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Experienced Caregiver or PSW with Alzheimer's & Insulin Dependent Diabetes

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Day help of 35 hours/week for my 94 year old Mother with the above Diagnosis. This is the job description The duties and responsibilities of Marion’s Caregiver are as follows: Provide companionship, chatting with her, keeping a radio on in her bedroom and at dinner . Assisting with her phone calls as she can’t answer or hold a phone Taking her to TV room Meal preparation for Breakfast, Lunches, Snacks & Dinner with training – Marion only eats pureed foods which we make in advance using a Vitamix & freeze. Exceptions being Mashed Potatoes and Tomato Soup Assist in feeding, she can only handle holding a glass, can’t use cutlery Loading weekly pill containers, crushing pills & dispensing insulin under supervision Taking her temperature, blood pressure, pulse & oxygen levels twice a day and recording for her physician. Scanning her arm for Libre Freestyle Blood Sugar Monitor before each meal and recording for her diabetic physician. Replacing Sensor every 14 days Personal care, brushing her teeth & cleaning bridge, manicures, brushing hair, trimming chin hairs Showering & hair washing every other day, daily bathing as required, dressing and undressing Going to the bathroom (bidet in the downstairs washroom) Clean Marion’s bedroom, diningroom space and the floor under her spot, bathroom downstairs and shower room, floor & sink upstairs Light cleaning duties, - dishwasher loading & unloading, dusting, vacuuming, Laundry & Changing Bed Watering plants as needed, keeping the 2 Humidifiers filled daily, house garbage removal & putting out Garbage Cans on Garbage Day & feeding the cat when Jan is not at home, Massage of Legs and Shoulders, making Lavender & Peppermint Oils for Massage Aid in walking and wheelchair walks outside We have the following equipment in the House: Bidet toilet in her bedroom Chair-lift to shower room Wheeled Shower Chair Ramp from her bedroom to Livingroom & TV Room 3 Wheeled Chairs to move her around the house on 2 levels 1 Outdoor Wheelchair Pivot disc transfer Hoyer Lift to be operated by 2 persons We live in a house on Ellesmere Road about 1 mile east of Morningside.

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