What type of information does the private companion manual cover?
The information covers: the Private Companion Policy; the Role of the Private Companion; eating assistance training; understanding Care Plans; the rights of Clients; Baycrest safety procedures (fire, infection control, etc.); safe lifting, turning and assisting with transfers; the use of walkers and canes; toileting and regularity monitoring; understanding diseases such as Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s; Jewish customs; working with survivors of the Holocaust; principles of personal hygiene; therapeutic and non-therapeutic communication; working collaboratively with Baycrest staff etc.
