Caregivers for Seniors Help Change Many Peoples' Lives
People who are caregivers for seniors have a genuine passion and love for helping others. You can make a difference in someone’s life while you are earning an income yourself.
Families are struggling to make ends meet at two ends of the spectrum – taking care of their young, growing family, and also now being a home care provider for their aging parents. Family caregivers have a lot of priorities and responsibilities to juggle, and Christian Home Care of Toledo Ohio offers them a helpful alternative in our caregivers for seniors service.
As one of our caregivers for seniors, you have the opportunity to change the lives of those elderly people who need extra help in their daily activities; but you are also changing the life of those family members coping with these life changes.
Sometimes the extra home care assistance we provide to a loved one also assists a family to more fully appreciate and develop that relationship with them also.
At Christian Home Care you can be a Personal Caregiver or a Companion Caregiver.
Personal Care Services
Eating Toileting Dressing Bathing/Grooming Nutrition Coaching Walking/Ambulating Range of Motion Exercise Personal Fitness Transfers
Hiring and Training Required for Caregivers for Seniors
Because we go into people’s homes and provide such personal care, there are many Hiring Requirements and Training Requirements to be a Christian caregiver for seniors. They’ve lived a long, beneficial life, and we strive to follow our Guiding Beliefs in every way that we are a home care provider for them.
Hiring Requirements Include:
Tuberculosis Test
Bureau of Criminal Identification & Investigation
Hepatitis B Vaccine or Decline Form
Physical or Physician Stmt of Medical Fitness
Immunization Record
Driver's License
Proof of Insurance
Certification/Training Required to Start:
S.T.N.A. (for Personal Caregivers)
CPR
First Aid
Agency Awareness/Job Orientation
Role & Responsibiltiy of the Home Care Worker
Basic Understanding of the Aging Process
Proper Client Documentation
Client Confidentiality/Client Rights
All caregivers are bonded and insured, require a criminal background check, continuing caregiver training, and continuing spiritual encouragement.
It Takes Special People to Be Caregivers for Seniors
As caregivers for seniors, Christian Home Care requires just the right kind of person to fill our positions.
This is a unique job that is full of personal rewards and numerous joyful moments. There are also challenges and responsibilities, and these include both physical and emotional challenges. You have the opportunity to make a difference in the lives of your clients, you will build fulfilling, God-honoring relationships, and you will make the world better one family at a time.
“This is the message you heard from the beginning: We should love one another.” 1 John 3:11.
We take to heart our Guiding Beliefs, and want it to carry over into the care that we provide. With all our clients, caregivers for seniors are doing the work that God has called us to do.
