Meet Emilia Bourland, OTR, ECHM, our special guest and fellow CAREpreneur! Emilia started her professional career as an occupational therapist in clinical practice. From long-term memory care to the ICU, she's pretty much done and seen it all. But even with all of this experience under her belt she's only getting started!
Emilia started with a bachelor's degree in psychology, but had trouble finding what she wanted to do for graduate school. Through the miracle of eavesdropping, Emilia was able to find her calling of occupational therapy. After working as an occupational therapist, Emilia noticed the need for higher quality content for caregivers. This is why she started Higher Standards Caregiver Training.
Emilia is a perfect example of a CAREpreneur. Emilia had her dream job but noticed that there was still a need for education in her career field. She realized it was time to stop being REACTIVE about care and to start being PROACTIVE by providing preventative educational material. Thus Emilia took the leap of faith to start her own business and founded a Higher Standard for Caregiver Training.
Emilia is breaking new ground within the senior care industry. She understands the power of caregivers and the potential they have to help others live a more fulfilling and higher quality life. Emilia believes in the idea of aging in place and is spear-heading a movement of providing better educational tools for caregivers and the home care industry through her work.
By arming family and non-skilled caregivers with knowledge there is exponential potential to help families and seniors live a higher quality life. Through her work she is helping keep people healthy and preventing common problems she saw at work in occupational therapy.
So, go follow Emilia and support her journey!!
▶︎ YOUTUBE | https://www.youtube.com/highstandardscaregivertraining
▶︎ LINKEDIN | https://www.linkedin.com/in/emiliabourland/
▶︎ WEBSITE | https://www.higherstandardscaregivertraining.com
▶︎ EMAIL | emilia.bourland@aipctherapy.com
#occupationaltherapy #seniorcare #entrepreneur
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TIMESTAMPS:
0:00 - Intro
0:57 - Introducing Emilia Bourland
1:05 - Texas Proud
2:48 - How Did You Get into Caregiver Training?
4:04 - Did You Always Want to Be an Occupational Therapist
5:56 - Skilled Nursing Experience
8:48 - Educating Family Caregivers
10:00 - When Did you Decide to Take the Entrepreneurial Leap?
12:48 - Training for Professional and Family Caregivers
16:05 - What is Your Main Focus?
21:03 - Essential Services
23:05 - Family Caregivers are the Backbone
24:51 - Getting the Word Out
28:24 - Outro
