is because nursing assistants really do provide the “hands-on care” and make the caregiving happen in the hospital, nursing home and rehab facility.
How do you become a certified nursing aide?
Find C.N.A. Schools in your area and request a complimentary admissions application (do not pay for these ever as you are the schools customer and the applications are free). Part of the admissions process includes financial aide assistance and sometimes employers will reimburse you for the tuition .
Do not over pay for your C.N.A. school tuition – request free C.N.A. school applications to shop around.
Research C.N.A. school costs in the Caregiverlist C.N.A. School Cost Directory and begin the next step in your professional caregiving career. Apply for a Caregiving job to place into action the skills you are learning while in C.N.A. school as companion caregiving requires a caring, dependable and trustworthy personality and the care company will provide you with basic training for each client.
Take a Sample C.N.A. Exam and explore online caregiver training as you prepare your caregiving career plan.
Senior Caregiver Certification Training Explained
Caregiving has become a profession, and like all professions, regulations have followed by state governments. The regulations provide guidelines for companies and individual caregivers to follow in an effort to maintain quality standards and safety for both the caregivers and the senior. And, of course, the state governments also collect fees to manage and enforce their regulations.
More and more states are passing legislation to require caregiver training as more than 10,000 Americans turn age 65 daily. The national home caregiving association created a baseline for caregiver training requirements and worked with their association members in each state to present legislation requiring training and licensing. Some state governments passed legislation outlining specific requirements for caregiver training while other states just said training is required. Meanwhile some states still have legislation pending.
What caregiver training is now required (as of August 2016) in each state?
Basic caregiver training skills are a standard requirement by licensed senior care companies, including national corporations and franchise companies with locations nationwide. If the state the senior care company operates in also requires training, then the company must follow the state’s training laws.
California: just passed Assembly Bill 1217 requiring 10 hours of caregiver training for new caregivers and 5 hours of annual training: first 5 hours include 2 hours of Orientation Training and 3 hours of Safety Training and the 5 hours of annual training can be in Core Competency skills.
Review the professional senior caregiver training laws in your state and purchase online caregiver training to become a certified senior caregiver.
Caregiver Stress Relief Photo of the Week from Rio Olympics
Senior caregivers assist seniors and families with emotional care, too, and taking a moment to care for the caregiver each day will help make the caregiving journey smoother.
Find caregiving news, jobs, training at www.caregiverlist.com
Caregiver Stress Relief Photo of the Week
For professional senior caregivers – enjoy your week.
Photo by Barbara Calabrese
What are a caregiver’s job duties?
Senior caregivers provide many, many services to seniors. Anyone entering the senior care industry quickly learns there are a wide variety of caregiver jobs and caregiver job duties. Sometimes it can be a surprise to learn that professional caregivers must meet certain certification standards by taking training courses meeting state requirements. Then the caregiver must pass a competency test to verify their knowledge.
Caregiver job duties include the following:
- Assisting with Activities of Daily Living (often called “ADL’s – see, senior care has hip abbreviations too. Definition of ADL = basic activities you do each day, such as getting up and showering, getting dressed, eating your meals, taking your medications, scheduling appointments, doing laundry, grabbing your mail….you get the idea – anything that can be difficult to do when you have health and mobility issues that limit your capabilities.
- Personal Care: bathing and toileting assistance
- Transfer and Mobility Assistance
- Meal Preparation and Assistance
- ADL assistant with bathing, dressing and grooming
- Medication Reminders
- Appointment Scheduling
- Errands
- Companionship
- Maintaining Daily Care Notes
- Specific tasks for Medical Conditions
- Engaging in Physical and Mental Activities
Caregivers may begin caregiver training in the basic skills with an online course and continue learning by reading books and watching movies to understand how caregiving can be a unique journey for everyone.
Caregiver Training for Professional Caregivers Nationwide
Senior caregiver may take a basic skills training course online to meet the training requirements for many states, including for California, Georgia, Illinois, Colorado, etc. Washington state requires more training hours as their legislation for caregiver training was passed to include training for Medicaid caregivers.
California caregivers are the most recent to be required to have a minimum training of 5 hours prior to working with a senior client in their home and then 5 hours of annual training in core competencies.
Learn about caregiver training requirements and the basic caregiving skills as you begin a career in senior caregiving.
Purchase Online Caregiver Training to get started.
Become certified caregiver with Caregiver Training University online training.
Caregiving Books and Movies Help Train Caregiving Skills
Senior caregivers provide for both emotional care along with physical caregiving and this can become one of the biggest challenges of caregiving. Understanding the seniors medical conditions and care needs are part of a professional caregiver’s job duties. But emotional caregiving comes with the job duties, too, and can vary widely for each senior.
Seniors will experience the loss of their friends and family members to death the longer they live. Caring for depression and grieving are part of caring for seniors.
Online caregiver training provides senior caregivers will skills for managing the emotional aspects of senior care. We have a few suggested caregiving books and movies, too, which help with navigating emotional caregiving for a senior while also providing another viewpoint on how a senior’s different family members accept (or don’t accept) the aging process. Sometimes it helps to know you are not alone and not the only person experiencing the caregiving stress that comes with the territory.
Caregivers may view the weekly Caregiver Stress Relief Photo of the Week and submit a caregiving job application on Caregiverlist.com
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