Home Instead Senior Care’s goal is to create extraordinary relationships between CAREGivers and their clients. This means that Home Instead CAREGivers must be truly dedicated to providing quality care and brightening the lives of seniors. Clients, especially those suffering from dementia and Alzeheimer’s disease, can sense when a CAREGiver is not enthusiastic and devoted to their jobs, so Home Instead seeks out CAREGivers who will help turn clients’ ordinary days into extraordinary experiences. Read more about the training and support Home Instead Caregivers receive at: www.homeinstead.com Each Home Instead Senior Care franchise office is independently owned and operated.
Video Rating: 0 / 5

Ann and Chris never thought they would have to take care of their parents. But after an accident caused their mother to need 24-hour care, they had to select a nursing home for her and take on the responsibility for their father. Learn from their story what you can do now to prepare yourself to be a caregiver.
Video Rating: 5 / 5

Person needs help, not thievery, not mundane chit-chatting on the phone with you boyfriend. CareGIVERS give; they are there for the Activities of Daily Living (ADLs): personal hygiene, food preparation, medication reminders, light housekeeping, common sense issues like answering the telephone (write messages with date and time and your signature), transport assistance, transfer assistance, prevention of falls or accidents. CareTAKERS: sit on the phone for 5 hrs, forget to feed me, forget to change my linens, forget to bathe me, fail to pick up a piece of trash (they actually just step over it), and at the worst, they steal. They steal your jewelry, your linens, your silver, your coats, your jeans, your shoes, your socks, and they drain you of your own energy. Give me privacy. Make sure I brush my teeth. Attend to my needs in a Serving manner, as this is MY house, this is MY stuff, and you are not to steal from me. If you do not want to take care of me, get out of my house. Otherwise, I expect that you will give me all of your attention and protect me from the outside world, protect me from thieves and liars. What can you do for me? 100 times a day, “Is there any thing I can do for you?” Go put me in the sun for 5 min. Let me breathe some fresh air. Put yourself in my shoes, for one day, you will need a caregiver (if you are lucky). How you Caregive today has a lot to do with how You will be cared for later. This is MY home and don’t touch anything that does not belong to …