Caregiver at Janta Kenya

Key Responsibilities

• Provide daily personal care: bathing, grooming, toileting, dressing, and mobility support.
• Support a consistent routine to reduce confusion and agitation.
• Assist with meals, hydration, and medication reminders (as guided by family/clinician).
• Engage the client in simple, safe cognitive and physical activities.
• Monitor mood, triggers, sleep patterns, and behaviour changes; report promptly.
• Ensure a safe environment: fall prevention, supervision, and wandering risk management.
• Maintain cleanliness of the client’s immediate living area.
• Offer companionship and emotional reassurance.
• Keep basic daily care notes for family review.

Requirements

• Prior experience caring for an elderly person with Alzheimer’s/dementia.
• Training in caregiving, nursing assistance, or a related field is an added advantage.
• Calm temperament, empathy, strong communication skills.
• Physically fit and able to assist with transfers/mobility.
• Reliable, discreet, and respectful of client dignity.
• Valid references.

Desirable Skills

• Knowledge of dementia care techniques (redirection, de-escalation, routine-based care).
• First aid or basic medical knowledge.
• Experience working in home-care settings.