Valley Of The Sun Homecare Blog Valley of the Sun Homecare's Caregiver Training Improves Senior Care Services and Health

When a senior loved one needs assistance at home, families have a variety of options from which to choose. Some look to neighbors and friends for volunteer help or for recommendations on caregivers they've hired in the past. Others scan the classified section of the newspaper to find someone offering a low hourly rate in order to cut costs. But statistics now confirm what we at Valley of the Sun Homecare have long known firsthand: professional, extensively trained caregivers not only provide the highest quality senior care services, but are actually keeping seniors out of the hospital. The findings of a recent study performed by researchers at the University of California-San Francisco revealed that as many as 24% fewer seniors experienced repeat emergency room visits when cared for by workers who received one year of intensive training, and a whopping 41% fewer hospitalizations for those with caregivers who completed two years of training. Types of training that most impact a senior's ability to remain safe at home and avoid trips to the emergency room include: CPR First aid Infection control Medications Chronic diseases And others And, not only are the seniors positively impacted by being under the care of a trained caregiver, but the caregivers themselves also reap benefits of their own. Those in the study reported feeling more confident and better equipped to handle their caregiving tasks, and better... Read More »The post Valley of the Sun Homecare's Caregiver Training Improves Senior Care Services and Health appeared first on Valley of the Sun Homecare.