Caregiving Jobs

Senior caregiving positions are available working in the home with seniors who choose a senior happinesslifetime.com home care agency and working in facilities such as nursing homes, hospitals and assisted living communities. Both companion caregivers and certified nursing aides or home health aides are required to assist seniors with Activities of Daily Living, or "ADL's".

What skills are required?

Caring personality
Ability to communicate easily with older adults
Dependability (caregivers often help with meals and medications meaning a no-show is not an option)
Trustworthy (ability to pass criminal background check)
Able to follow directions
Open to learning new skills

As many times a senior care needs may change, it is important for senior caregivers to be flexible to adapt. Training programs are available for caregivers to learn skills in communicating with seniors with memory loss and hands-on caregiving skills to safely transfer seniors with mobility challenges.

Caregivers may find out more by checking out the caregiverlist.com/JobDescription.aspx job description of senior caregivers and taking a practice nursing aide exam. Most nursing aide programs are 6 to 8 weeks in length. Admission requirements vary but usually a high school diploma or equivalent is required.

Senior caregivers must also be able to deal with the challenges of the stress seniors experience when they lose loved ones to death or develop additional age-related diseases. It is important to have a strong support system and a way to positively vent at the end of a difficult day. Senior caregiving differs very much from child care because of these additional challenges. Often a senior will take out their frustrations on the person closes to them which turns out to be their caregiver.

Online training programs are also available, to learn about both the physical and emotional aspects of caregiving. By learning about the training that is available, you can find out if this is an industry where you would like to begin a career path and apply for a job in your area on Caregiverlist.

Julie A. Northcutt, CEO of Caregiverlist.com, works to connect seniors and their loved ones with quality senior care options and caregivers with employment opportunities. Caregiverlist.com provides information on elderly care and assists in finding premier senior home care agencies by qualifying your care needs and required services and a professional career center for caregivers: caregiverlist.com caregiverlist.com