Full Time
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$18 – 24/hr
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Starts
05/17
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Hillsborough, NC
About who needs care: Paralysis below waist. Uses wheelchair. Very kind and good humored. Needs assistance with transferring to chair, showering, dressing. Interested in basketball, cars.
7:00-7; 15 out of bed-transfer to shower chair
7:15-7:45. Eats breakfast
7:45-9:00 Bowel procedure which he does himself, needs to be wheeled to shower, sprayed off.
9:00-10:00 Transferred back to bed to rest, get dressed.
10:00-11:00 Up to power wheelchair, snack, reads paper, does PT exercises.
About the care needs: Caregiver with "caring "nature, interest in people, willing to converse about day to day life, current events.
Needs to have some physical strength to be able to lift his legs for transfers, push shower chair, etc.
Willingness to clean him off if accidents, and after shower, put lotion on legs, empty catheter bag, do clean up of bathroom and shower. Keep bedroom tidy. Run washer and dryer for sheets and towels.
Services needed include: meal preparation, errands / shopping, light housekeeping, feeding, bathing / dressing, and mobility assistance.