Client Care
Caregiver 101
Terms and Tips
In case of emergency
Griswold
100

These clients require a weekly care log to be completed and returned to the office.

Who are VA and Long Term Insurance clients?

100

Cutting nails and administering medicine to a client.

What are tasks that Caregivers cannot do for a client?

100

DNR

What is Do Not Resuscitate?

100

"Can you get up on your own?"

What is the question to ask a senior if they fall?

100

814-696-9100

What is the Griswold Office Main Number?

200

ADL

Activities of Daily Living

200

Of all the office support staff, this person has been working for Griswold the longest?

Pattie Harpster

200

A common cognitive condition

What is Alzheimer's Disease/Dementia?

200

If a senior falls, this is free (no charge).

Cost to call 911 to help the senior stand up.

200

in 1982, she founded what is now Griswold Home Care

Who is Jean Griswold?

300

Confusion, increased sleeping, and foul-colored urine

What are symptoms of a UTI (Urinary Tract Infection)?

300

You do at the end of each shift

What is clocking out? Leave a general Comment?

300

POA

What is Power of Attorney?

300

On Call personnel serve this purpose

What is who do I call when my client is at risk or endangered?

300

This is the tagline for Griswold's brand

What is Live Assured?

400

6-8 glasses

What is the amount of water a senior should drink every day?

400

Must keep up to date, per DOH.

What are my annual TB, OSHA and Training requirement?

400

NCNS

What is a No Call No Show? (grounds for termination)

400

In case of death, an agency to call instead of 911.

What is Hospice?

400

These are the three pillars of Griswold. 

What are "Care is Personal" "Trusted Relationships" & "Foundation of Experience"?

500

Notice a change in condition in a client.

When should I call the office?

500

I do this when I receive a message from a Care Specialist (Greta or Teena)

What is return the call or text as soon as possible?

500

Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act. 

What is HIPPA?

500

This is when it permissible to lift a client that has fallen

Never

500

$250

What is amount paid when I refer a Caregiver who works for one year?