PRN / PT - Caregiver

Brookdale Senior Living Inc. • Sugar Land, TX

11d

About The Position

The Caregiver provides dementia care to residents, including adapted activities of daily living, meaningful engagement, and communication according to each resident’s person-centered individual service plan. The role treats residents with respect and dignity, recognizes their individual needs, encourages independence, and fosters a purposeful, engaging community culture.

Caregivers assist residents with personal care and daily living activities, meals, programs, and social engagement. They observe and report changes in residents’ physical and emotional condition, maintain timely records, and help keep resident spaces clean, safe, and orderly. Medication assistance may be provided only where permitted by state regulations. The position also responds to resident requests and emergencies, monitors resident locations, and works cooperatively with co-workers.

This is a PRN/part-time position. The job may involve occasional weekend, evening, or night work to ensure shift coverage, as well as on-call availability as needed and occasional travel. The role includes interaction with residents, co-workers, and vendors and may involve exposure to communicable diseases, infections, latex, blood-borne pathogens, drugs, chemicals, biological hazards, and potential injury risks.

Requirements

• High school diploma or GED, or equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Knowledge of dementia, particularly Alzheimer’s-type dementia.
• Ability to read and comprehend simple instructions, short correspondence, and memos, and to write simple correspondence.
• Ability to communicate effectively in English with residents, family members, and company associates.
• Ability to apply common sense to carry out written or oral instructions, use good judgment in emergencies, and seek assistance when needed.
• Ability to follow written or verbal instructions and perform repetitive, well-defined duties.
• May be required by state law to hold current state certification and maintain it in accordance with regulations.
• Meet applicable state qualifications for medication assistance and direct care duties.

Nice To Haves

• Three to six months of related experience and/or training in direct service with older adults living with dementia.

Responsibilities

• Assist residents with care-plan activities and daily living tasks, including bathing, dressing, grooming, toileting, transferring, and getting to and from programs and meals, while encouraging independence.
• Participate in team behavioral expression meetings or discussions with community leadership.
• Learn residents’ life stories, preferences, historical routines, and interests.
• Serve meals and, when needed, assist with meal preparation using preplanned dementia-friendly menus; encourage adequate food and fluid intake, respect residents’ choices, and report changes in eating habits to a supervisor.
• Initiate or lead at least one Daily Path engagement program and encourage residents to participate in person-centered social and individual or group activities and develop friendships.
• Maintain residents’ records daily and promptly, including documentation of medication distribution when applicable, engagement interests, incidents, observations, and visitors; report changes in residents’ physical condition or behavior to a supervisor.
• Assist with medications only when permitted by state regulations, following physician orders, state laws, and company medication procedures.
• Maintain a clean, safe, and orderly environment, including housekeeping and cleaning resident laundry, bedrooms, dining areas, living spaces, bathrooms, and kitchen areas.
• Follow emergency procedures and respond promptly to resident requests for assistance, including emergency pull cords, telephone calls, and requests from family and friends.
• Monitor residents’ locations and immediately notify a supervisor if a resident cannot be located.
• Encourage teamwork through cooperative interactions with co-workers.
• Perform other duties as assigned by the supervisor.

Benefits

• Part- and full-time eligible associates: medical, dental, and vision insurance; 401(k); associate assistance program; employee discounts; referral program; early access to earned wages for hourly associates outside California; and optional benefits including ID theft protection and pet insurance.
• Full-time-only benefits include paid time off, paid holidays, company-provided life insurance, adoption benefit, short- and long-term disability, flexible spending accounts, health savings account, optional life and dependent life insurance, optional accident, critical illness, hospital indemnity, and legal plan benefits, and tuition reimbursement.
• Health insurance, life insurance, and retirement plans are available and vary by employment status.
• Qualified associates with at least one year of service may receive an advance of naturalization application fees up to $725, less applicable taxes and withholding.
• Temporary associates are not benefits eligible but may participate in the company’s 401(k) program.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Part-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Education Level: High school or GED