About the role
- Help older individuals who need assistance
- Help patients get dressed, eat, bathe and complete light housekeeping duties, such as dishes or folding laundry
- Plan, prepare and monitor meals
- Run errands, remind patients of medications and escort them to events
- Provide companionship for elderly individuals
- Provide basic health services such as monitoring patients’ pulses, respiration and temperature
- Administer medication prescribed by the physician