GENERAL SUMMARY
Provides personal care services to older County residents to help keep them in their home environment. Assists older residents with activities of daily living. Receives and carries out specific directions for individualized personal health care provided by the Program Coordinator or social workers.
ESSENTIAL DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES
The intent of this job description is to provide a representative summary of the major duties and responsibilities performed by incumbents of this job. Employees may be requested to perform jobrelated tasks other than those specifically presented in this description.
• Assists with personal care, such as bathing, dressing, hair care, shaving, grooming and other personal hygiene tasks.
• Provides respite care for older adults, including socializing, positive encouragement, activity planning, reading to them, working puzzles, play cards and outings.
• Performs light housekeeping activities, including changing beds, dusting, vacuuming, cleaning bathrooms and kitchens, meal preparation, washing dishes and doing laundry.
• Assesses client’s personal care needs and may recommend durable medical equipment. Reports irregularities to Program Coordinator or Case Manager (Social Worker).
• Assists older adult with ambulation, range of motion exercises and other activities.
• Empties portable toilets, disposes of adult diapers and takes out trash.
• Maintains daily client records of personal care services and records observations of client well-being.
• Instructs older adults on good hygiene and encourages proper taking of medications and following other components of care plan.
• Performs other duties as assigned.
