I’m really upset at these places that say, we have caregivers trained. Any advice?

It’s shocking the prices charged at various facilities while they hire untrained & unskilled workers & call them “caregivers”. These people are administering medications, and don’t even have a high school diploma! I’ve checked out several Board & Care homes in my area. They charged at least $7k a month & have 6 residents per house. That’s $42k each month in revenue without a single employee having medical training or licensing. They pay a dollar or two above minimum wage, feed the residents garbage food, and offer nothing else in support or assistance.

Talk about “Profits over People”! The “Caregiving Industry” is a scam perpetrated by greedy inept leaders.

If a particular role, in any field is not licensed, then 'trained' means anything and nothing. It may mean nothing more than how to clock in, on their app.

Homecare agencies do hire people right off the street and they offer zero training. I have been an in-home caregiver for almost 25 years and currently operate my own homecare business. I will tell you honestly that I would hire private caregivers instead of agency ones.
I run my business differently because I will not even consider an employee unless they have a valid CNA certification, and a 5 and 5.
A 5 and 5 is when the potential hire produces five work references that I can personally check up on as well as five personal ones. Also I insist on random and regular drug testing, must own a car with insurance, and must not be unemployed for more than a year. Most care agencies don't expect this much from a potential employee. I do because I expect of myself.
I'm not taking any wet behind the ears caregivers who don't know their own a** from a hole in the ground. Seriously experienced only. The starting pay is higher than any agency pays. An agency who takes care of its help gets help who will take care of them.
You'd probably be better off using a caregiver website like care.com to find a well-trained caregiver. You check their references personally. When you hire privately, the caregiver has to meet your standards and requirements which are very different from an agency's. The downside to hiring like this is private duty caregivers who will work like me and are dependable, do not come cheap. We are not to be trifled with either.
I always made myself plain to every client and family ahead of time what my hours were and what my wages were. There's no staying a little longer or doing extra for free. My pay was to be on time and in full. Otherwise I walk away from your loved one regardless of their needs or their family's. No trifling.
You've done well to have cameras set up. It's always a good idea to have people popping randomly at times if you can. Lock up valuables and don't leave any access to narcotic medications either.

You need to ask if they are CNAs. Certified Nurses Aids. In my State they are Certified through the Nursing Board. Their training is 8 to 10 weeks. They are tested. Same with HHAs, Home Health Aids.

How DEPLORABLE.

Unfortunately (or maybe fortunately after all), we got the bad apples early enough to know that we couldn’t trust any of them.

The few that really were VERY GOOD were from agencies that were paying the aides peanuts, and the “administrative fees” were outrageous.

Rant away if that helps you. You can find plenty of agreements here.

Yup. Way too many can sit, stare at a phone, walk around, breathe for themself & that's about it.

We had exactly the same problem. Agency people with zero training. (Some did have training). In the end, I hired private caregivers who have training.

Don't get me started. In the DC area: The Nigerian Princess who's too good for this job. The Haitian Housekeeper who wears a white smock and pretends to be a nurse. The Caribbean Charge Nurse who can't understand my accent. Dr. Offshore, MD, who cringes in pain whenever a woman speaks.

Truly, reading the original post was like trying to translate a novel from Russian into English. Seriously, you ranters need to back up, slow down, edit, and do some paragraph breaks so that your readers know what the Hell you are trying to convey!

Require a licensed caregiver. That's at least one step you can cross off.

I hired an agency to send over an aide for four hours a day to do caregiving and "light housekeeping." I had to teach the girl how to load a dishwasher because she'd never seen one before. All she had to do was make breakfast for my mother and put the dishes in the dishwasher, and she couldn't even do that.

I didn't have enough time in my day to deal with my mom and the aide was supposed to free up some time so I could handle other things, but she took up more of my time than my mother's needs did, so I gave up on the aides.

Better to hire caregivers yourself.