Memory Care Activities/Life Enrichment Assistant
About The Position
Iris Memory Care of Turtle Creek is looking for a Life Enrichment Assistant. This position is responsible for engaging our residents in leisure activities that are of interest to them! Our residents need assistance to socialize, complete crafts, dance, sing, cook recipes, garden, accompany on excursions, and to be involved in and complete life enriching activities both that are scheduled monthly and some that are impromptu. This is an incredibly fun, rewarding, and important job for the right person!! We are a small, freestanding memory care assisted living community in downtown Dallas, near I35E and Dallas North Tollway off of Oaklawn Avenue. We have a small campus with a total of 42 residents. As a community focused on memory care, all of our residents are coping with Alzheimer's or other form of dementia. We are an age-in-place community, so you will care for residents all throughout the spectrum of the disease.
Requirements
- Experience working with the elderly
- Experience performing life enriching activities daily
- Solid history of reliability
- Experience working with dementia or a willingness to learn
- Well-rounded, balanced, and productive team player
- Mature, patient, creative, nurturing, compassionate personality, with lots of energy
- Ability to closely follow direction
- Strong organizational skills
- Weekend availability is mandatory
Nice To Haves
- Experience in life enrichment in a memory care setting
Responsibilities
- Engaging residents in leisure activities that are of interest to them
- Assisting residents to socialize, complete crafts, dance, sing, cook recipes, and garden
- Accompanying residents on excursions
- Involving residents in and completing life enriching activities, both scheduled and impromptu
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What This Job Offers
Career Level
Entry Level
Education Level
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