Training and Support
At the Home Instead Senior Care® network, we recognize the important role training and education play in preparing and supporting our CAREGiversSM. From the moment you're hired, your local Home Instead Senior Care office will offer you a variety of initial and on-going training opportunities to help you enhance your caregiving skills.
Each new employee is provided with our CAREGiver training program that addresses issues such as communicating with seniors, planning activities, recognizing illnesses and depression, and even safety training. In addition, regular CAREGiver meetings allow you to share with and learn from other caregiving professionals. And, your office staff are available any time to help answer questions and provide support. And all Home Instead CAREGivers are bonded and insured.
Some offices within the Home Instead Senior Care network also offer advanced Alzheimer's and Personal Care Assistant (PCA) training. The American Society on Aging has recognized Home Instead, Inc. as the Small Business of the Year for its exclusive CAREGiver training program designed by The George G. Glenner Alzheimer's Family Center, Inc.,-- world renowned dementia and Alzheimer's experts. This program and other professionally developed and recognized Alzheimer's training programs are used throughout Home Instead Senior Care's offices. They provide CAREGivers with the latest in Alzheimer's education and home care techniques.
"Our primary mission is to keep seniors independent for as long as possible, and that means making sure CAREGivers have the tools and training they need to provide older adults with the highest quality care," said Paul Hogan, Co-Founder and CEO of the Home Instead Senior Care network. "We offer resources and experiences that will benefit our employees in future endeavors they might choose."
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