A Typical Day In The Life Of An At-Home Care Worker

If you are looking into home care services or already use them, it can be important as well as interesting to understand the daily tasks your carers must do. This can give you insight into how important their role is and the different tasks they must complete.

Understanding their role and what their job entails can also better prepare you for what to expect from home care services which can help you to decide which type of care services are right for you and your needs.

Home care is a rewarding yet demanding job and many carers are entirely in love with their career and enjoy spending their time looking after and helping others.

They start their days very early, usually visiting patients and customers who require specialised help in the mornings. This includes helping people to get up and out of bed, getting washed and dressed and preparing them to start their day.

Carers may also assist in preparing breakfast for customers, helping them to eat and ensuring they are eating healthy and nutritious foods.

The level of care needed by an individual will determine the amount of time a carer spends with them. Often, a carer may spend an entire day with just one person helping them to complete their daily tasks, others may visit multiple people in one day during different times of the day.

At set times, a carer will administer the correct medications to their clients and ensure they have been taken correctly and all the medications are up to date.

Carers will then spend the rest of the day attending to other daily tasks, such as taking clients to appointments or other events, assisting with daily admin as well as taking care of some household tasks their client may be unable to do such as laundry or personal care tasks.

Live-in or overnight carers will then spend their evenings preparing their client for bed as well as themselves and then heading to sleep for the night, to wake up and start over the next day.

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