About who needs care: Elderly man, 89 years old, needs personal care assistant to periodically assist him with getting to doctor appointments including transportation and attendance at doctor appointment, and then communicating doctor appointment visit back to family member. Underlying conditions: hearing impairment, vision impairment, walks but has some shakiness when walking occasionally. It is possible service could extend beyond this request, but the immediate need is for personal care assistance to pick up client, take client to dr appointments, attend the dr appointment for a doctor briefing, and communication dr visit information to daughter of client. About the care needs: Skills: ability to drive and take client to doctor visits, proficiency in English language, ability to listen to doctors instructions and share information with a family member of client. It would be helpful if person has some computer literacy, especially with an apple product / ipad, but that is not required, but would definitely be nice as there could be some virtual doctor appointments that merely require personal care assistance to help elderly client connect for a virtual doctor appointment (less frequent / more common is for in person doctor appointments). Personality: timely, reliable, person, that is a good listener, compassionate, understanding, and patient. The position could extend to other services and responsibilities beyond doctor appointments in the future. Services needed include: transportation.
Transportation Required