A Caregiver Industry Blog
FROM YOUR CAREGIVER INDUSTRY EXPERTS
What Your Caregivers Want You to Know, PART 1
During the recruitment process, you get a lot of information about your potential new hires. You learn about their background, their experience, and even how they might handle certain tasks and responsibilities. However, once they’re hired, there are a lot of things...
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6 Secrets You Need to Know to Recruit Baby Boomers and Gen Z
The caregiver shortage crunch is universal. That makes improving your recruitment process a high priority. With at least 4 generations actively engaged in the workforce, an across the board approach to recruiting caregivers won’t do you any favors. So, how do you...
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The Best Way to Pay Less for Caregiver Training
The Preferred Care at Home family of franchises snapped up sizable savings on caregiver training—and you can too! How did they do it? Preferred Care at Home entered into an exclusive partnership with intheknow to streamline delivery of caregiver training across all...
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Are Your Caregivers In the Know about Diabetes?
November is Diabetes Awareness Month! More than 30 million Americans have diabetes. And another 84 million are at high risk of developing type 2 diabetes. It's an epidemic. That means chances are good that your caregivers care for people with diabetes on a regular...
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A NEW ITK Course: Recognizing & Reporting Human Trafficking
Today, 17 states either require healthcare organizations to provide education on human trafficking, require mandatory reporting of human trafficking, or have laws that cover a combination of both. It's likely more states will follow this trend and begin to require...
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Download the New FREE Infection Control Caregiver Challenge
Infection control should always be a priority. But with flu season approaching, it's more important than ever for your caregivers to have the tools they need to keep themselves and their clients healthy. Are your caregivers intheknow ? Infection Control is...
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One Solution Slashes Turnover AND Boosts Your Bottom Line
Nearly one-third of all healthcare recruiters in the US rank employee turnover as their number one concern. That’s not surprising, as the national average caregiver turnover rate is currently around 59% and rising. Not only does caregiver turnover decrease the quality...
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Can You Hire a Caregiver Who Has NO Experience?
According to the 2017 Home Care Benchmarking Study, nearly 79% of healthcare agencies stated that the caregiver shortage is the top threat to their workplace. The caregiver crisis is an epidemic, quickly spreading, with no end in sight. Searching for Solutions The...
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5 Ways to Provide Client Centered Care
Do Your Caregivers Provide Client-Centered Care? October is "Patient-Centered Care Awareness Month." This international awareness-building campaign commemorates the progress that has been made toward making patient-centered care a reality! True client-centered care...
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A NEW ITK Course: All About Corporate Compliance
Most healthcare professionals are honest, hardworking individuals who just want to help people and “make a difference.” But a few want to cheat the system, take what they can, and enrich themselves at the expense of others. Even though healthcare is one of the most...
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3 Tools to Inspire, Motivate, and Empower Your Team
When we strive to become better than we are, everything around us becomes better too. —Paulo Coelho, The Alchemist It happens to the best leaders. You get caught up in the daily grind of scheduling, billing, or just responding to random drama. Then slowly, (maybe...
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10 Ways to Inspire Your Team to Complete Required Training
Creating an effective training and continuing education plan for your team takes time and effort. But without proper encouragement, your caregivers may view training as a chore. So, how do you encourage and inspire your caregivers to complete their required training?...
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Download the New, FREE Pain Awareness Caregiver Challenge
The way we treat pain is changing. Are your caregivers intheknow? In the 1990s, healthcare professionals were encouraged to view pain as the “fifth vital sign.” The Joint Commission told us that pain must be regularly assessed—and that physicians must accept and...
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3 Free Tools to Help You Build a Winning Caregiver Training Program
Does your caregiver training program meet the needs of your caregivers (and the clients they serve)? Your caregivers are the heart of your business. That means they deserve the best initial and ongoing training program you can deliver. But how do you design a...
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What’s New? 16 Fresh E-Learning Courses!
In pursuit of our goal to inspire caregiving excellence, we continue with our mission to improve and expand our course offerings. You can learn about every one of our 125+ e-learning courses in our new, downloadable course catalog. But, here’s...
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