The primary role of the elderly caretaker is to assist elderly person in day to day activities. It includes tasks such as ambulation, eating, dressing, toileting, grooming and in running errands They also assist in sanitation and housekeeping duties of elderly person's room and maintain a hygienic and pleasant work environment.
Personal Competencies
• You like helping those around you
• You are empathetic by nature
• You have excellent communication skills
• You are physically fit
Entry Pathway
Minimum Qualification
• After completion of Class 8 and minimum age required is 18 years old for enrolling in National Skill Qualification Framework (NSQF)* Level 3 training for Elderly Care (Non - Clinical) training.
*NSQF is a nationally integrated education and competency-based framework that enables persons to acquire desired competency levels in a chosen field. NSQF includes vocational education, vocational training, general education and technical education which prepares an individual for the job market with competent skills. An individual may return at any time to upgrade Skills after gaining experience.
Where will you study?
INSTITUTE
01. National Institute of Mental Health Rehabilitation (NIMHR), Sehore, Madhya Pradesh.
02. Shri Vishwakarma Skill University, Gurugram, Haryana.
Fees
A majority of government schemes are free
Scholarships & Loans
SCHOLARSHIPS
• Visit the National Scholarship Portal for details on ITI registered with NSP: scholarships.gov.in/fresh/onlinelnstituteSearchIndex
• Visit buddy4study.com for details on scholarships for ITI/Vocational Training: buddy4study.com/article/iti-scholarships
(Availability of these scholarships can vary from time to time)
Where will you work?
Places of Work: Elder care agencies. They are placed in homes, elderly day care centres, nursing homes and hospices by the agencies to look after elderly people.
Entrepreneurship: After gaining some experience you may work independently by freelancing your services.
Work Environment: You are expected to work for 10/12 hours per day and 6 days a week.
Opportunities for work exist for differently abled in this field
Expected Growth Path
Trainee Elderly Care Giver → Elderly Care Giver → Supervisor
Expected Income
The approx. salary of a Elderly Caretaker ranges between INR 12,000 - 26,000* per month.
Yodda employs 100+ trained elder care professional. Many senior citizens living in Pune, Mumbai, and Hyderabad are now enioying the comfort and convenience of employing elder care service. Elder care used to be a segment which was unexplored, uncatered to, and untouched by big brands but this has been recently changed by companies such as Yodda, founded by Tarun Sharma.*
ELDERLY CARETAKER (NON CLINICAL)
NCS Code: NA | HW019• You like helping those around you
• You are empathetic by nature
• You have excellent communication skills
• You are physically fit
Minimum Qualification
• After completion of Class 8 and minimum age required is 18 years old for enrolling in National Skill Qualification Framework (NSQF)* Level 3 training for Elderly Care (Non - Clinical) training.
*NSQF is a nationally integrated education and competency-based framework that enables persons to acquire desired competency levels in a chosen field. NSQF includes vocational education, vocational training, general education and technical education which prepares an individual for the job market with competent skills. An individual may return at any time to upgrade Skills after gaining experience.
INSTITUTE
01. National Institute of Mental Health Rehabilitation (NIMHR), Sehore, Madhya Pradesh.
02. Shri Vishwakarma Skill University, Gurugram, Haryana.
A majority of government schemes are free
SCHOLARSHIPS
• Visit the National Scholarship Portal for details on ITI registered with NSP: scholarships.gov.in/fresh/onlinelnstituteSearchIndex
• Visit buddy4study.com for details on scholarships for ITI/Vocational Training: buddy4study.com/article/iti-scholarships
(Availability of these scholarships can vary from time to time)
Places of Work: Elder care agencies. They are placed in homes, elderly day care centres, nursing homes and hospices by the agencies to look after elderly people.
Entrepreneurship: After gaining some experience you may work independently by freelancing your services.
Work Environment: You are expected to work for 10/12 hours per day and 6 days a week.
Opportunities for work exist for differently abled in this field
Trainee Elderly Care Giver → Elderly Care Giver → Supervisor
The approx. salary of a Elderly Caretaker ranges between INR 12,000 - 26,000* per month.
Source: https://in.indeed.com/career/elder-care-assistant/salaries
Experts from the field
Yodda employs 100+ trained elder care professional. Many senior citizens living in Pune, Mumbai, and Hyderabad are now enioying the comfort and convenience of employing elder care service. Elder care used to be a segment which was unexplored, uncatered to, and untouched by big brands but this has been recently changed by companies such as Yodda, founded by Tarun Sharma.*
Source: https://www.aninews.in/news/business/business/yodda-the-first-elderly-care-service-in-india-announces-its-expansion20220823124113/
*The above information is for training purposes only and will not be used for any commercial gains
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