You Will Always Get Certified Staff In Your Home
Our caregivers must have their Certified Senior Care Aide certification before they are allowed to be without their supervisor in your home. Our Case Managers must be Certified Senior Care Managers and Certified Senior Health Coaches before they are allowed to be in your home without their supervisor. All supervisors must have all three of the below certifications to become a supervisor.
ACSAH Certified Senior Care Aide (CSCA) – all caregivers are provided a base level of training that includes the following topics:
- Roles and responsibilities of a personal care attendant
- Caring for the elderly and disabled
- Communication skills
- Moving and positioning someone in bed and in/out a wheel chair
- Active range of motion exercises
- How to recognize and prevent pressure ulcers
- Proper body mechanics for the caregiver and care recipient
- Infection control and bloodborne pathogens
- Personal care (grooming, hygiene, etc)
- Tub baths and showers
- Vital signs
- Assisting with medications
- Safe wheelchair use
- Nutrition
- Reducing personal stress
- Fall prevention
- Fire safety
- Elder abuse and neglect
- Cultural competency
- Vital Signs
- Specific diseases, including: early to mid and mid to late stage Alzheimer’s disease, arthritis, diabetes, cardiovascular disease, stroke and aphasia, depression, Parkinson’s, ALS, multiple sclerosis, spinal cord injury
ACSAH Certified Senior Care Manager (CSCM) – offers all of the above noted CSCA training in addition to the following categories directed specifically at managing and operating a non medical home care agency:
- Home Care Policies and Procedures/Legal Documentation
- Hiring Caregivers
- Human Resources
- Marketing and Business Development
- Staffing and Caregiver Placement at Client Home
- Client Intake and Assessments
- Client Service and Maintenance – Focus on Quality Care Outcomes
- Billing/Accounts Receivable
- Payroll and Quickbooks
- Technology Support and Website Editing
- Insurance Policies
- Veterans Aid Benefit Consultant
- Medicaid Billing
ACSAH Certified Senior Health Coach (CSHC) – provides best practice training and certification for people who educate seniors about healthy lifestyles, diet, and overall well-being. Certification includes the following topics:
- Coaching Structure
- Coaching Process
- Coaching Relationship/Communication/Techniques
- Client-centered relationship
- Trust & rapport
- Active listening and presence
- Client emotions and energy
- Assist client to evaluate and integrate health information
- Goals and implementing action
- Client’s freedom of choice
- Increase positive psychological resources
- Health & Wellness
- Health promotion and disease prevention, Chronic Disease, Health behaviors
- Ethics/Legal
