Caregiver Training

At Providence Care We Hire For Compassion, Then Train For Skills

Care-giving for the elderly requires a special kind of person. And when the elderly person has dementia or cognitive impairment, those requirements get even more demanding. That’s why caregivers at Providence Care are chosen for their patience, compassion, and love for what they do.

Result: a professional staff that comes to work happy, and stays on the job for an average of 10 years. Which means your family member gets the best the Providence Care staff can offer: a gentle touch, exacting attention to detail, and caring that comes straight from the heart.

Our specialized training program includes hands-on instruction that requires a minimum of 40 hours working with dementia and memory impaired seniors. Our caregiver training program encompasses personal care and bathing, toileting, feeding, dressing, meal preparation, cleaning, ergonomics and safe transference, monitoring and documentation, and vital signs.

We educate our caregivers on medications commonly prescribed for the elderly and how to observe any changes and side effects that may be associated with these medications. Providence caregivers are taught to carefully monitor a client’s well-being and immediately report any changes in a health or behavior. That way we can keep family, physicians, and social service providers informed throughout the tenure of care.

Our staff are all employees of the company—not temps. We treat employees as valuable members of the team, and provide them with worker’s compensation and liability insurance. To further ensure your peace of mind, our employees undergo a thorough background check before they join the Providence team.