Description of the home care assistant profession
A home care assistant is an individual who provides daily assistance to an elderly person or someone losing autonomy. Their role is to support and assist the person on a short-term or long-term basis.
The home care assistant intervenes to help individuals perform daily tasks that they may no longer want or be able to do. This includes home maintenance, meal preparation, hairstyling, and dressing.
Private individuals hire home care assistants to ease their daily lives, and clients of the “Morgan & Mallet Home Care” agency contact us to provide support for their loved ones or to facilitate their lives at home.
Qualities of a Home Care Assistant:
- Compassion
- Sense of service
- Discretion
- Availability
Role of a Home Care Assistant:
- Assist the elderly person in their daily life
- Perform daily activities on behalf of the person
Responsibilities of a Home Care Assistant:
- Maintenance of the person’s home
- Care of household linens
- Ironing of household linens
- Assist the person with waking up and going to bed
- Assist the person with grocery shopping
- Assist with meal preparation
- Optionally assist with mealtime
Contact one of the recruiters from the “Morgan & Mallet Caregiver Agency” agency to meet candidates for home care assistants
