A Care Assistant provides help and support to people with physical disabilities to children with learning disabilities to elder people. This support might be completely health related or could also include social work like helping people writing letters or organising their budgets. It may require to help clients with daily personal care like washing, feeding themselves, lifting and moving patients, using the toilet or helping families dealing with new responsibilities.
Care Assistants might work in a family residence, Residential and Nursing homes and communities. Also may have to work with children with both physical and or learning disabilities.
A Care Assistant usually performs many of the following tasks:
- Building a relationship with patients
- Identifying patients' special needs
- Supporting clients in their activities
- Helping with physical tasks
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