Elderly Caregiver
Company: Assisting Hands - Boca Delray
Location: Boca Raton
Posted on: July 27, 2022
Job Description:
Job DescriptionDescription: This position provides custodial and
personal care services to clients that contract with Assisting
Hands for services under the direction of the Staffing Coordinator
in compliance with the Plan of Care.Education: High School
Diploma/GED requiredQualifications: One (1) year experience in the
home or long-term care setting is preferred.Reports to: Staffing
CoordinatorPrimary Duties:
- Maintaining a clean, safe, and healthy environment within
client's residence. Duties may include light cleaning and
straightening of the bathroom, straightening the sleeping and
living areas, washing client's dishes or laundry, and other tasks
to maintain cleanliness and safety for the client.
- The performance of all personal care activities contained in a
written Plan of Care which may include assisting the client with
personal hygiene, ambulation and exercise, eating, dressing,
shaving, physical transfer, and other duties as assigned.
- Providing nutritional support as needed.
- Reporting changes in the client's condition.
- Other activities that are determined necessary and trained on
for a specific client and are restricted to the following:
- Assisting with the use of devices for aid to daily living such
as a wheelchair, walker, or hoyer lift;
- Assisting with prescribed range of motion exercises;
- Teaching household routine and skills to well members of the
family;
- Measuring intake and output of fluids;
- Measuring and recording temperature, pulse, respiration or
blood pressure;
- Keeping records of personal health care activities;
- Observing appearance and gross behavioral changes in the client
and reporting to the agency supervisor.Assisting the client with
the self-administration of medication, limited to the following
tasks:Taking the medication in its previously dispensed, properly
labeled container, from where it is stored and bringing it to the
client.In the presence of the client, reading the label, opening
the container, removing a prescribed amount of medication from the
container, and closing the container.
- Placing an oral dosage in the client's hand or placing the
dosage in another container and helping the client by lifting the
container to his or her mouth.Returning the medication container to
proper storage.Keeping a record of when a client receives
assistance with self-administration of medication.The caregiver may
also provide the following assistance with self-administered
medication, as needed by the client:
- Preparing necessary items such as juice, water, cups, or spoons
to assist the client in the self-administration of medication;
- Opening and closing the medication container or tearing the
foil of prepackaged medications;
- Assisting the client in the self-administration process.
Examples of such assistance include the steadying of the arm, hand,
or other parts of the client's body so as to allow the
self-administration of medication;
- Abides by the agency's infection control policies, including
proper hand washing techniques consistent with CDC Guidelines.
- Abides by all policies and procedures outlined in the agency's
Policy and Procedure Manual, Caregiver Handbook, and Caregiver
Training Manual.Hours: Dependent on assignment; Shifts available 24
hours a day, 7 days per week and based on availability. Assisting
Hands does not guarantee hours.FLSA Status: Non-exempt, hourly
Keywords: Assisting Hands - Boca Delray, Boca Raton , Elderly Caregiver, Healthcare , Boca Raton, Florida
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