WHAT ARE THE MOST IMPORTANT RESPONSIBILITIES OF A CAREGIVER?

You have several factors to consider before choosing a senior living center in Santa Clara, California. The facility’s safety and security features are a top priority to protect your loved one around the clock. Meal time is important to ensure your loved one follows a healthy diet jammed packed with nutritious foods. Other factors to consider include a venues ‘activities calendar and the opportunities your loved one has to socialize with other residents. One factor sits alone in importance at our assisted living facility in San Tomas, and that is the quality of our team of caregivers.

What are the most responsibilities of a caregiver? Let’s take a look.

Personal Care

Residents of the memory care wing at our senior living center in Santa Clara receive much more attention because of their personal care needs. Memory issues can lead to a decline in personal care, and that is when our compassion caregivers make one of their most significant contributions. Personal care includes bathing, cooking, dressing, and maintaining healthy personal hygiene. It is critical for a caregiver to possess a high level of empathy and show considerable respect when tending to a resident’s personal care issues.

Housekeeping

Once a caregiver ensures your loved one has personal care issues under control, then the time comes to help with housekeeping chores. A caregiver working at our assisted living facility in San Tomas, CA can expect to perform household chores such as cleaning dishes, doing laundry, vacuuming the carpet, and completing whatever else needs to be done around a resident’s apartment. Memory care residents typically do not have the ability to keep things organized, and that’s when our caregivers step in to lend a helping hand.

Healthcare

Caregivers remind residents of our senior living center in Santa Clara to take their medications in the prescribed doses, as well as at the right time of day. This is just one healthcare responsibility carried out by our team of licensed and certified caregivers. They also closely monitor the health status of the residents under their watchful eyes. One resident might need a massage to loosen tight muscles, while another resident requires daily assistance with walks around our assisted living facility in San Tomas. Completing physical therapy sessions represent one of the most impactful ways our caregivers tend to the healthcare needs of our residents.

Companionship

Feelings of isolation can quickly cause a mental health decline in vulnerable seniors. The cure for feeling isolated is to remain engaged with other people. One of the most important roles of a caregiver at our senior living center in Santa Clara involves providing companionship for residents assigned to their care. Companionship can involve a daily game of scrabble in a resident’s room, as well as helping a resident move about well enough to interact with other residents in one of the common areas at MorningStar at San Tomas.

The Heart and Soul of MorningStar at San Tomas

Caregivers are the heart and soul of MorningStar at San Tomas. Because of the important responsibilities caregivers carry out, we carefully vet every candidate to ensure they are the right fit for our culture of “to honor, to value, to invest.” We recruit caregivers that possess a calling to serve others. That calling to serve helps our memory care residents live fulfilling lives.

Find out more about our team of caregivers by meeting many of them during a tour of our assisted living facility in San Tomas.