Personal care is when a caregiver is providing hands-on assistance with a client’s activities of daily living. A companion caregiver can be there for a client’s safety, but the client is still able to primarily handle the various task independently. Personal Caregivers or Certified Nursing Assistants (CNA) are licensed by the Virginia Board of Nursing after having completed 80 classroom hours of training and 40 hours of supervised hands-on training in a nursing home facility.