Caregiver

About the role

Assist in the daily living activities, monitoring, and supervision of the residents. Perform housekeeping, life enrichment, and dining tasks as required. This position is responsible for representing New Day Assisted Living well and promoting its culture. In addition to these duties, you are expected to uphold New Day Assisted Living’s values: tell the truth, work hard, follow the rules, love others, have fun, and make it easy.

Responsibilities

• Represent New Day Assisted Living with professionalism, always embracing New Day Assisted Living’s culture, which includes “treating others as you would like to be treated.”
• Assist residents in activities of daily living (i.e., toileting, bathing, eating, etc. per individualized service plan)
• Assist in maintenance of physical Community daily (i.e., cleaning, straightening, laundry, dishes etc.)
• Must be able to assist semi-ambulatory residents with transfers and personal care, which may, at times, require lifting and gait-belt use
• Cook meals and provide snacks for the residents, following the menu plan
• Communicate facility needs list to the Executive Director/House Manager
• Put groceries away, ensuring all items are properly dated and stored
• Monitor and chart administration of residents’ medications as applicable
• Document accidents and incidents using incident reporting form in electronic record and report all incidents or observed concerns (conflict, potential misconduct etc.) to Executive Director/Designee
• Document resident daily observations (i.e., daily activities, behaviors, changes, etc.)
• Facilitate daily activities, in accordance with life enrichment schedule
• Provide comfort and companionship to the residents, treating all residents with dignity, warmth and respect, with reference to Resident’s Rights
• Communicate concerns to the Executive Director/designee immediately
• Call 911 if the resident is in distress
• Follow emergency procedures if