Personal Care Attendant

Live Well Home Care; Neligh (NE); On-site; USD 19,000 - 25,000; Full time

Job summary

Live Well Home Care in Neligh, Nebraska is seeking compassionate aides to provide in-home support to individuals who need help with daily living activities due to age, illness or disability. You will assist with personal care, meal planning, housekeeping, transportation, and companionship, following care plans and agency policies.

Duties include bathing, dressing, ambulation, medication reminders, meal prep, mood support, and ensuring safety in the client’s home, while documenting care and

Responsibilities

• Assist with activities of daily living and personal care including ambulation.
• Assist with bathing, dressing, exercise, feeding, hair care, mouth care, nail care, skin care and toileting.
• Support transferring and positioning to ensure client safety.
• Provide meal planning and routine housekeeping activities such as bed-making, dusting, vacuuming, laundry, and kitchen/bathroom cleaning.
• Provide companionship, social interaction, emotional reassurance, and encouragement of activities that stimulate the mind.
• Provide respite care for families in accordance with care plans.
• Assist with errands and shopping as needed per care plan and under supervision of Branch Manager.
• Assist clients with following a written diet plan and reinforce diet maintenance as identified in 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.
• Collaborate with Client Care Team and Branch Manager to provide input and suggestions.
• Ensure service is delivered in accordance with policies, procedures, and practices.
• Monitor supplies and resources; follow the written care plan; carry out duties as assigned; 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.