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Dementia Unit Attendant

• Provide 1:1 resident specific activity, as outlined in resident care plans, with dementia/behavioral residents who are getting agitated or frustrated to deescalate their anxiety and avoid any potential outburst towards others.

{=html} <!-- --> - Monitor residents and report any anxiety, agitation, or frustration of residents so that the nurse can assess the resident.

{=html} <!-- --> - Be flexible to attempt new activities with residents to deescalate frustration, agitation and anxiety and report successes and - failures to the MDS Coordinator to revise care plans. - Assist in group activities with Activity Department personnel as able and needed.

{=html} <!-- --> - Report known or suspected abuse, neglect, exploitation, injuries of unknown source and misappropriation of property to the Charge nurse immediately.

{=html} <!-- --> - Report any resident incident or accident immediately to the Charge nurse.

{=html} <!-- --> - Maintain confidentiality of resident protected health information in accordance with facility policy and the Health Information Portability and Accountability Act.

{=html} <!-- --> - DO NOT provide any personal care to residents such as transferring, taking to the bathroom, dressing, feeding, bathing, or any other activities of daily living.

{=html} <!-- --> - The Dementia Unit Activities Attendant may maintain supply inventory, lay residents clothing out, clean residents drawers or closets, make beds, fill and/or change out water containers, wash dentures/eye glasses/shower chairs, restock personal care supplies, pass snacks, pass food trays, clean wheelchairs, clean tray tables, clean up bowel movement or urine accidents, empty commode or urinals, wipe up spills, dump trash, transport residents to dining room or activities, wash pads, etc.

Job Types: Full-time, Part-time

Schedule: 12-hour shift