We help with daily tasks respectfully and gently.
Personal care services include physical assistance and/or prompting and supervision with direct care tasks based on the resident’s needs. These services do not include tasks performed by a licensed health professional.
We assist with essential daily living activities, including:
Eating
If needed, the home may provide eating assistance as follows:
- Assistance with eating and feeding as needed
- Accommodations for pureed, soft, low-salt, and other special diets
- Monitoring appetite and providing cueing to encourage nutritional intake
- Ensuring meals are visually appealing and diet-appropriate (e.g., diabetic, BRAT, cut small)
- Monthly meal planning with three meals and snacks daily
- Respecting food preferences and planned meals
Toileting
If needed, the home may provide toileting assistance as follows:
- Comprehensive support with toileting
- Incontinence care for bowel and bladder
- Scheduled toileting: morning, between meals, nighttime
- Perineal care to maintain hygiene
- Encouraging toileting every two hours
- Preventing skin breakdown is a top priority
Walking
If needed, the home may assist with walking as follows:
- Assistance with walkers, canes, and wheelchairs
- Routine and as-needed mobility support
- Encouraging daily walking and range-of-motion exercises
- Physical assistance is available with 1–2 staff, especially during the day
- Transferring and positioning
Transferring
If needed, the home may provide assistance with transferring as follows:
- Support transferring in/out of bed, chairs, toilets, and showers
- Use of Hoyer lifts and sit-to-stand equipment per the care plan
- Regular monitoring of transfer ability
Positioning
If needed, the home may provide positioning support as follows:
- Repositioning every 2–3 hours during the day and night
- Encouragement of independent movement when possible
- Promoting strength and endurance through cueing
- Prevention of pressure injuries through consistent repositioning
Personal Hygiene
If needed, the home may assist with hygiene tasks as follows:
- Support with grooming, shaving, washing, oral, and denture care
- Cueing, setup, monitoring, and total assistance as needed
- Tasks may include brushing teeth, washing face, body hygiene, and hair care
Dressing
If needed, the home may assist with dressing as follows:
- Help with dressing, undressing, and changing clothes at any time of day
- Cueing, setup, monitoring, and full assistance as needed
- Encouragement to choose their own clothes
- Assistance with socks, pants, shirts, undergarments, belts, shoes, glasses, hearing aids, splints, braces, etc.
Bathing
If needed, the home may assist with bathing as follows:
- Bathing/showering assistance 2–4 times weekly or as preferred
- Bed baths as needed based on resident preferences and tolerance
- Full bathing assistance from cueing to total support
- Tasks include wetting, cleansing, drying, applying lotions, and dressing
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