Setting Personal and Professional Boundaries for Safer, Healthier Caregiving Relationships
Professional boundaries are one of the most common—and most misunderstood—challenges in caregiving. Caregivers often face emotional situations, unclear expectations, and family dynamics that make it difficult to know when supportive care crosses into over-involvement. Without the right training, this uncertainty can lead to stress, burnout, or unintended ethical risks.
The Professional Boundaries for Caregivers Training Course gives caregivers the clarity and confidence needed to maintain safe, healthy relationships with clients. Learners discover how boundaries protect both parties, how boundary crossings affect care, and how professional communication and behavior set clear expectations. Sensitive topics such as appropriate touch, personal information sharing, and social contact rules are addressed in practical, easy-to-understand ways.
By the end of the course, caregivers gain a simple, actionable framework they can rely on in real-world interactions. The result: better client experiences, stronger professional conduct, and caregivers who can provide compassionate support without compromising their wellbeing or safety.
Course Goals
✅Differentiate professional vs personal boundaries
✅Explain the importance of boundaries
✅Demonstrate how crossing boundaries can impact clients
✅Recognize the different types of touch in caregiving
✅Identify the important information that can be shared
Course Objectives
By the end of this course, the learner will be able to:
✅Practice maintaining professional distance
✅Differentiate the types of touch in caregiving
✅Develop rules of social contact and what to share with clients
✅Employ techniques to prevent overstepping
✅Choose which information can be shared
