Personal Carers

 
Personal Care Attendants, Home Carers and Community Care Workers are all names for people, both men, and women, who assist individuals to stay in their own homes rather than having to go into permanent care or make other living arrangements due to their frail condition. This frail condition can be due to a temporary or permanent health problem, a disability or ageing.

　

Generally the rostered visit is for either Homecare or Personal Care and a Carer has a regular list of clients to visit on regular days at regular times. If a Carer is on leave, the clients from that roster will be rostered to other Carers as "fill-ins" till the Carer on leave returns to work.

　

Homecare generally consists of vacuuming floors, mopping floors and cleaning the bathroom and toilet. Other duties can include dusting, washing clothes and sheets, shopping, bill paying, taking to appointments as well as respites for a client’s main live-in Carer to allow them some time for themselves.

　

Personal Care consists of assisting with showering, toileting, dressing, meal preparation, medications and doing general safety and at the end of the day, assisting with medications, undressing and getting ready for bed as well as assisting to bed and ensuring client is safe and secure for the night.

　

BUT………….. it can be so much more than that……………..