Our homemaker services help seniors manage day-to-day activities intended to maintain an adequate living environment. Commonly known as Instrumental Activities of Daily Living (IADLs), this service offers help with telephone use and arranging appointments, shopping, transportation, preparing meals, taking meds, and routine light housekeeping.
Light Housekeeping activities involves:
- Dusting, vacuuming, sweeping, mopping floors
- Moving lightweight furniture to clean
- Taking out trash
- Washing dishes, cleaning out refrigerator
- Washing interior surface of windows (accessible without using a ladder or moving furniture)
- Cleaning countertops and exterior surface of large appliances
- Laundry, changing bed linens
- Cleaning toilets, tubs, showers and mirrors
Shopping will include:
- Receiving a list of needed items from the client
- Communicating to clarify special needs
- Arranging for an effective method of payment for items purchased
- Traveling to a nearby store and picking up the requested items
- Returning items purchased to the client’s residence with receipt and change
- Checking the list with the client and putting away items, as needed
- Client signature as verification that all funds have been accounted for
The following tasks are considered chore or heavy housework and are typically performed by a professional cleaning service. If your home requires cleaning outside of what we offer, we will help you connect to a professional housekeeping service and your In-homecare aide can maintain your home’s cleanliness going forward
- cleaning interior surface of ovens and refrigerators
- shampooing rugs and furniture
- Polishing furniture
- washing the exterior surface of windows
- removing heavy accumulations of dirt and grime
- rearrangement and removal of furniture/items
- moving/packing
- Home repairs
- Yard work
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