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TrueCare Seniors Caregiver/Personal Care Attendant in Auburn, Indiana
Personal Care Attendant /
Care Associate
Attendant care services primarily involve hands-on assistance for aging adults and persons with disabilities. These services are provided to allow aging adults or persons with disabilities to remain in their own homes and to carry out functions of daily living, self-care, and mobility. Provides assistance with:
+-----------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+ | PERSONAL CARE | MOBILITY | ELIMINATION | +-----------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+ | - B | - Proper body | - Bedpan, bedside | | athing,partialbathing | mechanics | commode, and | | - Oral hygiene | - Transfers | toilet | | - Hair care | - Ambulation | - Incontinent or | | - Shaving | - Use of assistive | involuntary care | | - Hand and foot | devices | - Emptying urine | | care | | collection and | | - Intact skin care | | colostomy bags | | - Application of | | | | cosmetics | | | +-----------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+
+-----------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+ | MEALS AND | *SAFETY | SOCIAL | | NUTRITION* | | | +-----------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+ | - Meal planning, | - Use of the | - Correspondence | | preparation and | principles of | and bill paying | | clean-up | health and safety | - Escorting | | | in relation to | individuals to | | | self and | community | | | individual | activities that | | | - Identifying and | are therapeutic | | | eliminating | in nature or that | | | safety hazards | assist with | | | - Practicing health | developing and | | | protection and | maintaining | | | cleanliness by | natural supports | | | appropriate | | | | techniques of | | | | hand washing | | | | - Waste disposal | | | | and household | | | | tasks | | | | - Reminding | | | | individuals to | | | | self-administer | | | | medications. | | +-----------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+
Homemaker activities that are essential to the individual's healthcare needs to prevent or postpone institutionalization when provided during the provision of other attendant care services are allowed.<