Personal Care Aide
Asbury Communities•Wilmington, DE
•Onsite
About The Position
Personal Care Aides (PCAs) provide compassionate, extraordinary, personal hands-on care where each resident’s health and well-being is of ultimate importance. Ivy Gables Senior Living is a 65 and older, retirement community that has the feel of a French Country Bed and Breakfast. When you choose Ivy Gables Senior Living you are choosing a lifestyle!
Requirements
- Six months to one-year related experience or training
- High School Diploma or GED
Nice To Haves
- Specific business experience with older adults or in the retirement housing industry preferred.
Responsibilities
- Participate in Shift Report
- Review Cardex or Resident Service Agreement for each resident to identify needs.
- Make hourly rounds on each resident.
- Wake the residents in the morning.
- Shower the residents.
- Groom the residents.
- Dress the residents.
- Monitor personal hygiene.
- Maintain supply of personal hygiene products in each resident’s apartment
- Encourage residents to participate in activities.
- Clean the resident’s apartments.
- Do bed, bath, and personal laundry.
- Clean the Staff Lounge
- Maintain furniture and equipment.
- Transfer and transport the residents.
- Provide bowel and bladder management.
- Assist residents with prosthetic devices.
- Wash and assist residents with TEDs.
- Assist residents in tracking their personal items.
- Assist residents to use the phone.
- Support residents in the Dining Room
- Provide basic nail care.
- Assist resident with writing correspondence.
- Performs other duties, as assigned.
Benefits
- Scholarship program
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Entry Level
Education Level
High school or GED
