Caregiver/CNA

FirstLight Home Care provides quality non-medical in-home care for seniors with need for companionship and personal care.  Our in-home care practice is guided by our Culture of Care which promises our employees and clients service excellence.  Everyone here recognizes that our Caregivers are the most significant members of our team in delivering this service commitment to others.  

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Client location and schedule hours:
Franklin TN M-Sun 9am to 7 pm. and M-Sun 7 p t 7 a.

Job Responsibilities:
Goals & Objectives:   Walk with client on ALL transfers. STAY BUSY!  Assist to toilet and offer standby assist to allow for privacy. Offer to help with dressing. Prepare & serve light breakfast (cheese tortilla & coffee), prepare & serve light lunch (American food like pizza or sandwich/soup or salad), Remind to stay hydrated. Light housekeeping (always keep kitchen clean). Assist to gather laundry into bags  to be taken to laundromat.  Change bed linens as needed. Assist client with exercises and/or walk around house with her for exercise. Offer to help her water plants. Assist client with organizing household items for donation as desired. 

ADL's:  Mobility:  Client  can walk around the house with slow small steps if someone walks with her and holds her arm/waist for balance.

Eating:  Client  can feed herself. She needs food prepared and served to her.   She has a coffee and cheese tortilla often for breakfast. For lunch she likes sandwiches or salads or soup for American food, or Mexican or Pizza. For dinner they eat Indian food that husband  or daughters or friends prepare. She has no swallowing difficulties. Needs to be reminded to stay hydrated. She may need a Pepsid-just ask.

Toileting:  Client needs CG to walk her into the bathroom to sit down and then do standby assist to allow for privacy. She will call CG if needed. She does not report to have any incontinence issues.  She does not wear depends and knows when she needs to use the toilet.

Bathing/Dressing/Grooming:  Client reports that she can bathe herself and will only need assistance into the shower. There is a shower chair she sits on. She dries herself off and can dress herself . She will choose what she wants to wear but CG should ask and bring it to her.  CG should ask if she needs help first & will standby assist. 

Communication:  She can make her own needs known. She is a quiet person and will enjoy some warm, friendly engagement but not so much that CG is idle for too long.  This is her first experience with a CG and wants them to ask her if she wants help. 

Qualifications:
Minimum of 1 year experience as an in-home Caregiver, CNA or related experiences with a loved one of family member
Ability to effectively communicate through written and verbal language 
Valid Driver's License and adequate auto insurance
Consent to criminal, elder abuse, motor vehicle and sex offender background checks
Consent to drug and alcohol testing
TB test