Caregiver Training: Learning Lab
The Learning Lab is our hands-on training space in the Skokie office. To help facilitate the training we make use of our medical training doll (Fred), hospital bed, Hoyer lift, wheelchair, slide board, gait belt, walker, C-Pap mask, catheter bag, raised toilet seat, and more specialty equipment.
At Right at Home Skokie, we believe it is critical that, should a homemaker-level care professional be in the position where their client needs assistance, the homemaker has some foundation in proper body mechanics and safe assistance for the senior.
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Regular training allows for our caregivers to have an increased skill set to use with a variety of different client situations and scenarios. It also provides for safety for them as well as our clients. Caregivers also gain confidence in their skills and develop empathy.
Learning Lab Trainers
Types of Training at Right at Home Skokie
At Right at Home Skokie, training is necessary to provide confidence, empathy and increase the overall skill set of our caregivers. It also provides our clients improved quality of life by being able to provide highly trained and empathetic in home care professionals. The types of training done here at our Training Lab includes (but not limited to):
- Safe transfers and body mechanics
- Proper techniques for providing personal care such as adult diaper changes and bed baths
- Changing bedding with a client in the bed
- Safe and appropriate use of equipment including Hoyer lift and gait belt
- Empathy development with experiencing being in a Hoyer lift
Learning Lab in Action
In the Learning Lab, there are many types of medical equipment available to our nursing staff to train our caregivers on any number of different in home care scenarios. The equipment we have available in the Skokie office Learning Lab includes, but not limited to, our medical training doll (Fred), hospital bed, Hoyer lift, wheelchair, slide board, gait belt, walker, C-Pap mask, catheter bag, and raised toilet seat. The training involves being able to demonstrate the caregiver's learning and experience on what it feels like to be in a Hoyer lift and be on the receiving end of a gait belt.
Training is done for every class of new hires, and annually for all existing employees, as well as on an ongoing basis for care professionals on specific assignments.
