Required:

- Nursing background or practical experience in patient care, caregiving, or a related healthcare field.
- Previous experience caring for elderly individuals, with a strong understanding of their physical, emotional, and personal care needs.
- Must be extremely patient, gentle, attentive, and compassionate when assisting seniors, especially those who are frail, vulnerable, or have limited mobility.
- Ability to safely lift and carry at least 50 pounds and assist clients with mobility, transfers, and daily activities using proper safety techniques.
- Strong communication skills, reliability, and the ability to follow care plans and instructions carefully.
- Ability to assist with personal hygiene, bathing, dressing, meal preparation, light housekeeping, and medication administration as directed.
- Must demonstrate good judgment, attention to detail, and a genuine commitment to protecting the safety, dignity, and independence of elderly clients.

Duties and Responsibilities

- Provide Compassionate Elderly Care: Deliver gentle, patient, and attentive care to elderly clients, especially those who are bedridden, non-verbal, have limited mobility, or are unable to communicate their needs independently.
- Monitor and Report Client's Condition: At the end of every shift, provide a detailed update to the family or supervisor regarding the client's overall condition.
- Medication Administration: Administer medications according to the prescribed medication schedule and care plan, following proper instructions and documenting medications given. Report any missed doses, unusual reactions, or concerns immediately.
- Personal Hygiene and Grooming: Assist with bathing, bed baths, cleaning, changing clothes, oral hygiene, toileting, diaper changes,



and other personal care needs while maintaining the client's dignity, privacy, and comfort.
- Bedridden Client Care: Provide careful assistance with repositioning, turning, transfers, and mobility to help prevent discomfort, pressure sores, and other complications associated with prolonged bed rest.
- Close Observation and Attention to Detail: Pay close attention to small changes in the client's condition. Observe facial expressions, body movements, breathing, skin condition, appetite, and other signs that may indicate pain, discomfort, or illness.
- Feeding Assistance: Monitor food and fluid intake.
- Maintain a Clean and Protected Environment: Keep the client's room, bed, bathroom, and personal belongings clean, organized, and sanitary. Change bedding and dispose of soiled materials appropriately.
- Communicate Concerns Promptly: Immediately report any unusual symptoms, changes in behavior, signs of pain, falls, injuries, or other health concerns to the family or appropriate healthcare professional.

Preferred Qualifications:

- Nursing education, nursing assistant training, or a background in healthcare.
- Previous experience in elderly care, home care, senior living, assisted living, nursing homes, or hospice care.
- Experience supporting individuals with mobility challenges.
- CPR and First Aid certification is an asset.

Ideal Candidate: A caring, responsible, and physically capable individual with a nursing or healthcare background and hands-on experience caring for seniors. Must be exceptionally gentle and careful when handling elderly clients, treating every individual with patience, respect, kindness, and compassion. Pay: $25.00 per hour

Expected hours: 30.0 – 40.0 per week

Perks

- Flexible schedule
- On-site parking

Work Location: In person

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