Elara Capital

General

• Provide personal care support, including bathing, grooming, dressing, and hygiene assistance
• Assist clients with mobility, transfers, and daily living activities
• Prepare meals and assist with feeding when needed
• Perform housekeeping, laundry, and household tasks
• Provide companionship and emotional support to improve quality of life
• Assist with errands, grocery shopping, and transportation to appointments (when applicable)
• Promote a safe, comfortable, and respectful environment for each client

Home Health Aide – HHA

Personal Care Aide, PCA, Homemaker

Certified Personal Care Aide – PCA, Homemaker, HHA, CNA

• Ensures that all activities performed align with the vision of Elara Caring’s board of directors, executive team, and the leadership of the Home Health team.
• Maintains patient and staff privacy and confidentiality pursuant to HIPAA Privacy Final Rule.
• Assesses assigned case load of home health care patients and families to identify the physical, psychosocial, and environmental needs of patients as evidenced by documentation, clinical records, Interdisciplinary Team reports, after hours reports, and on-site evaluations.
• Assumes primary responsibility for caseload, including assessing, planning, coordinating, implementing, and evaluating the plan of treatment.
• Assesses patient needs and obtains data on physical, psychological, social, and spiritual factors that may influence patient/family/caregiver health status and incorporate that data into the plan of care.
• Makes the initial evaluation and re-evaluates the patient’s nursing needs during each visit.
• Makes follow up visits according to patient, family, and facility needs.
• Communicates significant findings, problems, and changes in health condition, environment, or unsafe facility conditions to the Clinical Supervisor, physician, facility, and/or other personnel involved with patient care.
• Revises the plan of care in response to identified patient care issues and notifies the Clinical Supervisor, physician, facility, and other team members.

RN Home Health

Caregiver, Personal Care Aide

Registered Nurse, Home Health

Personal Care Aide, PCA

• Assist with bathing, dressing, grooming, toileting, and hygiene
• Support mobility, transfers, positioning, and walking
• Provide meal preparation, reminders, and feeding assistance
• Offer companionship, reassurance, and memory care support
• Perform light housekeeping and maintain a safe environment
• Follow individualized care plans
• Observe and report changes in condition or behavior
• Communicate with Elara Caring staff, community staff, families, nurses, and other care partners

Personal Care Aide – Facility-Based Senior Care

Caregiver, Personal Care Aide (PCA)

• Verifies the Plan of Care prior to each visit and provides care according to delegation by the RN, physician’s orders, assessment data, and established standards and guidelines.
• Incorporates patient care goals established in the Plan of Care, into nursing visits, as evidenced by documentation on skilled nursing notes.
• Communicates significant findings, problems and changes in condition or environment to the RN Case Manager, the physician, clinical supervisor, and/or other personnel involved with patient care.
• Reports unsafe conditions to the appropriate RN Case Manager, clinical supervisor, and physician, as appropriate.
• Implements the plan for patient safety, using the patient, family, and community resources.
• Assists the patient in learning appropriate self-care techniques while delivering quality patient care.
• Suggests revisions to the plan of care in response to identified patient care issues and notifies the RN Case Manager.
• Provides those services required substantial and specialized nursing skills under the direction of a Registered Nurse or physician.
• Collaborates with the RN Case Manager during normal business hours for advice, assistance, and instructions.
• Documents medication regimen and updates medication profile according to established procedures.
• Treats patients and caregivers in the highest and most effective manner.
• Implements all available actions to prevent avoidable hospitalizations and ER visits.
• Provides positive, supportive communication to physicians, patients, families, visitors, and agency personnel.

Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN), Home Health, PRN

Therapist

• Promote Elara Caring’s philosophy, mission, and values to ensure exceptional care
• Provide direct patient care, evaluate functional needs and outcomes, and collaborate with other specialists
• Design and implement individualized plans of care, including input from patients and caregivers when appropriate
• Conduct therapy within defined clinical standards and best practices
• Direct and guide support staff to help patients achieve their goals
• Maintain accurate and timely documentation, including goals, updates, and prescriptions
• Act as a resource to colleagues and promote physical therapy within the community
• Stay flexible and ready for a physically demanding, fast-paced care environment
• Handle, lift, and transfer patients as needed

Physical Therapist, Home Health, PRN

On Call

• Assesses patient needs and obtains data on physical, psychological, social, and spiritual factors that may influence patient/family/caregiver health status and incorporate that data into the plan of care.
• Conducts the initial evaluation and re-evaluates the patient’s nursing needs during each visit.
• Makes follow up visits according to patient, family, and facility needs.
• Communicates significant findings, problems, and changes in health condition, environment, or unsafe facility conditions to the Clinical Supervisor, physician, facility, and/or other personnel involved with patient care.
• Revises the plan of care in response to identified patient care issues and notifies the Clinical Supervisor, physician, facility, and other team members.
• Counsels, instructs, and includes the patient, facility, and family in following the Interdisciplinary Plan of Care.
• Teaches hospice philosophy and pain and symptom management to staff in alternate care settings (nursing homes, hospital, assisted-living facilities, etc.).
• Collaborates/Communicates with Medical Director, attending physician, branch leadership and IDG.
• Performs other duties/projects as assigned.

Home Health Aide – HHA

Personal Care Aide, PCA, Homemaker

Certified Personal Care Aide – PCA, Homemaker, HHA, CNA

RN Home Health

Caregiver, Personal Care Aide

Registered Nurse, Home Health

Registered Nurse, Home Health

Personal Care Aide, PCA

Personal Care Aide – Facility-Based Senior Care

Caregiver, Personal Care Aide (PCA)

Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN), Home Health, PRN

Physical Therapist, Home Health, PRN

Caregiver, Personal Care Aide (PCA)

Caregiver, Personal Care Aide

PRN RN – On Call