Your Guide

Amanda Varga, Owner

Professional Knowledge and Personal Experience

When choosing a Guide for your Caregiving Journey, it is important to find someone who not only has professional skills and knowledge, but who also has personal experience - someone who has already been where you are going.

Amanda's Caregiving experience started at age 11 when she was the neighborhood babysitter.  Her first work with the elderly was in middle school, as a volunteer Candystriper at a local nursing home - yes, the red and white striped uniform and the cap!

While earning her Bachelor of Social Work degree, Amanda provided specialized respite services for children with special needs.  Immediately after graduation, she worked in brain injury supported living, quickly moving from direct care to management.  After some years in the corporate world (primarily in HR and Executive Team roles) and having three amazing children, she found herself back in the professional Caregiving realm as both an Overnight-Awake Hospice Sitter and Director of Client Care for a home care agency.

Caregiving became far more personal after caring for her in-laws for over 7 years.  Both required 24/7 care and supervision with hands-on assistance.  Amanda's personal Caregiving Journey began as her three kids started 4th, 5th and 12th grades.  Life was complicated, to say the least.

Additional professional experience includes a deep knowledge of Reverse Mortgages, including ghost-writing "Why A Reverse Mortgage" , working in senior placement as both a Senior Living Advisor and Senior Living Care Navigator, and, of course, building CareTreks to support others who are navigating this minefield of choices, emotions, guilt, and joy.

If you're seeking a Guide who can help you with the knowledge you need to be a more effective Caregiver and who also understands the complicated and ever-changing emotional roller coaster you are on,  give CareTreks a call!  720-512-7441

Qualifications

BSW:  Bachelor of Social Work Degree

CSA: Certified Senior Advisor  Verify

CAEd: Certified Alzheimer's Educator Verify

CLIPP: Certified Living In Place Professional

Certified Advance Care Planning Guide

QMAP: Qualified Medication Administration Personnel (Colorado): ID 5342 Verify