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- Care for elderly persons
- Plan and prepare nutritious meals
- Provide personal care
- Assist clients with bathing and other aspects of personal hygiene; administer and assist with medication
- Perform routine housekeeping duties such as laundry, making beds, washing dishes
- Provide companionship
- Plan activities for the clients
- Assume full responsibility of household in the absence of householder
- Perform other related duties as required
Essential Skills
- Reading text
- Writing
- Oral communication
- Working with others
- Problem solving
- Decision making
- Critical thinking
- Job task planning and organizing
- Finding information
- Computer use
- Continuous learning
- Significant use of memory
Transportation/Travel Information
- Own vehicle
- Valid driver's licence
Credentials (certificates, licences, memberships, courses, etc.)
- First Aid Certificate
- Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) Certificate
Specific Skills
- Provide personal care
- Provide companionship
- Prepare, cook and serve meals
- Plan menus for special diets
- Perform light housekeeping and cleaning
- Mend clothing and linens
- Launder clothing and household linens
- Drive household vehicle
- Care for pets
- Assume full responsibility for household (in absence of householder)
- Administer bedside and personal care
- Administer medications
- Assist clients to walk
- Aid clients with bathing and other aspects of personal hygiene
Type of Clientele
- Seniors
- Male
- Female
- Elderly
Work Location Information
- Work in employer's/client's home
- Staff accommodation available
Work Conditions and Physical Capabilities
- Repetitive tasks
- Sitting
- Combination of sitting, standing, walking
- Standing for extended periods
- Walking
- Bending, crouching, kneeling
Security and Safety
- Bondable
- Criminal record check (abstract)
- Driver's validity licence check
- Driving record check (abstract)