Personal Care Assistant

Overview

Personal Care Assistants provide routine personal care services to people in a range of health care facilities or in a person's home.

Day-to-day

• assists with personal care needs such as showering, dressing, eating, mobility, communication
• participates in care planning
• follows therapy plans i.e. interventions to assist those with dementia and behavioural problems
• observes/reports changes in patients' condition
• reports complaints about care
• assists with rehabilitation exercises, basic treatment and delivery of medications.

Considerations

• physically demanding
• requires driving
• stressful.