GeriJoy Announces CARES® Dementia Training and Alzheimer's Association essentiALZ® Certification Programs

GeriJoy announced today that all GeriJoy caregiving staff are now certified in dementia care by the Alzheimer's Association, through the essentiALZ® certification process. GeriJoy's global care team provides 24/7 companionship, supervision, and care management support through tablet-based avatars, improving quality of care, increasing safety, and lowering cost.

San Francisco, CA (PRWEB) December 31, 2014

“We have received such positive feedback from our staff members regarding the CARES online dementia training, which we have found to be as engaging as it is educational,” said Victor Wang, CEO of GeriJoy. “I also love the fact that family members feel comforted and reassured that their loved one is in the care of knowledgeable GeriJoy staff members, certified by the Alzheimer's Association.”

In addition to GeriJoy's proprietary screening process that includes rigorous psychometric evaluation, technical and language skills-based testing, and past employer references, GeriJoy's caregiver onboarding process now requires each caregiver to earn seven different certifications from six independent authorities in order to document successful completion of the following programs:
1.    GeriJoy Caregiver and Avatar Technology Training
2.    Info Cubic International Background Checking
3.    HealthCare Interactive Dementia Care Training
4.    Alzheimer's Association Dementia Care Testing
5.    Medscape HIPAA & Privacy Training
6.    NIH Research Privacy & Ethics Training
7.    GeriJoy 30-hour Job Shadowing

All training and ongoing supervision is directed by a GeriJoy physician who is board-certified in adult psychiatry. Additionally, GeriJoy's stringent information security policies mandate encryption technology and other personnel-based protocols to protect the privacy of confidential client information.

Adding to GeriJoy's own credentials as a trusted provider of care services, the company also announced today an enhanced general liability policy that includes up to $1 million in coverage per incident from The Hartford HIG, a market leader in insurance that has been repeatedly recognized as one of the world's most ethical companies. Founded in 1810, The Hartford insures over 1 million customers and has a particular focus on older adults, exemplified by its special partnerships with MIT AgeLab and AARP.

About CARES® Dementia Training Programs
HealthCare Interactive is addressing the growing national crisis of memory loss, dementia, and Alzheimer's disease by developing the most innovative set of training products for family members and professional caregivers available in the marketplace today. HCI's CARES Dementia Basics and CARES Dementia Advanced Care online training programs qualify individuals for Alzheimer's Association essentiALZ certification.

About Alzheimer's Association essentiALZ® Certification
The Alzheimer's Association essentiALZ certification program recognizes an individual's knowledge of recommended dementia-care practices. Anyone who fulfills the prerequisite training requirements is eligible to take the essentiALZ certification exam and become certified.

About GeriJoy
GeriJoy (http://gerijoy.com) makes dementia care more cost-effective and more joyful. GeriJoy's specially-trained global care team offers 24x7 companionship, supervision, and care management support through tablet-based avatars, improving care for older adults, increasing peace of mind for families, and lowering overall cost of care for providers. GeriJoy's avatars can administer personalized therapeutic and memory care programming that effectively engages individuals with significant cognitive, memory, or behavioral challenges. Founded by experts from MIT, Stanford, and NYU, GeriJoy is advised by the CEO of the American Geriatrics Society, and has won accolades for innovation leadership from organizations like AARP, TEDMED, the US Senate, and Aging 2.0. See GeriJoy in action at http://gerijoy.com/video#CustomerStories or contact GeriJoy at info (at) gerijoy (dot) com

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