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Paycheck during this Pandemic/ Help us keep the Elderly safe at home

Assisting Hands - Elgin

Paycheck during this Pandemic/ Help us keep the Elderly safe at home

Elgin, IL
Full Time
Paid
  • Responsibilities

    PROTECT YOURSELF AND YOUR CLIENT, STAYING SAFE AT THEIR HOME PROVIDING ONE ON ONE CAREWe believe our Caregivers are our most valuable asset, because through them, our clients enjoy a better quality of life. We are a very busy agency in the Elgin and Barrington area and we will keep you working during this crisis.

    Primary Duties:

    At Assisting Hands Home Care we provide in home care to keep our clients in the safe, comfortable environment of their own homes.

    Maintaining a clean, safe, and healthy environment within client’s residence. Duties may include light cleaning and straightening of the bathroom, straightening the sleeping and living areas, washing client's dishes or laundry, and other tasks to maintain cleanliness and safety for the client.

    The performance of all personal care activities contained in a written Plan of Care which may include assisting the client with personal hygiene, ambulation and exercise, eating, dressing, shaving, physical transfer, and other duties as assigned.

    Providing nutritional support as needed.

    Reporting changes in the client’s condition.

    Other activities that are determined necessary and trained on for a specific client and are restricted to the following:

    Assisting with the use of devices for aid to daily living such as a wheelchair, walker, or hoyer lift;

    Assisting with prescribed range of motion exercises;

    Teaching household routine and skills to well members of the family;

    Measuring intake and output of fluids;

    Measuring and recording temperature, pulse, respiration or blood pressure;

    Keeping records of personal health care activities;

    Observing appearance and gross behavioral changes in the client and reporting to the agency supervisor.

    Assisting the client with the self-administration of medication, limited to the following tasks:

    Taking the medication in its previously dispensed, properly labeled container, from where it is stored and bringing it to the client.

    In the presence of the client, reading the label, opening the container, removing a prescribed amount of medication from the container, and closing the container.

    Placing an oral dosage in the client's hand or placing the dosage in another container and helping the client by lifting the container to his or her mouth.

    Returning the medication container to proper storage.

    Keeping a record of when a client receives assistance with self-administration of medication.

    Job Requirements:

    Valid IL license/State ID

    Vehicle/Car insurance

    Social Security Card

    CPR Certification

    TB test results

    Must be fingerprinted before working