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PA for mum living with dementia
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Pay: £15/hour
Applications Close: 14th November 2021
Job Specifics
Posted On: 27th October 2021
Location: Eltham, London (South East)
Job Starts: 18th October tbc
Duration: tbc
Employer: Rosie
Requirements
- Companionship
- Help around the Home
- Home Care
- Meal Preparation
- Transportation
About the Client
Clients Name: Rosie
Food they like: Steak Smoked salmon Avocado and prawns Old fashioned ham
Music: Classical. Nothing more up to date than Beethoven!
TV: Increasingly Mum enjoys standup comedy - imaginative and generous-spirited comedians like Bill Bailey, or Henning Wehn also makes her laugh a lot.
Films: Shakespeare films, old movie classics and classical adaptations like Jane Austen
Books: Bill Bryson, classic detective fiction. Reads in English or German or Italian.
Days Out: A variety! Mooching round the charity shops - visit to a garden centre or nice gardens or a heritage building - attending clubs
Other Interests: Canalling, home crafts (Mum used to crochet, had a knitting machine and made her own cards and dyed silk scarves). Cats. Dislikes dogs, loud pop music and all sorts of smells!
Details:
Hello, my parents are moving to London in October and we need to set up new PA care for them. Care support is mainly for Mum, who is 74 and living with dementia (moderate severity), but occasionally also for Dad who is 79 and has a number of health conditions and limited mobility.
Mum loves classical music, languages (especially German), good food (in small quantities) and cats. She has a sly sense of humour and it really does her good to have a laugh.
Currently in Devon, they have a PA for a couple of hours each day five days a week:
- To ensure Mum can get out each day for a varied outing providing fun and companionship and to give Dad a break
- To check in that medications are being taken regularly
- To support with small things around the home
- Occasionally to provide lifts to appointments. [This will be less needed when they are in London nearer their 2 daughters.]
Mum also has day care for one whole day a week, and we may look to replace that also.
We would expect to spend a bit of time building rapport and trust initially with the PA role focused on companionship, and then as needs increase, potentially explore further areas such as personal care support (showering, etc).
If you are interested in the role, we would love to hear a bit about you and your approach to Personal Assistance and in particular, your experience of/approach to dementia care.
Many thanks!
Rosie.
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