Responsibilities
* Personal care – showering daily (requires presence due to falls risk)
* Applying creams 2–4 times a day to the whole body
* Ensuring clean clothing is worn, especially during episodes of incontinence
* Laundry tasks as needed, including changing the bed sheets
* Meal planning and preparation (including batch cooking) to support a healthy, nutritional diet
* Weekly shopping
* Light domestic tasks
* Social support of 4 hours per week (visits to hairdressers and window shopping in local centres such as Beaumont Leys or Fosse Park)
Both Personal Assistants should provide continuous coverage, with the following schedule:
• Daily support – AM 1 hour, lunch 1 hour, tea 45 minutes, PM 45 minutes;
• Shopping – 2 hours per week;
• Social support – 4 hours per week.
Requirements
* Female Personal Assistants are required for the provision of personal care support.
* Ability to support a client with various health conditions (see Client Conditions).
* Responsible, reliable, patient, friendly, and respectful of others’ privacy, dignity, values and beliefs.
* Familiarity with assisting clients who are hard of hearing and able to walk only short distances.
* Available to provide flexible hours as needed, with coverage for annual leave and sickness.
Client Conditions
* Skin condition with soreness and infection risk, requiring creams 2–4 times per day
* Dementia (Alzheimer’s disease)
* Falls risk
* Chronic kidney disease stage 4
* Past fracture of humerus
* Depressive disorder
* Heart failure
* Essential hypertension
Client Interests
* Jigsaw puzzles and sudoku
* Going to hairdressers
* Visiting local shopping centres
The role is subject to interview and references.
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