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Personal care aides help people in their own homes or in residential facilities. Personal care aides help clients with self-care and everyday tasks, and provide companionship.
Duties
Personal care aides typically do the following:
Care for and assist clients with cognitive impairments, such as Alzheimer’s or mental illness
Provide companionship by talking to, playing games with, or going for walks with clients
Help clients with tasks related to hygiene, such as bathing, brushing teeth, and going to the bathroom
Help transfer clients from a bed to a wheelchair or vice versa
Complete housekeeping tasks, such as changing bed linens, washing dishes, and cleaning living areas
Help prepare and plan meals
Organize a client’s schedule and plan appointments
Arrange transportation to doctors’ offices or to the store
Help clients pay bills or manage money
Shop for personal items and groceries
Personal care aides—also called homemakers, caregivers, companions, and personal attendants—provide clients with companionship and help with daily tasks. They often are hired in addition to healthcare or social workers who may visit a client’s home, such as hospice workers. Personal care aides perform tasks that are similar to those of home health aides. However, personal care aides cannot provide any type of medical service, whereas home health aides may provide basic medical services.
Assist the elderly, convalescents, or persons with disabilities with daily living activities at the person’s home or in a care facility. Duties performed at a place of residence may include keeping house (making beds, doing laundry, washing dishes) and preparing meals. May provide assistance at non-residential care facilities. May advise families, the elderly, convalescents, and persons with disabilities regarding such things as nutrition, cleanliness, and household activities.
Duties
Personal care aides typically do the following:
Care for and assist clients with cognitive impairments, such as Alzheimer’s or mental illness
Provide companionship by talking to, playing games with, or going for walks with clients
Help clients with tasks related to hygiene, such as bathing, brushing teeth, and going to the bathroom
Help transfer clients from a bed to a wheelchair or vice versa
Complete housekeeping tasks, such as changing bed linens, washing dishes, and cleaning living areas
Help prepare and plan meals
Organize a client’s schedule and plan appointments
Arrange transportation to doctors’ offices or to the store
Help clients pay bills or manage money
Shop for personal items and groceries
Personal care aides—also called homemakers, caregivers, companions, and personal attendants—provide clients with companionship and help with daily tasks. They often are hired in addition to healthcare or social workers who may visit a client’s home, such as hospice workers. Personal care aides perform tasks that are similar to those of home health aides. However, personal care aides cannot provide any type of medical service, whereas home health aides may provide basic medical services.
Assist the elderly, convalescents, or persons with disabilities with daily living activities at the person’s home or in a care facility. Duties performed at a place of residence may include keeping house (making beds, doing laundry, washing dishes) and preparing meals. May provide assistance at non-residential care facilities. May advise families, the elderly, convalescents, and persons with disabilities regarding such things as nutrition, cleanliness, and household activities.
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