Our caregivers are the heart and soul of our services. By their nature, caregivers are helpful and proactive. They anticipate the needs of their clients and are prepared to jump in at a moment’s notice.
Answering the Call to Care
Assisting Hands caregivers demonstrate compassion and professionalism from the moment they walk in the door. To ensure that your loved one receives the best quality of care, our caregivers are required to adhere to industry best practices, health, and safety standards.
All Assisting Hands caregivers are pre-screened and must:
- Pass a state and national background check, plus a motor vehicle report
- Become licensed, bonded, and insured with our agency
- Pass an in-depth training session
- Provide Proof of Negative TB
- Obtain a CPR certification
- Provide proof of citizenship and their ability to work
- Exhibit professionalism and punctuality
Training and Qualifications
Many Assisting Hands caregivers find their way to our team through employee referrals. We are always seeking caregivers who embody the loyalty, dedication and compassion that our company is built upon.
All our caregivers go through caregiver skills training and specialized dementia and Alzheimer’s care training. A sampling of the topics include:
- Managing personal care, bathing and toileting
- Providing support to a client with Alzheimer’s
- Assisting with ambulation and transfers
- Providing engaging companionship activities for clients
- Detecting and reporting abuse
- Identifying the signs of a stroke and other life-threatening emergencies.
Our caregivers are required to go through yearly training that focuses on specialized topics including strokes, Parkinson’s, and dementia.
A Certified Dementia Practitioner oversees each training program, and we take our responsibility to uphold this annual state requirement very seriously. Ongoing professional development is part of our commitment to elevating the profession of caregiving.
At Assisting Hands, our goal is twofold: to provide the highest quality of care to our clients, and to ensure our families can rest easy knowing that their loved ones are in good hands.
