Care 365 Homecare
Care 365 Homecare -
The Personal Care Aide is responsible for providing patient assistance with nutritional and environmental support and personal hygiene, feeding and dressing and/or, as an extension of a self-directed patient, selected health related tasks in his/her home or facility under the supervision of a registered nurse.
Responsibilities:
* Carries out the Agency's mission, philosophy, goals and objectives within guidelines of Agency policy and position function.
* Interprets and implements the Agency's philosophy to staff and members of the community.
* Participates in the development and implementation of a realistic goal-oriented plan of care.
* Provides personal care and rehabilitative services and assists in activities of daily living as directed by the nurse or therapist.
* Follows care plan instructions as directed by the nurse.
* Provides Environmental Support:
* Make/ change bed linen, occupied or unoccupied.
* Light housekeeping: Patient areas to include kitchen, bath, bedroom, etc.; dust, mop, sweep, vacuum, clean kitchen sink, counter, stove top, table, refrigerator, clean bathroom sink, tub, shower, toilet.
* Clean up after meal preparation and provision of care.
* Personal laundry: clothing and bed linen, wash, iron, and mend, prepare for laundry service.
* Maintain safe environment and clean patient equipment.
* Provides Nutritional Support:
* Develops menu.
* Prepares grocery list, shop.
* Prepares meals/ snacks.
* Assists with feeding.
* Measures and records intake of food and fluids.
* Personal Care Functions- assists with or performs and records:
* Skin care.
* Grooming: hair shampoo, beard, nails, shave, oral hygiene, denture care; assist with dressing, apply elastic stocking, clean glasses.
* Toileting: bedpan, urinal, commode or toilet, adult diapers.
* Wound dressing: change clean dressing (band-aid, gauze pad and tape);
* Assist nurse with changing sterile dressing
* Performs and records simple measures:
* Blood pressure on arm
* Vital signs: temperature, pulse, respiration
* Collect specimens: stool, urine, sputum (without suctioning)
* Measure intake and output
* Test for urine sugar and acetone
* Weigh patient
* Carries out maintenance exercise program.
* Assists with use of medical supplies and equipment; assist nurse with changing sterile dressing.
* Walking: assist with our without assistive equipment, walk inside or outside of home, use of safety belt.
* Provides Related Supportive Tasks:
* Accompanies out of doors and to medical appointments.
* Assists with socialization and recreation activities.
* Assists with completion of personal business activities such as telephoning, correspondence, paying bills.
* Observes, records, and reports patients condition.
* Other Activities:
* Participates in selected case conferences.
* Maintains daily patient record and timesheet.
* Promptly informs nurse of changes, needs or problems with patients condition and/ or environment.
* Performs related activities as directed by the nurse.
* Adhere to care plan instructions.
Qualifications:
* Written evidence of having successfully completed a New York State Department of Health approved:
Basic Training Program in home health aide services;
Or,
Equivalency Examination or Competency Only Program in home health aide services;
Or,
Written evidence of having successfully completed a New York State Department of Social Services approved Training or Competency Program in personal care services;
* Compliance with Inservice Education requirements;
* Minimum of 18 years of age.
The Personal Care Aide is responsible for providing patient assistance with nutritional and environmental support and personal hygiene, feeding and dressing and/or, as an extension of a self-directed patient, selected health related tasks in his/her home or facility under the supervision of a registered nurse.
Responsibilities:
* Carries out the Agency's mission, philosophy, goals and objectives within guidelines of Agency policy and position function.
* Interprets and implements the Agency's philosophy to staff and members of the community.
* Participates in the development and implementation of a realistic goal-oriented plan of care.
* Provides personal care and rehabilitative services and assists in activities of daily living as directed by the nurse or therapist.
* Follows care plan instructions as directed by the nurse.
* Provides Environmental Support:
* Make/ change bed linen, occupied or unoccupied.
* Light housekeeping: Patient areas to include kitchen, bath, bedroom, etc.; dust, mop, sweep, vacuum, clean kitchen sink, counter, stove top, table, refrigerator, clean bathroom sink, tub, shower, toilet.
* Clean up after meal preparation and provision of care.
* Personal laundry: clothing and bed linen, wash, iron, and mend, prepare for laundry service.
* Maintain safe environment and clean patient equipment.
* Provides Nutritional Support:
* Develops menu.
* Prepares grocery list, shop.
* Prepares meals/ snacks.
* Assists with feeding.
* Measures and records intake of food and fluids.
* Personal Care Functions- assists with or performs and records:
* Skin care.
* Grooming: hair shampoo, beard, nails, shave, oral hygiene, denture care; assist with dressing, apply elastic stocking, clean glasses.
* Toileting: bedpan, urinal, commode or toilet, adult diapers.
* Wound dressing: change clean dressing (band-aid, gauze pad and tape);
* Assist nurse with changing sterile dressing
* Performs and records simple measures:
* Blood pressure on arm
* Vital signs: temperature, pulse, respiration
* Collect specimens: stool, urine, sputum (without suctioning)
* Measure intake and output
* Test for urine sugar and acetone
* Weigh patient
* Carries out maintenance exercise program.
* Assists with use of medical supplies and equipment; assist nurse with changing sterile dressing.
* Walking: assist with our without assistive equipment, walk inside or outside of home, use of safety belt.
* Provides Related Supportive Tasks:
* Accompanies out of doors and to medical appointments.
* Assists with socialization and recreation activities.
* Assists with completion of personal business activities such as telephoning, correspondence, paying bills.
* Observes, records, and reports patients condition.
* Other Activities:
* Participates in selected case conferences.
* Maintains daily patient record and timesheet.
* Promptly informs nurse of changes, needs or problems with patients condition and/ or environment.
* Performs related activities as directed by the nurse.
* Adhere to care plan instructions.
Qualifications:
* Written evidence of having successfully completed a New York State Department of Health approved:
Basic Training Program in home health aide services;
Or,
Equivalency Examination or Competency Only Program in home health aide services;
Or,
Written evidence of having successfully completed a New York State Department of Social Services approved Training or Competency Program in personal care services;
* Compliance with Inservice Education requirements;
* Minimum of 18 years of age.