Client Management

What You Should Include In Your Daily Checklist for Caregivers (With Customizable Template) Caregivers wear multiple hats — that of a nurse, a companion, a chef, and even a housekeeper. With so many roles and responsibilities to maintain at once, often spread across multiple clients, one of the most beneficial tools a home care agency can provide its employees is a daily checklist for caregivers. A caregiver's daily checklist acts as a roadmap to individual client care. A printable caregiver daily checklist template, like what you can find below, can be customized to encompass the variety of care tasks employees can anticipate from...

The Ultimate Caregiver Training Checklist for Home Care Agencies A home care agency is only as strong as its team of professional caregivers. Caregivers are the face of your operation and your throughline for consistent, compassionate client care. When new hires join your agency, they're expected to uphold the fantastic reputation your other staff has acquired — but they may need some help first. Fortunately, caregiver orientation can do just that. Caregiver orientation is the opportunity to onboard and welcome new caregivers to your team. Together, you can establish ground rules for patient care, company policies, and patient-specific information. More importantly, you...

Most Home Care Agencies use a software solution. The solution manages their daily operations in multiple services, such as Private Duty Nursing, Home Health, and Private Duty Non-Medical Personal Care. Tracking the processes in the different lines of operation is a tedious affair, and home care scheduling software comes in handy to provide the following benefits. Saves Time  Homecare scheduling software offers your agency solutions for the front and back office. These solutions place you a step ahead by injecting simplicity into your processes. Automation saves you and your personnel a lot of time you would have wasted on manual...

Having the right compensation structure is key in every home care agency. Whether you are just starting your firm or have been in the industry for a while, you need to regularly review your pricing to attract the most clients and retain your caregivers as well.Do you offer competitive pricing to your caregivers? According to Payscale, the average salary of a home caregiver is $11.99 per hour. This amount changes from state to state, so you can consider the minimum salary for caregivers in your state to avoid legal repercussions.With the state’s minimum remuneration in mind, you can consider the experience...