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BECOME A VOLUNTEER

CAREGIVER TRAINING

CAREGIVER TRAINING

BECOME A CERTIFIED CAREGIVER (A satisfying career)

Our Vision

It is projected that Ghana’s elderly population will reach 2.5 million by 2025 and 6.3 million by 2050 (Ghana Statistical Service 2013a). At least one child dies from choking on food every five days in the U.S., and more than 12,000 children are taken to a hospital emergency room each year for food-choking injuries. The need for high-quality caregiver training has never been more urgent or important.

We are committed to improving and building better lives for the care the elderly and children receive from caregivers in Ghana.

Our vision is to create a higher standard living environment for care where seniors, children and people with disabilities will live healthier, happier and longer, lives

It is our aim create more job opportunities, increase retention rate and strengthen the millions of people that Ghana depends on for care giving.

We seek to champion training for all caregivers and make it universally accessible.

We are committed to creating a future where care-giving is respected and recognized as a profession. We will increase public awareness of the value of training to influence public policy and save our healthcare system from being overburdened.

Our Mission

The mission of GrayMasters Caregiver Training is to maintain and enhance the standard of quality education for all our caregivers (students) in order to protect the quality of elderly and childcare in the homes, orphanages and nursing homes.

What We Do

We train Home Caregivers or Homeowners to acquire the knowledge and skills necessary to provide quality care for an elderly or child in the home (in-home) and nursing homes

Who is a Caregiver / Caretaker

A caregiver is a paid or unpaid member of a person’s social network who helps them with activities of daily living. Since they have no specific professional training, they are often described as informal caregivers.

RISK OF HIRING AN UNTRAINED CAREGIVER

  • Cannot recognize red-flags
  • Unfriendly and rude behavior
  • No skills in emergency response
  • Limited knowledge in nutritious meals
  • No trained skill in handling mobility in the elderly
  • Little or no knowledge about drugs and it’s administration can cause complications or death

BENEFITS OF A TRAINED/PROFESSIONAL CAREGIVER.

Well-trained caregivers are better able to handle all
the different situations that might arise on the job:

  • Recognize red-flags
  • Prevent choking in children
  • Skilled to quickly respond to emergencies: CPR
  • Heimlich Maneuver, First Aid
  • Prevent falls
  • Prevent injuries and hospitalizations
  • Manage medications and prevent errors
  • Check vital signs
  • Well served meals
  • Optimize mobility
  • Encourage Communication
  • Improved personal hygiene
  • Help in children’s homework

Caregiver Training Courses

  • Alzheimer’s disease and related course
  • Fall prevention
  • Prevention of drug error
  • Depression
  • Diabetes
  • Hypertension
  • Helping the geriatric client
  • Emergency Care
  • Vital Signs
  • Assisting the client with self-administration of medications for home health
  • Optimizing mobility in older adults
  • Current trends in pain management (home remedies)
  • The Confused Client
  • Hand, foot and nail care
  • Gulinary training
  • Child welfare
  • Child development
  • Paediatric Emergencies
  • Caregiver Challenges
  • Caregiver grooming
  • Power of positive thinking
  • Purpose- driven life
  • Conflict management
  • Stress and Time management
  • Practicals (Occupied and unoccupied bed making)
  • Mental diseases of the elderly
  • Mobility in older adults

Our Goal

Our goal is to train and equip professional caregivers and homeowners with the aim of helping them understand and create a supportive environment, to meet the changing needs of older adults and children in their own homes, orphanage and nursing care facilities.

Who Can Enrol

  • Any person ( male or female) who has the interest and passion to care and can fluently read and write
  • Should be above 18years of age
  • Can be a SHS, diploma or degree certificate holder
  • A health Aid/ Nurse assistance is a plus
  • Home Owners
  • Recruiters for domestic/nanny/ elderly care jobs outside Ghana

Certification

A certificate is issued to participants after successful completion of the program. This can be used to seek employment in the following:

  • In-homes (elderly and child home care),
  • Nursing facilities
  • Assisted living facilities (older adults)
  • Destitute home for the aged,
  • Private orphanage (children)
  • Day Care Centre ( children)

NOTE

Our issued certificates CANNOT BE USED FOR FURTHER STUDIES,

but can be employed by the above mentioned homes and facilities as a professional caregiver.

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