Care Partner - Nights​/Weekends

Job Description

Recognized by Newsweek in 2024 and 2025 as one of America’s Greatest Workplaces for Diversity. Make lives better—including your own—by working in an environment where you can become your best possible self. Earn more than a paycheck; find opportunities to grow your career through professional development and ongoing programs catered to your overall health and wellness. Full suite of health insurance, life insurance, and retirement plans are available and vary by employment status.

• Medical, Dental, and Vision insurance
• 401(k)
• Associate assistance program
• Employee discounts
• Referral program
• Early access to earned wages for hourly associates (outside of CA)
• Optional voluntary benefits including  protection and pet insurance

• Paid Time Off
• Paid holidays
• Company‑provided life insurance
• Adoption benefit
• Disability (short and long term)
• Flexible Spending Accounts
• Health Savings Account
• Optional life and dependent life insurance
• Optional voluntary benefits, including accident, critical illness and hospital indemnity insurance, and legal plan
• Tuition reimbursement

Base pay will be determined by applicant’s skills and experience. The role is also eligible for team‑based bonus opportunities. Temporary associates are not benefits eligible but may participate in the company’s 401(k) program.

Veterans, transitioning active‑duty military personnel, and military spouses are encouraged to apply. Brookdale offers to advance fees for naturalization (Form N‑400) application costs, up to $725, less applicable taxes and withholding, for qualified associates who have been with us for at least a year.

The application window is anticipated to close within 30 days of the date of posting.

• Provides dementia care, including adapted ADLs, meaningful engagement, and communication to residents following a person‑centered individual service plan; treats residents with respect and dignity, recognizes individual needs, and encourages independence; fosters a purposeful and engaging culture throughout the community.
• Assists residents and provides input into care plans and daily living activities, including bathing, dressing, grooming, toileting, transferring, and getting to programs and meals; partners and encourages residents to be as independent as possible.
• Participates in team behavioral expression meetings or discussions with community leadership.
• Knows the resident’s life story, preferences, historical routines and interests.
• Serves meals to residents in the dining room, and may assist in preparing meals following preplanned dementia‑friendly menus; encourages residents with prompting and cueing skills to eat a proper diet and take adequate fluids while respecting the resident’s right to free choice; records and reports changes in eating habits to the supervisor.
• Initiates and/or leads at least one daily path engagement program for residents, as described in the resident’s life story, Solace program or calendar; encourages socialization and participation in planned, spontaneous, individual or small‑group person‑centered programs and supports friendships between residents.
• Maintains residents’ records daily, timely and in accordance with company policy; includes documentation related to medication distribution, engagement interests, incidents, observations, reporting changes in physical condition or behavior, visitors, etc.; observes and reports health and emotional conditions promptly.
• Only if permitted by state regulations, may assist residents with medication as defined in medication procedure; follows physician orders and state laws to administer medications to residents who cannot self‑administer; exhibits understanding of and follows medication policies and procedures.
• Maintains a clean, safe, and orderly environment; performs general housekeeping per cleaning schedules for resident laundry, bedrooms, dining area, living space, bathrooms, kitchen, etc.
• Follows proper procedures in emergency situations and responds promptly and positively to resident requests for assistance.
• Monitors resident locations and notifies the supervisor immediately if unable to locate a resident.
• Encourages teamwork through…