Looking For Caregivers To Join Our Family And Help Us Heal From A...
$15 – $20/hr • Full time • Starts Apr 1 • Rochester, NY
We are looking for two or three caregivers to join our family and help us heal from a recent spinal cord injury. Hours are negotiable as weneed help around the clock right now.
My husband (35yo) was injured over the summer and currently does not have functional use of his arms or legs.
Job requirements include bathing, dressing, toileting, and feeding. Must be able to operate a manual hoyer lift (we can train). It would be wonderful to have someone who could help with keeping up the house, driving my husband to appointments (using our van), and aid in stretching and his home physical therapy exercises.
Morning routine:
- Help with coffee and medication administration
- Showering with use of hoyer lift and shower chair
- Help with brushing teeth, combing hair, etc.
- Dressing
- Stretching
- Help with breakfast
- Help tidy up bedroom
- Transfer from bed to wheelchair using manual hoyer lift
Afternoon:
- Help with home physical therapy exercises and stretching
- Transportation to appointments using our van
- Help tidying up the house if needed: e. g, loading or unloading dishwasher, putting a load of wash in
- Afternoon medication administration
- Help with lunch
Evening:
- Help with dinner
- Help transferring from wheelchair to bed
- Help with nighttime routine (undressing, toileting if necessary, brushing teeth, etc.)
- Medication administration
-History of work as an aid would be beneficial
-Likes children and pets
-Able to do dependent turns/dressing/transfers independently (170lb)
Free street parking available
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