Caregivers here in America

I know, many of you are too excited to finish this course so that you can take the TESDA exam and finally apply for work abroad and become Caregivers. I was once too eager to graduate and become a Professional Caregiver and yep, apply abroad. But, what do you really have to expect if you aspire to work as a Caregiver here in US? By the way, the rate may vary from State to State. But here in Minnesota if you are a CNA certified the hourly pay is from $11.00-12.00 per hour. Caregivers in the Philippines is equivalent to Certified Nursing Assistant here in USA which other people get the short course for 12 weeks and pays $1000.00 or more. While if you apply in senior living for like housekeeping, if you are interested to become CNA you can get the training for 2 weeks and for free. I have friend who is working in a Housekeeping Services in a Senior Living and her co-workers advised her not to take CNA Training because its really difficult and requires a lot of work. Some of them were CNA before, but choose to do the Housekeeping jobs. It is more difficult if you are in-charge of bedridden clients or obese which are heavy to lift. What does a CNA/Caregiver does in a Senior Living? Usually, a CNA's/Caregivers job is mainly on the residents well being. Such as the care and assists residents of their ADL; complete clinical documentation; taking vital signs; making sure that her environment is safe and comfortable etc. Yeah, you don't do the laundry, cooking or cleaning because there are other people who are assigned to do those work. What ever is your job description, that will be the only thing that you will do. What about if you apply as a Caregiver in a Homecare Setting? They call it here as CNA HHA (Hospice Homecare. You may be doing all the duties of a CNA/Caregivers in a Senior Living Setting and other work that may includes preparing meals, running errands for the client, grocery shopping, housekeeping tasks, doing laundry. Don't worry, washing maching here in US is very different from what we have in the Philippines. You're hands will not even get wet when you do laundry. And when you wash the dishes, they also have dish washers here, so its easy. It is important though that you know how to drive so you can do the errands.