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2. Caregiver - Wikipedia

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   Typical duties of a caregiver might include taking care of someone who has a chronic illness or disease; managing medications or talking to doctors and nurses on someone's behalf; helping to bathe or dress someone who is frail or disabled; or taking care of household chores, meals, or processes both formal and informal documentations related to ...

3. Live-in caregiver - Wikipedia

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   Live-In care also allows for constant one-one-one interaction between client and caregiver, as the patient is the only individual receiving care. By comparison, the average assisted living staff provides only about 2 hours and 19 minutes of total direct care and 14 minutes of licensed nursing care per resident per day. [19]

4. Activities of daily living - Wikipedia

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   Personal care assistants are required to adhere to established standards of care. Personal assistance is defined as wagered support of 20 or more hours a week for people with impairments. [18] A 2008 review suggested that personal assistance may offer benefits to some elderly individuals and their informal caretakers. [18]

5. Personal Care for Elderly Adults: 12 Tips From a Professional ...

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   8. Remember skin care. Skin infections are one of the most common infections in the elderly and a primary reason proper senior hygiene is so important. Skin becomes more sensitive with age and a ...

6. Unlicensed assistive personnel - Wikipedia

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   Personal support work is unique among health care professions in that the scope of a PSW's duties does not extend beyond what the client could do him/herself if the client were physically and cognitively able. [20] No other profession's scope is similarly described. [21] In Newfoundland and Labrador, a PSW is called a Personal Care Attendant (PCA).

7. Family caregivers - Wikipedia

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   1.4 million children ages 8 to 18 provide care for an adult relative; 72% are caring for a parent or grandparent. Fortunately, most are not the sole caregiver. [8] 30% of family caregivers caring for seniors are themselves aged 65 or over; another 15% are between the ages of 45 to 54. [9]