Caregiver AM and PM Shifts!

Responsibilities

• Provides dementia care including adapted ADL’s, meaningful engagement and communication to residents following a person centered individual service plan.
• Treats residents with respect and dignity, recognizes individual needs, and encourages independence.
• Fosters a purposeful and engaging culture throughout the community.
• Assists residents and provides input in regards to the care plan and daily living activities.
• This includes bathing, dressing, grooming, toileting, transferring and getting to and from programs and meals according to the individual service plan and individualized interventions.
• Partners and encourages residents to be as independent as possible encouraging them to do as much of their own care as possible.
• Participates in team behavioral expression meetings or discussions with community leadership.
• Knows the residents Life Story, preferences, historical routines and interests.
• Serves meals to residents in the dining room. May assist in preparing meals following preplanned dementia friendly menus.
• Encourages residents with prompting and cueing skills to eat a proper diet and take adequate fluids while respecting the resident's right to free choice.
• Records and reports changes in resident's eating habits to the supervisor.
• Initiates and/or leads minimally one Daily Path engagement program provided for residents as described in the resident’s Life Story, Solace program or calendar.
• Encourages residents to socialize and participate in planned, spontaneous, individual or small group person centered programs and to support friendships between residents.
• Maintains residents' records daily, in a timely manner, and in accordance with company policy and procedures. This includes documentation related to medication distribution as applicable, engagement interests, incidents and observations, reporting any changes in resident's physical condition and/or behavior, visitors, etc.
• Observes and reports the health and emotional condition of each resident and promptly reports all changes to the supervisor.
• Only if permitted by state specific regulations, may assist residents with medication as defined in medication procedure. Follows physician orders and state laws to administer medications to residents who cannot self-administer their medications.
• Exhibits understanding of and follows medication policies and procedures. Refer to state specific regulations regarding medication assistance.
• Maintains a clean, safe, and orderly environment for the residents.
• Performs general housekeeping, following cleaning schedules for resident laundry, bedrooms, dining area, living space, bathrooms, kitchen, etc.
• Follows proper procedures in emergency situations and responds promptly and positively to resident requests for assistance, including emergency pull cords, telephone calls, and requests from family and friends.
• Monitors the location of each resident and notifies the supervisor immediately if unable to locate a resident.
• Encourages teamwork through cooperative interactions with co-workers.

Qualifications

• High school diploma or general education degree (GED) and three to six months related experience preferred and/or training in direct service with older adults living with dementia, or equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Refer to specific state regulations for qualifications required to assist with medications and direct care duties.
• Knowledge of dementia, particularly of the Alzheimer's type.

Benefits

• Full suite of health insurance, life insurance and retirement plans are available and vary by employment status.
• Medical, Dental, Vision insurance
• 401(k)
• Associate assistance program
• Employee discounts
• Referral program
• Early access to earned wages for hourly associates (outside of CA)
• Optional voluntary benefits including ID theft protection and pet insurance
• Full Time Only Benefits Eligibility:
• Paid Time Off
• Paid holidays
• Company provided life insurance
• Adoption benefit
• Disability (short and long term)
• Flexible Spending Accounts
• Health Savings Account
• Optional life and dependent life insurance
• Optional voluntary benefits including accident, critical illness and hospital indemnity Insurance, and legal plan

Pay

Base pay in range will be determined by applicant’s skills and experience.

Schedule

Shift times : AM-6am-2pm, or PM - 2pm-10pm

About the Role

Join a great team where you can grow and earn amazing benefits! Brookdale Reno is hiring part-time and full-time Caregivers for their memory care community. Must be able to work weekends.