Personal Care Aides

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.

Social occupations frequently involve working with, communicating with, and teaching people. These occupations often involve helping or providing service to others.

Social

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Realistic occupations frequently involve work activities that include practical, hands-on problems and solutions. They often deal with plants, animals, and real-world materials like wood, tools, and machinery. Many of the occupations require working outside, and do not involve a lot of paperwork or working closely with others.

Realistic

Conventional occupations frequently involve following set procedures and routines. These occupations can include working with data and details more than with ideas. Usually there is a clear line of authority to follow.

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Enterprising occupations frequently involve starting up and carrying out projects. These occupations can involve leading people and making many decisions. Sometimes they require risk taking and often deal with business.

Enterprising

Investigative occupations frequently involve working with ideas, and require an extensive amount of thinking. These occupations can involve searching for facts and figuring out problems mentally.

Investigative

Artistic occupations frequently involve working with forms, designs and patterns. They often require self-expression and the work can be done without following a clear set of rules.

Artistic

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Job Zone Two: Some Preparation Needed

Administer bedside or personal care, such as ambulation or personal hygiene assistance.

Prepare and maintain records of client progress and services performed, reporting changes in client condition to manager or supervisor.

Perform healthcare-related tasks, such as monitoring vital signs and medication, under the direction of registered nurses or physiotherapists.

Participate in case reviews, consulting with the team caring for the client, to evaluate the client's needs and plan for continuing services.

Care for individuals or families during periods of incapacitation, family disruption, or convalescence, providing companionship, personal care, or help in adjusting to new lifestyles.

Perform housekeeping duties, such as cooking, cleaning, washing clothes or dishes, or running errands.

Instruct or advise clients on issues, such as household cleanliness, utilities, hygiene, nutrition, or infant care.

Plan, shop for, or prepare nutritious meals or assist families in planning, shopping for, or preparing nutritious meals.

Transport clients to locations outside the home, such as to physicians' offices or on outings, using a motor vehicle.

Provide clients with communication assistance, typing their correspondence or obtaining information for them.

Train family members to provide bedside care.

Adjustable widemouth pliers

Adjustable wrenches

Alarm systems

Automatic blood pressure machines

Back braces

Bed scales

Bedpans

Blood pressure cuffs

Braille printing software

Canes

Crutches

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Gwendolyn Saltwater

Certified Medication Aide

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My work combines:

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Design

Medicine

Working with Others

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