About the Position
Some caregiving jobs are primarily about completing tasks. This one is about accompanying a person.
We are seeking a calm, emotionally mature caregiver to join a small, consistent team supporting an 84-year-old gentleman living at home with dementia and mobility limitations. Our goal is to help him continue living safely, comfortably, and with dignity in his own home.
The physical demands are light. The greater challenge is remaining patient, steady, and compassionate when someone is confused, anxious, or asks the same question repeatedly.
About Our Home
This home follows a gentle daily rhythm built around familiar routines, conversation, meals, music, and brief scheduled times of prayer. These routines are central to his sense of identity and well-being.
You do not need to share our Christian faith or Benedictine spirituality. However, you should genuinely respect the importance of another person's spiritual practices and be comfortable encouraging and supporting them as part of everyday care.
Many caregivers find this work deeply meaningful because it offers the opportunity to build a real relationship with one individual over time rather than rushing from client to client.
Responsibilities
- Provide companionship and conversation
- Assist with personal care as needed
- Support safe wheelchair mobility and transfers
- Warm and serve pre-planned meals
- Perform light housekeeping
- Support scheduled prayer times and other established routines
- Follow an individualized care plan consistently
- Observe changes in condition and communicate with the family care manager
- Help maintain a peaceful, predictable environment
The Person We're Looking For
You are someone who:
- Remains calm when another person becomes anxious, repetitive, or frustrated
- Can redirect gently without arguing or trying to convince
- Is willing to respond to recurring situations by following an individualized care plan rather than creating new approaches independently
- Enjoys conversation and values older adults' life stories
- Is dependable, emotionally steady, and able to work independently
- Respects another person's beliefs, traditions, and daily rituals
- Is comfortable setting kind, consistent boundaries without arguing, rescuing, or making promises that cannot be kept
Experience with dementia is helpful but not required. What matters most is emotional maturity, reliability, and a genuine desire to support another person's quality of life.
This Position May Not Be the Best Fit If You...
- Become easily frustrated by repeated questions or repetitive conversations
- Prefer fast-paced work with constant variety
- Enjoy debating, correcting, or proving a point
- View prayer or other personal rituals as unimportant or unnecessary
- Have difficulty following an established care plan consistently
Training and Support
You will receive individualized orientation and ongoing guidance from the family care manager, who serves as the primary point of communication for all caregivers. Clear routines and expectations are provided so that each caregiver can offer consistent, person-centered support.
Why This Position Is Different
This is more than helping someone complete daily tasks. It is helping one person continue living a life that reflects his values, relationships, and routines.
If you find satisfaction in patient presence, thoughtful caregiving, and making a meaningful difference in one person's daily life, we would love to hear from you.
Pay: $20.00 - $22.00 per hour
Benefits:
- Flexible schedule
- Paid orientation
- Paid time off
- Paid training
Work Location: In person
