Alabama Caregivers, LLC understands that our company and services are only as good as the people we employ. We employ only the most professional, passionate, caring, drug-free, dependable and reliable people available. The following information desribes the attributes we require of our present and future caregivers and nurses.

     All Alabama Caregiver LLC caregivers and nurses must:

• Have a valid drivers license and picture ID.
• Maintain a professional attitude, appearance and adhere to code of ethics.
• Be passionate about the services they will be required to administer.
• Be caring and understanding to our clients and their family.
• Be drug-free and submit to random drug tests.
• Be dependable and reliable showing up for work and providing the services our clients need.
• Follow all state, local and federal health and health care laws.
• Respect our clients and their family.
• Submit to a nurse-aid registry checks.
• Provide an up-to-date and acceptable TB test.

     The following may be required of these workers:

• Supervision and observation of daily living activities.
• Reminding client to bathe and take care of personal grooming and hygiene.
• Reminding client to take medication.
• Observation/supervision of snack, meal planning and preparation, and/or eating.
• Toileting or maintaining continence.
• Accompanying the client to necessary medical appointments, grocery shopping, and obtaining prescription medications.
• The Companion Worker is not allowed to transport clients, only to accompany them.
• Supervision and assistance with laundry.
• Performance of housekeeping duties that is essential to the care of the client.
• Assist with communication.
• Reporting observed changes in the client’s physical, mental or emotional condition.
• Observing and reporting home safety. The Companion Worker will ensure that the client is residing in a safe environment. Ensuring home safety means the Companion Worker will have a general awareness of the home’s surroundings and any concerns with safety issues will be reported to the Companion Worker Supervisor as well as to the Case Manager for follow up.

     Homemaker Service duties include, but are not limited to, the following:

• Meal or snack preparation, meal serving, cleaning up afterwards.
• General housekeeping includes cleaning (such as sweeping, vacuuming, mopping, dusting, taking out trash, changing bed linens, defrosting and cleaning the refrigerator, cleaning the stove/oven, cleaning bathrooms); laundry (washing clothes and linen, ironing, minor mending); and, other activities as needed to maintain the client in a safe and sanitary environment.
• Essential shopping for food and other essential household or personal supplies which may be purchased during the same trip, and picking up prescribed medication.
• Assistance with paying bills (which includes opening bills, writing checks but not signing them) and delivering payments to designated recipients on behalf of the client.
• Assistance with communication which includes placing phone within client’s reach and physically assisting client with use of the phone, orientation to daily events, paying bills, and writing letters.
• Observing and reporting on client’s condition.
• The homemaker is not allowed to transport the client by vehicle in the performance of their task.
• Reminding clients to take medications.
• Observing and reporting on home safety. The Homemaker service worker will insure that the client is residing in a safe environment. Insuring home safety means that the worker will have a general awareness of the home’s surroundings and any concerns with safety issues will be reported to the Homemaker Supervisor as well as the case manager for follow up.

Note: Under no circumstances should any type of skilled medical or nursing service be performed by a Homemaker.

     PC Service duties include:

• Support for activities of daily living, such as: bathing, personal grooming, personal hygiene, meal preparation, assisting clients in and out of bed, assisting with ambulation and toileting and/or activities to maintain continence.
• Home support that is essential to the health and welfare of the recipient, such as: cleaning, laundry and home safety. (Home safety includes a general awareness of the home's surroundings to ensure that the client is residing in a safe environment. Any concerns with safety issues will be reported to the PCW Supervisor, as well as, the case manager for follow-up.)
• Reporting observed changes in the client's physical, mental or emotional condition.
• Reminding clients to take medication.

Note: Under no circumstances should any type of skilled medical or nursing service be performed by the PCW.

     Unskilled Respite duties include:

• Unskilled Respite Services will provide and/or assist with activities of daily living and observations. Unskilled Respite will be performed by a Personal Care worker.
• In addition to providing supervision to the client, Unskilled Respite may include, but is not limited to, the following activities:
• Meal or snack preparation, meal serving, cleaning up afterwards.
• General housekeeping includes cleaning (such as sweeping, vacuuming, mopping, dusting, taking out trash, changing bed linens, defrosting and cleaning the refrigerator, cleaning the stove or oven, cleaning bathrooms); laundry (washing clothes and linen, ironing, minor mending); and, other activities as needed to maintain the client in a safe and sanitary environment.
• Essential shopping for food and other essential household or personal supplies which may be purchased during the same trip, and picking up prescribed medication.
• Assistance with communication which includes placing phone within client’s reach and physically assisting client with use of the phone and orientation to daily events.
• Support for activities of daily living, such as: bathing, personal grooming, personal hygiene, assisting clients in and out of bed, assisting with ambulation and toileting and/or activities to maintain continence.
• The Respite Care worker will ensure that the client is residing in a safe environment. Any concerns with safety issues will be reported to the RCW Supervisor as well as the Case Manager for follow-up.
• Reporting observed changes in the client's physical, mental or emotional condition.
• Reminding clients to take medication.

Note: Under no circumstances should any type of skilled medical or nursing service be performed by a PC worker.