Homemaker Services

• Cleaning, including vacuuming, sweeping, mopping; cleaning bathroom fixtures; dusting; washing inside windows and cleaning blinds on windows if no climbing is required
• Laundry, including folding and storing clothing and linens
• Ironing and mending clothes and linens
• Washing, drying and storing dishes and utensils
• Bagging and placing garbage in collection containers
• Making beds and changing linens (only while client is out of bed)
• Shopping for household essentials, including assisting clients with economical purchasing consistent with their budgets
• Assisting client in organizing household routines
• Performing necessary reading and writing tasks, if requested and indicated by client’s inability to read due to physical/visual impairment or other inability to read and write
• Performing essential errands (obtaining food stamps, picking up prescriptions, posting mail, etc.)
• Preparing and serving appropriate meals
• Accompanying a client on trips to obtain health care services and other necessary items and services
• Instructing clients in ways to become self-sufficient in performing household tasks, when appropriate and beneficial