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Caregiver Stress Relief Photo of the Week
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
California Caregiver Certification Requirements for 2016
California Assembly Bill AB1217 was passed by the California legislature and created the new California Home Care Services Consumer Protection Act mandating professional senior caregivers to complete 10 hours of caregiver training.
The new California caregiver training requirements allow caregivers to take a digital senior caregiver training course which must teach orientation and safety skills and core competencies. Senior caregivers may also join the Professional Association of Caregivers and receive a t-shirt and lapel pin with their training. Learn more about the California senior caregiver training certification course.
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California Caregiver Training Requirements
Senior caregivers in California now must be certified for caregiver training meeting the states new requirements.
Senior caregivers working in homes in California must complete:
2 hours of Orientation Training
3 hours of Safety Training
5 hours of Annual Training on Caregiving Core Competencies
Members of the Professional Association of Caregivers receive online training and California caregivers may receive the 10-hour California training by Caregiver Training University.
Certified Caregiver Training
Online Caregiver Training
Professional Association of Caregivers membership includes basic caregiver training through an online course powered by Caregiver Training University.
The basic caregiver training includes the following topics:
Training Modules
- Caregiver Job Responsibilities and Protocol
- Senior Caregiver Job Description
- Communication Skills
- CARE PLAN and Care Plan Notes and Activities
- Personal Care and Toileting
- Adaptive Equipment for Transfers (Gait Belts and Lifts)
- Basic Hygiene and Basic Infection Control
- Maintaining a Clean, Safe and Healthy Environment
- Basic Personal and Environmental Safety Precautions
- Emergency Procedures, Including Basic First Aid and Client’s Emergency Preparedness Plan
- Confidentiality of Client Personal, Financial and Health Information HIPAA
- Understanding Abuse and Neglect
- Bonus Section: Stroke Care
Join P.A.C. and get online caregiver training.
Professional Association of Caregivers Code of Ethics
Professional Association of Caregivers members agree to follow these ethics as senior caregivers:
- I will always treat my clients with kindness and respect.
- I will always arrive at the client’s home on time, preferably 5 minutes before the start of my scheduled hours. If I might be late, I will immediately call.
- I will follow the Plan of Care each day for my client.
- I will maintain a clean and organized home for my client.
- I will never leave my client unattended. If the relief caregiver is late I will immediately call the Care Manager.
- I will address my client by their last name unless they invite me to use their first name.
- I will honor the client’s right to privacy and confidentiality, including their identity, address, and telephone number.
- I will keep my religious beliefs, political choices, or personal issues private and likewise respect my client’s beliefs.
- I will call 911 immediately when there is a medical emergency and then call my senior care company office or Care Manager.
- I will not engage in financial transactions nor intimate relationships with a client or family member.
- I will never use alcohol or illegal drugs as a professional caregiver.
- I will only use my personal mobile phone for calls and texts during rest or break periods.
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P.A.C. Member Benefits
Professional Association of Caregivers
Join Professional Association of Caregivers (P.A.C.)
“Caring for the Caregiver”
Professional caregivers assist seniors with daily living needs, providing emotional and physical support.
The Professional Association of Caregivers “Cares for the Caregiver”
- Training
- Community of Caregivers
- Senior Caregiving News
- T-shirt
- Lapel Pin
Recognizing the profession of caregiving and supporting professional caregivers, the P.A.C. provides caregivers with a community to support the profession and needs of senior caregivers.
Join the P.A.C. to show your caregiving skills and strengthen your professional proficiency.
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