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Provides patients' personal hygiene by giving bedpans, urinals, baths, backrubs, shampoos, and shaves; assisting with travel to the bathroom; helping with showers and baths. Provides for activities of daily living by assisting with serving meals, feeding patients as necessary; ambulating, turning, and positioning patients; providing fresh water and nourishment between meals. Provides adjunct care by administering enemas, douches, nonsterile dressings, surgical preps, ice packs, heat treatments, sitz and therapeutic baths; applying restraints. Maintains patient stability by checking vital signs and weight; testing urine; recording intake and output information. Provides patient comfort by utilizing resources and materials; transporting patients; answering patients' call lights and requests; reporting observations of the patient to nursing supervisor. Documents actions by completing forms, reports, logs, and records. Maintains work operations by following policies and procedures. Protects organization's value by keeping patient information confidential. Serves and protects the hospital community by adhering to professional standards, hospital policies and procedures, federal, state, and local requirements, and jcaho standards. Updates job knowledge by participating in educational opportunities; reading professional publications; participating in professional organizations; maintaining licensure.

Business Owner. As a CAREGiver, you provide a variety of non-medical services that allow seniors to remain in their homes or facilities. Companionship services are those that stimulate, encourage and assist an individual. The primary responsibilities of Companionship services include the following:  Providing companionship and conversation Providing stabilization and assistance with walking  Preparing meals and cleaning up meal-related items Providing medication reminders and appointment reminders Home Helper services generally involve light housekeeping, errands or incidental transportation. The primary responsibilities of Home Helper services include the following: Performing light housekeeping tasks (dusting, vacuuming, making beds, changing linens, cleaning bathrooms, kitchens, etc.) Washing and ironing laundry Running errands  Accompanying clients to appointments Personal Services are personal in nature and often include assistance with activities of daily living. The primary responsibilities of Personal Services include the following: Assisting with bathing Assisting with grooming Assisting with toileting and incontinence issues Secondary responsibilities include the following: Contributing to a positive living environment to enhance a client’s quality of life Performing other reasonable duties as assigned Reporting hours according to office policy  Reporting any significant changes in a client’s needs or living conditions. Regularly communicating with staff.

Supervise and assist as needed residents during meal preparation, housekeeping responsibilities, personal hygiene, grooming and other activities as needed. Maintain clinical records as designated by policies and procedures such as, but not limited to; documentation of assigned training classes, physical observation, significant observation notes, and any behavioral management programs.Provide input to individual program planning for assigned residents. Provide transportation to residents as required. Supervise residents in recreational activities both on campus and off campus. Be responsible during evening hours to contact appropriate administrative staff in case of an emergency. Make written reports of significant incidents occurring during shift. Serve, as an informal advocate for residents and provide individual and apartment needs management. Correct unacceptable behavior and help residents meet the necessary requirements of the house rules.Supervise residents on self-medication. Provide first-aid assistance to all residents and assist in the follow through on medical needs for residents. Complete weekly meal monitoring sheets, assigned chores, and assist with weekly budgets and special requests.