Personal Care Attendant

Personal Care Attendant I

Center for Elders' Independence (CEI) is a PACE (Program of All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly) organization that offers integrated health care services to the elderly, including an adult day health center and community living opportunities.

The Person al Care Attendant I provides direct patient care and supports participants in their homes or at the day center, delivering assistance with activities of daily living (ADL) and instrumental activities of daily living (IADL) while following participant care plans in accordance with PACE regulations.

Pay: $22.00–$32.08 per hour, based on market rate, experience, skills, and work history.

• Provides Activities of Daily Living (ADL) and Independent Activities of Daily Living (IADL) to support participants such as: toileting, showering, bathing, dressing, grooming, feeding/assisted dining, meal service, laundry, transfers and ambulation, range of motion
• Completes safe transfers utilizing Durable Medical Equipment (DME) as required—lifts, gait belt, and Hoyers
• Cleaning the bathroom used by the participant may include emptying and cleaning commode
• Provides appointment reminder communications to participants
• Responsible for keeping center or home in a clean and orderly condition, including kitchen and activity areas, sanitizing showers/bathrooms and relevant DME
• Escorting participants to CEI vans, if needed
• Documents participant services provided in electronic health record accurately and on time
• Act as a participant advocate by reporting any violations of the Participant Bill of Rights & Responsibilities
• Respond to participant complaints in a timely manner, and understand the basic procedures for receiving and documenting complaints or requests
• Promptly reports changes in participant’s condition to supervisor or designee
• Demonstrate dependability by arriving consistently and on time to scheduled work hours, and submit timely and accurate timesheets
• Maintain a courteous, helpful, and professional attitude on the job
• Display a willingness and ability to be responsive to all customer groups— including team members, participants and their families
• Comply with all agency training requirements
• Maintain professional affiliations and any required certifications
• Provide a safe environment for participants and self by displaying awareness of safety hazards, and reporting and/or reversing hazards
• Participate in Quality Improvement program as required
• Follow all OSHA safety guidelines and CEI Policies and Procedures
• Maintain the confidentiality of all participant information according to HIPAA requirements
• Perform other duties as required or requested in a positive and helpful manner

Day Center:

• Records services in required logs or electronic health record
• Assists with individual and group activities as necessary
• Accompanies participants to outside medical appointments
• Responsible for ensuring that all wander risk participants are wearing code alert device
• Obtains and maintains food handler’s certification
• Assists with food service program, including serving snacks and meals at the day center, checking food temperatures, reviewing diet orders
• Performs kitchen duties to include washing dishes, sanitizing work area, maintaining supply inventory and checking for food expiration dates

Home Care:

• Completing vital signs monitoring
• Providing medication prompts which may include supervision and double check of participant self-administration of insulin
• Emptying and cleaning of Foley catheters, ostomies and urostomies
• Dressing and grooming the participant in preparation for day or night may include: providing shaving, oral and skin care, monitoring skin condition, positioning, and turning of participant
• Assisting participants to complete home exercise program as required
• Planning and preparing light meals, followed by clean-up, properly storing and organizing delivered meals and monitoring food expiration dates
• Performing light housekeeping to include dusting, vacuuming, taking out garbage and recyclables
• Performing laundry services to include washing and folding laundry, straightening/making…