April 13, 2017

Spotlight on Texarkana Schmieding Location

[fullwidth background_color=”” background_image=”” background_parallax=”none” enable_mobile=”no” parallax_speed=”0.3″ background_repeat=”no-repeat” background_position=”left top” video_url=”” video_aspect_ratio=”16:9″ video_webm=”” video_mp4=”” video_ogv=”” video_preview_image=”” overlay_color=”” overlay_opacity=”0.5″ video_mute=”yes” video_loop=”yes” fade=”no” border_size=”0px” border_color=”” border_style=”” padding_top=”20″ padding_bottom=”20″ padding_left=”” padding_right=”” hundred_percent=”no” equal_height_columns=”no” hide_on_mobile=”no” menu_anchor=”” class=”” id=””][fusion_text]The Texarkana Regional Center on aging is proud to offer the Schmieding Home Caregiver Training program to the community. This program provides initial and continuing education for individuals seeking a career in caregiving and training for family members and/or significant others caring for an older adult.

Arkansas residents will have access to certified, competent and compassionate paraprofessional caregivers and informed family caregivers to care for older adults. The Schmieding Home Caregiver Training project educates individuals to care for older adults using the Schmieding curriculum and method. We believe that older adults deserve access to competent and compassionate caregivers.

Teaching Philosophy

Quality caregivers are the result of well-trained instructors utilizing a structured learner-centered curriculum. We believe that a quality caregiver begins with a caring person possessing a “caregiver’s heart” who desires to work to improve the quality of life for the older adult. We also believe that students learn best when teachers utilize multiple interactive instructional techniques which integrate principles of integrity, dignity, and respect. The Schmieding Home Caregiver Training program emphasizes holistic care using the “heart, head and hands” approach to caregiver education.  We train our students to be advocates for older adults and encourage them to be informed on issues regarding aging and health.

THE SCHMIEDING METHOD OF TRAINING

  • New classes are scheduled every five to six weeks.
  • Schmieding students receive 100 hours of CNA training, which exceeds the hours required by
  • the Office of Long Term Care.
  • Schmieding students also receive 16 hours of Alzheimer’s/Dementia training.
  • Schmieding graduates receive the AD Experience:  Take a Walk in Their Shoes allowing them to
  • experience, for approx. 10 minutes, what it’s like to have dementia.
  • Schmieding has a 1:6 student/teacher ratio allowing more individual instruction.
  • Students receive hands-on skills practice with extra time offered in the lab if needed.
  • DVDs, handouts, models, power points, etc. are used to accommodate different learning
  • styles.
  • Schmieding students are offered assistance re CNA application, CNA exam preparation, and
  • future career advancement.
  • Schmieding students are held to high standards in the classroom.
  • The Schmieding students must scorE 80% or better on the written final exam, and
  • pass all of the skills competencies in order to pass the class.
  • Schmieding-Texarkana has a 90% class completion rate and a 90% CNA pass rate.
  • Schmieding graduates are in high demand because of the quality training provided.
  • The Schmieding program has been approved by the Arkansas Department of Health at the
  • highest level of evidence-based practice for the state of Arkansas.

Not in Texarkana?  Please visit our main page https://uamscaregiving.org/.  We have locations in Texarkana, Pine Bluff, Little Rock, El Dorado, Fort Smith, Jonesboro, and Hot Springs.[/fusion_text][/fullwidth]