{"id":1124,"date":"2016-11-17T07:10:16","date_gmt":"2016-11-17T07:10:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/assistinghands.com\/41\/?page_id=1124"},"modified":"2017-10-17T21:30:15","modified_gmt":"2017-10-18T01:30:15","slug":"caregiver-services","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/assistinghands.com\/41\/florida\/stpete\/services\/caregiver-services\/","title":{"rendered":"Caregiver Services"},"content":{"rendered":"
Your Assisting Hands Caregiver can provide a wide range of services including:<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n
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SHIFTS<\/strong><\/p>\n

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  • Day, evening, overnight and live-in<\/li>\n
  • Weekends and holidays<\/li>\n
  • Temporary or long term<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

    HYGIENE & GROOMING<\/strong><\/p>\n

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    • Wake-up and a.m. care<\/li>\n
    • Bathing (bed\/tub\/shower)<\/li>\n
    • Shaving and grooming<\/li>\n
    • Oral care<\/li>\n
    • Hair care<\/li>\n
    • Nail care (clean\/file\/polish)<\/li>\n
    • Elimination (toilet\/catheter\/ostomy)<\/li>\n
    • Incontinence care<\/li>\n
    • Monitor skin integrity<\/li>\n
    • Clothing selection and dressing<\/li>\n
    • Evening care and tuck-in<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

      NUTRITION & HYDRATION<\/strong><\/p>\n

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      • Monitor diet<\/li>\n
      • Prepare meals<\/li>\n
      • Assist with eating and drinking<\/li>\n
      • Check food expirations<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

        COMPANIONSHIP<\/strong><\/p>\n

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        • Provide safety supervision<\/li>\n
        • Stimulate conversation<\/li>\n
        • Participate in crafts with client<\/li>\n
        • Play games\/cards<\/li>\n
        • Assist with selection and purchase of reading materials<\/li>\n
        • Read to client<\/li>\n
        • Arrange for rental and showing of in-home movies<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n
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SCHEDULING<\/strong><\/p>\n

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  • Answer the door\/phone<\/li>\n
  • Maintain calendar<\/li>\n
  • Schedule appointments<\/li>\n
  • Provide appointment reminders<\/li>\n
  • Coordinate home deliveries<\/li>\n
  • Provide medication reminders<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

    TRANSPORTATION & TRAVEL<\/strong><\/p>\n

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    • Assist with shopping and errands<\/li>\n
    • Assist with travel tasks<\/li>\n
    • Accompany on visits and outings<\/li>\n
    • Accompany to meetings\/events<\/li>\n
    • Accompany to religious services<\/li>\n
    • Accompany to outside meals<\/li>\n
    • Accompany to hairdresser<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

      HOUSEKEEPING<\/strong><\/p>\n

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      • Provide light housekeeping<\/li>\n
      • Launder clothing and linens<\/li>\n
      • Make beds<\/li>\n
      • Dust furniture<\/li>\n
      • Take garbage to outside barrel<\/li>\n
      • Care for house plants<\/li>\n
      • Assist with pet care<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

        OTHER ACTIVITIES<\/strong><\/p>\n

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        • Assist with ambulation, walking and transfers<\/li>\n
        • Assist with mobility\/positioning<\/li>\n
        • Assist with exercise and therapy<\/li>\n
        • Send, retrieve and organize mail<\/li>\n
        • Clip coupons for shopping<\/li>\n
        • Record\/arrange recipes<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div> <\/div>