Any Advice on Being a Self-employed CNA/GNA?

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I've recently been thinking about doing home care as a CNA/GNA part-time; not with an agency, but on my own. However, the idea of going to a strangers home to administer care kinda worries me. There is the concern of liability issues and my own safety. I have some experience being self-employed as a military family home childcare provider. I was required to purchase .

I'm familiar with websites that market caregivers...babysitters, nannies, CNAs, pettsitters, etc. So I suppose marketing my availability would be rather easy.

Does anyone have experience being self-employed in the healthcare field?

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What is a GNA?

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Specializes in Gerontology, Med surg, Home Health.

I'm sure it's possible but why would anyone want to hire you? Most agencies do background checks and carry liability on their employees. If my family needed a caregiver, I would be very hesitant to hire someone who was working for themselves.

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A GNA is a Geriatric Nursing Assistant.

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With sites such as Care.com background checks are done and provided to interested clients when posting caregiver jobs. The idea of working for myself interested me due to numerous patients at my current place of employment requesting my services upon their return home. I work at a LTC/Rehab center. I work in the Rehab unit with mostly geriatric patients who are rehabilitating after surgery.

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With sites such as Care.com background checks are done and provided to interested clients when posting caregiver jobs. The idea of working for myself interested me due to numerous patients at my current place of employment requesting my services upon their return home. I work at a LTC/Rehab center. I work in the Rehab unit with mostly geriatric patients who are rehabilitating after surgery.

Thank you for your opinion & response.

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