A FRIENDLY and CARING PARA-PROFESSIONAL CAREGIVER:

• Assistance with Activities of Daily Living (ADL's)
• Housekeeping assistance including changing client's bed linens, washing client's dishes, doing client's laundry
• Assistance with Housekeeping - (Change client's linens, wash client's dishes, do client's laundry)
• Assistance with Dressing
• Hygiene assistance including showering, bathing, skin care with lotion, shampoo, teeth and denture care
• Meal Planning, preparing and serving
• Monitor client's activities ensuring safety
• Transportation/Escort to doctor's visits, shopping, and errands - grocery store, pharmacy
• Remind client to take self-administered medications
• Keeping family informed of client's needs and/or changes in condition
• Engaging client in conversation and activities of interest promoting mental alertness
• Assistance with transfers to and from bed, chair, wheelchair, commode, and toilet
• Ambulating assistance for safety with wheelchair, cane, crutches, or standby monitoring
• Monitoring and recording food and fluid intake, elimination, bowel movements, urine output and body weight.
• Monitor and record fluid intake, elimination, bowel movements and urine output

A PROFESSIONAL NURSE:

• Providing individual client care including assessment, care planning with client and family, direct implementation of care and evaluation
• Providing teaching for client and family regarding disease, use of equipment and supplies
• Monitoring client's condition advising physician and family of any changes in status
• Maintaining supplies and equipment for safe and optimal functioning
• Integrating care with other appropriate health services
• Providing referrals when needed and/or when requested