Home-based personal care workers attend to various personal
needs and in general provide personal care for persons in need
of such care at their own homes because of physical or mental
illness or disability or because of impairment due to old age.
Tasks include -
(a) assisting persons in getting into and out of bed and making
the appropriate change in dress;
(b) changing bed-linen and helping persons with their bath and
toilet;
(c) serving food - prepared by them or others - and feeding
persons needing help;
(d) giving or ensuring that persons take the necessary
medicaments;
(e) watching for any sign of deterioration in the person's
health and informing the relevant medical doctor or social
services;
