Comprehensive Caregiver Training
At Right at Home Wilmington, we prioritize thorough and practical training for our caregivers. Our training environment is designed to mimic a real home, ensuring that our caregivers are prepared for every aspect of in-home care. Our comprehensive training program includes:
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- Bathing Assistance: Teaching caregivers how to safely and respectfully assist clients with bathing.
- Dressing and Grooming: Training in helping clients maintain their personal hygiene and appearance.
- Creating a Safe Environment: Ensuring caregivers can identify and mitigate potential hazards in the home to keep clients safe.
- Proper Transfer Assistance and Mobility: Educating caregivers on safe techniques for helping clients move around their home, including getting in and out of beds, chairs, and other furniture.
Special Training Techniques
All our caregivers are trained by our Positive Approach to Care Certified Independent Trainer in Positive Physical Approach and Hand-Under-Hand techniques. These specialized methods are essential for providing compassionate and effective care, particularly for clients with dementia or other cognitive impairments. By equipping our caregivers with these skills, we ensure they are capable of delivering the highest standard of care with empathy and professionalism.
Positive Approach to Care (PAC) Certified Trainer
Katie Whaley
Katie Whaley has demonstrated the ability to train others in Teepa Snow's Positive Approach to Care philosophy...teaching awareness, knowledge, and skill development in a classroom, community, or support group setting. This experiential and interactive course provides dementia related awareness and knowledge, an in-depth look into various learning styles, and facilitation techniques that engage learners. Certification requirements include 6 hours of online training, an 8 hour classroom training, and post training follow up. Teepa’s Positive Approach™ to Care (PAC) philosophy and care partnering techniques serve as the foundation for all PAC Dementia Certifications. Each certification category includes instruction in PAC philosophy, foundational knowledge and basic care partnering skills including Positive Physical Approach™ and Hand Under Hand™
