Experienced Certified Caregiver (female) needed on Mondays and Thursdays 10:45 a.m. - 5:45 p.m. for a very pleasant, alert 80 yr old bedridden woman in a relaxed and calm home environment. Position relieves full-time live-in caregiver's schedule who will provide 2 days of training and be on hand while acclimating to routine for an additional 2 shifts.
Must have good time management skills with high attention to detail and without physical limitation to perform necessary duties. Please be proficient with Hoyer Lift, taking blood pressure, administering medications, maintaining catheter bag, guiding patient with 15 min of bed exercise, repositioning the patient for comfort, bathing/shampooing, sheet change, general house cleaning, and laundry (sheets and towels).
Please be a competent cook with some tried and true recipes generally well liked, and also enjoy preparing patient preferred recipes. Entree meal plan will need to be advised 1 week in advance to allow time for shopping.
Routine is active and comfortably paced with a 30 min break provided. Approx 5.5 + active hours per 7 hr shift. Final 2 hours are the busiest in order to prepare and serve dinner and complete kitchen clean-up while the patient is eating.
Must be dependable for these specific days on a regular basis and flexible to occassionally work an additional day if needed.
Ideal for someone seeking to remain in this field on a part-time basis and not well suited for someone maintaining other employment/responsibilites that may conflict with the schedule needed. Compensation: $25 per hour.
If you meet these specific parameters and will enjoy this work, please respond by sharing your experience, availability, contact information, and certification status. We will reach you back shortly. Thank you!