Caregiving can often creep up on you. But it's a highly valued career choice, and caregivers play essential roles in supporting older adults in their homes and communities.

<p>Maybe you've been thinking about becoming a professional caregiver for some time. Or perhaps you slipped into the role while you started taking your mother to appointments or doing shopping and prescription runs for your uncle. Caregiving can often creep up on you. But it's a highly valued career choice, and caregivers play essential roles in supporting older adults in their homes and communities.</p><p>We've compiled this brief checklist of frequent caregiving activities to see if the role might be right for you.</p><p>Could you help with:</p><ul><li>Driving someone to an appointment?</li><li>Refilling prescriptions?</li><li>Buying groceries and cooking?</li><li>Cleaning a house and helping to do laundry?</li><li>Dressing or showering someone who needs help with this or other types of personal care?</li><li>Transferring someone out of a bed/chair?</li><li>Helping with physical therapy?</li><li>Setting up medical appointments?</li><li>Talking with doctors, nurses, care managers and others to understand what needs to be done?</li><li>Being a companion?</li></ul><p>If you answered "yes" that you think you would be comfortable completing these types of tasks, then you will likely make a great caregiver.</p><h2>Getting Started</h2><p>Are you ready to learn more and potentially get started? Please reach out to our recruiters at <a href="mailto:homecarerecruitingteam@healthcaretalent.net" rel="noopener noreferrer">homecarerecruitingteam@healthcaretalent.net.</a></p><p>We will want to know what hours and days you have available and whether you are looking for full-time or part-time work. We will also explore if you have certifications, such as a Registered Nurse. But don't worry, you are not required to have any credentials; it's just part of the background information we gather. We will also walk you through hourly rates for your area. And we'd like to know which of our locations are most accessible to you.</p><h2>We Have Scholarship Opportunities</h2><p>Our scholarship program is designed to assist students in realizing their dreams to start a career in healthcare and reach their fullest potential. By investing in their future, we hope to help scholarship recipients imagine new possibilities for today and set a course for their ongoing success in healthcare. We partner with local adult education centers and private training schools to identify hard-working people with a passion for serving others who don't have the resources to pay for specialized healthcare training.</p><p>Our scholarship offers great people the opportunity to pursue their dreams, advance their skills, grow their careers, change their lives and do good for others. It's a win-win for our community, employees, clients and participants.</p><p>You can learn more about scholarships<a href="https://healthcaretalent.net/our-mission/one-placement-one-scholarship/?splash_continue=1" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"> here.</a></p><h3><strong>Learn more and search available Caregiver opportunities </strong><a href="https://bit.ly/CaregiverCareers" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><strong>here</strong></a><strong>.</strong></h3>

Checklist: Is a Caregiver Role Right For You?