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: Certain qualities are important to check while you are questioning candidates to hire as a home care provider for you or your loved one. So you should have pre set up a questionnaire for the interview that would demonstrate whether candidates have these qualities or not. – PowerPoint PPT presentation

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Title: 5 Questions To Ask In-Home Care Providers


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5 Questions To Ask In-Home Care Providers?
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COMPETENCE
  • This is the most significant and obvious
    quality. You should assure that the candidates
    are skilled carers. They should have the required
    training and expertise in the type of home care
    that you require - elderly care, baby care, post
    hospitalization care, etc. You can further assess
    the candidates by urging them questions about how
    to care for the patient, E.g. how do they manage
    a senior when giving them a bathing. Instead of
    solely looking at their resumes, ask them about
    their prior experience and what they have gained
    from it.

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Professional Appearance
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To be continued
  • Part of being capable of judging the
    competency of your applicants is their
    appearance. A person's appearance can provide you
    a lot of clues about their overall attitude and
    dedication. And in the cause of home carers, good
    sanitation and professional appearance are
    essential things to look out for.

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OBSERVATION
  • It's necessary for a care provider to be
    cautious and sensitive to any variations in the
    patient's health so that they can react
    appropriately. You could question them how they
    go about evaluating the situation of a patient
    and how they would regard any changes.

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COMMUNICATION
SKILLS
  • It is necessary for the home caregiver to
    interact effectively with the person obtaining
    care, physicians, and family members. Good
    communication skills are essential for carers to
    relate to and stay associated with their
    patients. You can assess communication skills
    fairly and quickly throughout discussion by the
    way they respond your questions.

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PATIENCE
  • Another very essential quality for a
    proficient home care provider is patience and
    knowledge. It's not constantly easy to take care
    of different person - especially in the state of
    an elderly patient, where they usually have to
    put up with remarkable unconventional behavior.

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RELIABILTY
  • You should be ready to depend on a caregiver
    to care for the patient with least instruction
    and to handle unforeseen situations. They should
    determine their responsibilities - you can direct
    them what they perceive their responsibilities to
    be, and how they would respond in certain
    hypothetical situations.

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SENSE OF HUMOR
  • Caregivers often have to deal with abhorrent
    tasks it's essential that they can take it all
    in their walk, and have an immeasurable sense of
    humor to encourage up the patient. Along with a
    function of humor, they should also have an open
    mind. They require being tolerant of opinions and
    beliefs inconsistent with their own and being
    ready to handle angry outbursts without being
    annoyed.

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  • THANK YOU FOR YOUR
    VALUABLE TIME
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