Personal Care Attendant

Live Well Home Care; Kalispell (MT); On-site; USD 17,000 - 25,000; Full time

Job summary

Live Well Home Care in Kalispell, MT is seeking caregivers to provide compassionate in-home personal care. You will assist clients with daily living activities, mobility, and daily routines while promoting safety and dignity. This role includes meal prep, light housekeeping, companionship, and support with transportation and errands.

As a caregiver, you will follow care plans, monitor client well-being, and collaborate with the care team to ensure high-quality service in clients' homes.

Responsibilities

• Assist with activities of daily living (ADLs) including ambulation, bathing, dressing, eating, grooming, and toileting.
• Provide personal care and support with mobility, transferring, and clothing care.
• Perform routine house cleaning tasks (dusting, vacuuming, laundry, bed making) and meal preparation.
• Ensure client safety by monitoring home environment and complying with care plans.
• Provide companionship through social interactions, conversation, and mental stimulation activities.
• Assist with medications reminders as outlined in the care plan.
• Assist with essential shopping/errands and accompany clients to appointments and outings.
• Support clients with following dietary plans and maintaining nutrition as prescribed.
• Record and report care observations to the Branch Manager and care team.
• Assist with writing or typing correspondence and communication needs for clients.
• Follow the written care plan and carry out duties as assigned by the Branch Manager.
• Observe client environments and report unsafe conditions to Branch Manager.

Job description

Join a company that has a passion for taking care of people!

Job Summary:

Provide service to individuals in their own homes and communities, who need assistance caring for themselves as a result of old age, sickness, disability, and/or other inflictions. Personal Care may include assistance with the activities of daily living, housecleaning, laundry, meal preparation, transportation, companionship, and respite. Responsible for ensuring service is delivered in a caring and respectful manner, in accordance with relevant Agency policies and industry standards.

Duties/Responsibilities:

Assist with the activities of daily living and personal care including:

• ambulation

• bathing

• dressing

• exercise

• feeding

• hair care

• medication reminding

• mouth care

• nail care

• positioning

• shaving

• skin care

• toileting

• transferring

• Ensure client’s safety and security by supervising the home environment.

• Teach/perform meal planning and preparation, routine housekeeping activities such as making/changing beds, dusting, vacuuming, washing floors, cleaning kitchen and bathroom, and laundry.

• Provide companionship including social interactions, conversations, emotional reassurance, and encouragement of activities that stimulate the mind.

• Provides respite care for families in accordance with care plans.

• Perform/assist with essential shopping/errands, which may include handling the client’s money in accordance with the care plan and under the observation of the Branch Manager.

• Assist clients with following a written, special diet plan and reinforcement of diet maintenance as identified on the care plan.

• Escort clients to medical facilities, errands, shopping, and outings as specified in the care plan.

• Assist clients with communication by writing or typing correspondence for them.

• Participate with Client Care Team (Branch Manager and Regional Leadership) by providing input and making suggestions.

• Ensure service is delivered in accordance with all relevant policies, procedures, and practices.

• Monitor supplies and resources.

• Follow the written care plan.

• Carry out duties as assigned by the Branch Manager.

• Observe clients and their environments and reports unsafe conditions to Branch Manager.