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Dementia Unit Activities Cna
Job Description
Positions Summary:
Provides psychosocial support and therapeutic services to residents to contribute to and enhance their emotional, cognitive, social, recreational, and spiritual needs.Essential Duties and Responsibilities:
Assist the Director by planning and carrying out various group activity programs. Interacts with residents in group and independent situations and engages them in sensory stimulation activities. Motivates and encourages residents to attend provided programs. Acquaints self with all facility's residents. Adapts recreational programs according to resident's diagnosis and suggests new and creative ideas from which the residents would benefit. Observes and identifies resident reactions while they are engaged in group and independent situations and reports progress to Director of Therapeutic Recreation and documents when assigned. Assists in transporting residents to and from programs and is actively involved in all activities unless medically unable. Accurately completes daily attendance for one- on -one and groups assignments as well as other necessary paperwork as assigned. Carries out resident feeding during Therapeutic Recreation programs. Performs all tasks and duties in an efficient and safe manner.Qualifications:
Experienace working in a long term facility preferred C.N.A license in the state of RI EEOC We're an equal opportunity employer. All applicants will be considered for employment without attention to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran or disability status.Career Insights for Nursing Assistant
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What they do
A Nursing Assistant provides hospital and nursing home patients with basic care and assists them with daily activities. Helps patients with dressing, washing, and feeding. May perform basic medical care under the direction of a nurse or other medical professional. These roles typically require completion of a regional agency-approved training program in order to obtain a certification before practicing.
$43,601 / year median in Rhode Island
+5% projected growth