Karlise Care Essentials Personal Care Aide Training Class
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Classes are held on Tues, Wed,
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Time: 9am - 5pm
Total hours required: 40
Certificate is given immediately after final (if passed).
Weekend Session Available
Karlise Care Essentials Personal Care Aide Training Class
Karlise is a training Agency equipping caregivers with the tools to become professionals.
What is a Personal and Home Care Aide
Personal and Home Care Aides help people who are elderly, disabled, ill, and/or mentally disabled to live in their own homes or in residential care facilities instead of in health facilities or institutions. Most personal and home care aides work with elderly or physically or mentally disabled clients who need more extensive personal and home care than family or friends can provide. Some aides work with families in which a parent is incapacitated and small children need care. Others help discharged hospital patients who have relatively short-term needs.
Personal and Home Care Aides—also called homemakers, caregivers, companions, and/or personal attendants provide housekeeping and routine personal care services. They clean clients’ houses, do laundry, and change bed linens. Aides may plan meals (including special diets), shop for food, and cook. Aides also may help clients get out of bed, bathe, dress, and groom. Some accompany clients to doctors’ appointments or on other errands.
Personal and home care aides provide instruction and psychological support to their patients. They may advise families and patients on nutrition, cleanliness, and household tasks. Aides also may assist in toilet training a severely mentally handicapped child, or they may just listen to clients talk.
In home health care agencies, a registered nurse, physical therapist, or social worker, assign specific duties and supervises Personal and Home Care Aides. Aides keep records of services performed and of clients’ condition and progress. They report changes in the client’s condition to the supervisor or Case Manager. In carrying out their work, Aides cooperate with health care professionals, including registered nurses, therapists, and other medical staff.
The Personal and Home Care Aide’s daily routine may vary. Aides may go to the same home every day for months or even years. Aides often visit four or five clients on the same day. However, some Aides may work solely with one client who is in need of more care and attention. In some situations, this may involve working with other aides in shifts so the client has an aide throughout the day and night.
Personal and Home Care Aides generally work on their own, with periodic visits by their supervisor. They receive detailed instructions explaining when to visit clients and what services to perform for them.
Aides are individually responsible for getting to the client’s home. Aides must be careful to avoid over-exertion or injury when they assist clients.
Work environment:
Surroundings differ from case to case. Some homes are neat and pleasant, whereas others are untidy and depressing. Some clients are pleasant and cooperative; others are angry, abusive, depressed, or otherwise difficult. Aides may spend a large portion of each day traveling between clients’ homes. They may spend a good portion of the work day traveling from one client to another.
Education and training:
All Aides receive training in a range of job functions. Aides are instructed on how to properly cook for a client, which includes information on nutrition and special diets. They also are trained on basic housekeeping tasks, such as making a bed and keeping the home sanitary and safe for the client. Generally, they are taught how to respond to an emergency situation, learning basic safety techniques. Karlise also trains our Aides to conduct themselves in a professional and courteous manner. Our Agency ensures the client’s safety by offering CPR & First Aid Certification for all our Personal Care Aides.
