Part Time
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$19 – 30/hr
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Starts
01/31
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Shingle Springs, CA
About who needs care: * Remind my mother about medications
* Encourage her, step-by-step, to do her PT exercises
* Check that clean
* Offer choices of very simple, small meals (sandwich, soup or pick up something local to-go)
* Engage her in conversation
* Guide her to interactive online games to stimulate her brain
* Check if she needs a shower; offer to stand by to assist for balance
* Occasionally go out for lunch
* Very rarely drive her to doctor's appointment
* Ideally, once in a while, take her out for a ride or to the park or a wheelchair ride down the street a bit
About the care needs: * Experienced in empathic care - offers to help
* Upbeat personality
* Good listener
* Warm, but firm, motivator to shower, exercise, walk, get mail other simple tasks
* Competent cook, driver, house cleaner (very little expected)
Services needed include: transportation, meal preparation, errands / shopping, light housekeeping, companionship, feeding, bathing / dressing, and mobility assistance.