Self–employed Personal Assistant (PA) for care support Dorset/260626

Job description

About

The Role:

To support a 72-year-old man, who has mild vascular dementia and global development delay, with life administration, household tasks and social engagement/companionship.

Main Duties:

To provide complementary additional support in the following areas (noting that personal care tasks are performed over multiple daily visits by a professional care agency):

Administration:

Review of scheduled day/week activities as detailed in a wall-mounted ‘MEMOplanner’ electronic diary

Prompting regarding time, location, cost and travel arrangements for scheduled events (as detailed in ‘MEMOplanner’)

Occasional update of activities in ‘MEMOplanner’ if needed (normally updated remotely by family)

Weekly review of freezer ready meal and cleaning/toiletry product stocks, providing feedback to family for replenishment

Household Tasks:

Cleaning:

• Hoover, dust and tidy throughout lounge/diner, bedroom and hall

• Clean floor and wipe surfaces in kitchen and bathroom

• Clean sink, bath and toilet in bathroom

Tidying:

• Hang flannels, towels and floor mats in bathroom and change as required

• Check/tidy hall and kitchen cupboards and clean as required

Sorting/checking:

• Sort clothing, bedding and towels and return to cupboards/drawers (laundry tasks are conducted by care agency)

• Provide feedback to family when repair/replacement needed

Social engagement:

Encourage playing of board or card games (e.g. snap, ‘shut the box’, draughts/dominos) and quizzes (on-line or on paper) at home

General discussion, interests include:

• DR Who (main interest)

• Old comedies (Dad’s Army, Morecombe and Wise, Last of the Summer Wine)

• Gilbert & Sullivan ‘comic opera’

• Sport on TV, including snooker and horseracing

Occasional trips out, if time and weather allow, interests include:

• Pool

• Crazy golf & putting

• 10-pin bowling

• Tea/coffee/cake