Job Information
SIILC Home Care Service Personal Care Attendant- Dearborn County in Vevay, Indiana
HOMEMAKER SERVICES
Homemaker services offer direct and practical assistance consisting of household tasks and related activities. Homemaker services assist the individual to remain in a clean, safe, healthy home environment. Homemaker services are provided when the recipient is unable to meet these needs or when an informal caregiver is unable to meet these needs for the recipient.
Homemaker Activities include but are not limited to:
- Provides housekeeping tasks which include:
- Dusting and straightening furniture;
- Cleaning floors and rugs by wet/dry mop, broom and vacuum sweeping;
- Cleaning the kitchen, including washing dishes, pots and pans; cleaning the outside of appliances, counters, and cupboards; cleaning ovens, and defrosting and cleaning the refrigerator;
- Maintaining a clean bathroom, including cleaning the tub, shower, sink, toilet bowl and medicine cabinet; emptying and cleaning commode chair/urinal;
- Laundering clothes in the home or Laundromat including washing, drying, folding, putty away, ironing, and basic mending and repair;
- Changing linens and making beds;
- Washing inside of windows;
- Removing trash from home;
- Choosing appropriate procedures, equipment, and supplies; keeping equipment clean and in its proper place;
- Provides assistance with meals/nutrition which includes:
- Shopping, including planning the shopping and putting the food away;
- Making meals including special diets under the supervision of a registered dietitian or health professional;
- Run the following essential errands:
- Grocery shopping;
- Household supply shopping;
- Prescription pick-up;
- Assist with correspondence and bill paying
Homemaker services are not to be provided to household members other than the recipient.
Homemaker services consist of general household activities (meal preparation and routine household care rather than hands on services such as eating, bathing, dressing, personal hygiene, and activities of daily living.
ATTENDANT CARE SERVICES
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- Homemaker activities essential to the client
Assistance, as defined in the Plan of Care as follows:
Personal Care
Bathing
Partial bathing
Oral hygiene
Hair care
Shaving
Hand and foot care