Full Time
About who needs care: Has short term memory loss and can not drive. Have to prepare all meals, clean-up kitchen afterwards. Needs help with getting into and out of shower and remembering to use shampoo for hair, also have to adjust touchy hot and cold faucets to correct temp before shower. Assistance with drying with towel. Normally showers every 2 days. Needs help with dressing. May need help with toiletries at times. Has been getting more unsteady when walking. Have a walker and upright walker but he has not wanted to use when suggested. Have all meds and vitamins in weekly AM & PM pill containers, I bring them to him after breakfast and after supper and watch to make he takes all of them. House is cleaned every 2 weeks and all yardwork is taken care of. I can provide a list of meals I typically provide. Meals have to be on the soft side for Dad to be able to chew them. He can eat cheeseburgers, sausage but not bacon as examples.
About the care needs: have to be able to not let it bother you when he may ask the same question multiple times, and forgets the answer provided multiple times.
Services needed include: transportation, meal preparation, errands / shopping, light housekeeping, feeding, and bathing