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THE OFFICIAL TOYMAN REVIEW
Introducing Care for Kids: The Essential Guide to Preparing Caregivers
More children die every year from preventable injuries than from all childhood illnesses combined. That is a scary fact for parents and caregivers! But, there is a solution for you! Care for Kids: The Essential Guide to Preparing Caregivers, is a DVD tutorial/information source designed to educate caregivers about common emergencies while showing them the tools they need to help children avoid preventable injuries and react accordingly when accidents do happen...
A Mother Generally Knows Best
Care for Kids: was created by a mother
who worked in the pediatric unit of a prominent San Francisco hospital
and saw first hand what can happen when caregivers are not educated
about common emergencies. By using the insightful supervision of Dr.
Wayne Warrington, an emergency department physician, to ensure accuracy
and authenticity in the development of this product, a reliable and
accurate tool is now available for caregivers.
Care for Kids: The Essential Guide to Preparing Caregivers is
quite simple and easy to understand with a short 35 minutes span to
help educate you to be prepared and in full understanding of what to do
in case of a medical emergency. Also included are valuable tips from an
experienced mother with a Masters in Marriage and Family Therapy about
car seat safety, common sense, emotional well being and constant
supervision techniques.
A Common Concern
It is a common concern for all
caregivers to be up to par on their knowledge of proper procedures for
care giving. A prominent issue all the same is the burden or what is
referred to as "burnout" out for a caregiver. It is a serious effort
for a caregiver. Quite often the caregiver is a loved one of a patient
or close friend attending to the needs of a patient.
Results of a 2006 study by the Carers National Association
indicated that one of every two caregivers had financial burdens and
that two of every three were in ill health themselves (2). Other
studies show that (1) a large majority of caregivers have experienced
fatigue, frustration, and stress as a result of caregiving, (2) two
thirds believe that caregiving has put a strain on their marriage, and
(3) one fourth have felt despair as a result of the caregiving
experience (2).
When you take the results of these surveys and consider the
potential threat that they imply, it is clear to see all the more that
the importance of having a full understanding of caregiving is
absolutely vital. Without it, the probability of "burnout" is raised
greatly and can be an almost sure bet it will occur. Care for Kids: The
Essential Guide to Preparing Caregivers delivers the information needed
to help deal with this concern and at a more affordable price.
Real-Life Experience
Care for Kids: The
Essential Guide to Preparing Caregivers proved to be an interesting
item in our consumer evaluation portion of our review. The testing was
completed in three different locations;
- A home in Las Vegas, NV where a man was a stroke victim being cared for by his wife.
- A home in San Antomino, TX where a woman had a pulmonary issue and was under her sister's care.
- A home in Brooklyn, NY where a pastor of church was taking care of his wife after a serious car accident.
Under the circumstances, it was obviously a challenge to try and
do our evaluation in a short period of time but we have to do our best
to provide an accurate review within 30-45 days on the average for some
products and services. This study was carefully put together, and we
were able to find excellent real-life situations with the help of a
local physician who put us in contact with these people to conduct our
study and testing.
The end result with the completion of our testing was quite good.
All three caregivers expressed consistent opinions of having learned
much from using Care for Kids: The Essential Guide to Preparing
Caregivers. The caregivers in Brooklyn and San Antonio both expressed
an avid interest in learning more from additional sources. When queried
what they felt prompted them to desire to learn more, they both made it
quite clear that it was influenced by the usage of Care for Kids: The
Essential Guide to Preparing Caregivers.
The Individual Ratings For This Product
While other organizations will define their ratings
in a "blanket" method which simply defines each rating in an overall
usage, we choose to take a different approach. Each individual rating
that was assigned to this a product, based upon our evaluation process,
is briefly explained as to how that specific rating score was reached.
The ratings for this product are listed below.
CONTENT QUALITY: Rating Level 4
- The content quality of Care for Kids: The Essential Guide to
Preparing Caregivers was well above average. The lessons and examples
were simple, real-life, and easy to understand. The approach used has a
strong influence in causing caregivers to desire to learn more from
additional sources. It makes the labors of caregiving more fully
understood. As stated before, Care for Kids: The Essential Guide to
Preparing Caregivers is well above average in its scoring for this
category yet it falls short of a perfect score by a single digit.
EDUCATIONAL VALUE: Rating Level 5
- The educational value is incredible with this product. It is very
well structured with a logical flow for maximum educational potential
for caregivers who are fully experienced as well as those who are new
to this work. This demonstrates the true value of the educational value
of this product.
MARKETING VALUE: Rating Level 4
- The marketing value with Care for Kids: The Essential Guide to
Preparing Caregivers is well above average, yet it is lacking a small
bit due to the image conveyed in DVD packaging. The product delivers a
well thought out and educational tool but many buyers base their buying
habits first by the visual appeal, not thinking of the actual content
level combined with the packaging for an overall sense of value. Care
for Kids: The Essential Guide to Preparing Caregivers falls short of a
perfect score by a single point.
READING RESPONSE: Rating Level 5
- In the case of the DVD in regard to READING response, when you see a
DVD, you being hit visually and audibly so in this case a reading
response is meant as how a person takes the information in; to what
degree do they absorb what they are seeing/hearing and applying it? In
this category, Care for Kids: The Essential Guide to Preparing
Caregivers scored a full score of "5".
SKILL IMPROVEMENT: Rating Level 5
- Skill Improvement is one of the primary fringe benefits of using Care
for Kids: The Essential Guide to Preparing Caregivers. The logically
structured program assures a steady flow of interest and participation
by the caregiver. The end result of that equates to skill level
improvement at the highest level. This program is an excellent
application for both home and professional environment.
VISUAL APPEAL: Rating Level 4
- When it comes to visual appeal, Care for Kids: The Essential Guide to
Preparing Caregivers was great in regard to the DVD presentation,
somewhat similar to a PowerPoint presentation, but more interesting of
course. As for the packaging, the visual appeal was average which
caused a single digit deduction for a score of "4" in this category.
| EVALUATION RESULTS - From evaluation for induction into "The Toy Man™ Product Guide" |
Overall Rating:
4
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Seal of Approval:
Approved
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Award of Excellence:
Not Eligble
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eChoice Award:
Selected
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2007 |
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measured in the value of potential cognitive/critical skill growth
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