Job Description
Caregiver - Part-time
Hands-on Care Needed for My Mother
Christian family located on Whitneyville Road near 84th Street, five minutes from Caledonia center, needs a fill-in senior caregiver. Ideal for someone seeking experience in the healthcare industry or a student in the field.
Mom has paralysis on right side after a stroke. Can stand with help. Desires to exercise and walk again. Swallowing affected. Speaks & thinks clearly.
Needed: transfers from bed/couch to toilet/shower, showering (with someone to help you), dental hygiene, dressing, cutting food for meals, providing drinks for optimal fluid intake, PT exercise of right arm and leg, washing and folding clean towels, bed linens and clothes, light housekeeping. Caregiver must be comfortable taking patient to the bathroom – patient needs one arm/hand for support. Mom is 5ft 2 inches, 130 lbs. Caregiver must be strong enough to transfer patient with the Etac turner or walker.
Mom is a lifelong Christian, open about faith in a loving way. She loves to laugh, but can be fearful of pain.
Hourly rate is $18 per hour, paid via Paychex as required by law (see note below). Lunch included. There may be some occasional downtime while mom is sleeping and if other housekeeping work is done.
Hours are 8am to 5pm, Monday – Friday. Also open to half days.
Please contact us with the email provided. Thank you!
heidisegal@gmail.com
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About Paychex:
Paychex is a payroll service we use to pay our in-home care providers (by direct deposit). The service calculates the required withholdings (federal and state taxes, social security, Medicare, and unemployment insurance) for the federal and state government and pays them so we don’t have to do it ourselves. We as the employer, as required by law, pay half of the employee’s social security and Medicare, as well as all of the unemployment insurance. These costs along with the payroll service fee add 20 to 25% to the hourly amount we are paying our care providers — so $18 per hour actually costs us somewhere between $21.50 and $22.50 per hour.