Personal Care Aides
Assist the elderly, convalescents, or persons with disabilities with daily living activities at the person's home or in a care facility. Duties performed at a place of residence may include keeping house (making beds, doing laundry, washing dishes) and preparing meals. May provide assistance at non-residential care facilities. May advise families, the elderly, convalescents, and persons with disabilities regarding such things as nutrition, cleanliness, and household activities.
Also called: Caregiver, Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA), Home Care Aide, Personal Care Aide
Skills:
- listening to others, not interrupting, and asking good questions
- talking to others
- looking for ways to help people
- understanding people's reactions
Abilites:
- listen and understand what people say
- communicate by speaking
- notice when problems happen
- use rules to solve problems
Personality:
Description: People interested in this work like activities that include helping people, teaching, and talking.
They do well at jobs that need
- Dependability
- Integrity
- Concern for Others
- Cooperation
- Self Control
- Stress Tolerance
Technology:
- Email software
- Voltage SecureMail
Optical character reader OCR or scanning software
- Computer reading software
Education:
no high school diploma/GED
