As a Home Care Aide, you will need to master following:

• accompany people
• assist disable passengers
• buy groceries
• disability care
• first response
• make the beds
• monitor patient's health condition
• prepare ready-made dishes
• prepare sandwiches
• support individuals to adjust to physical disability
• tend to elderly people
• wash the dishes
• wash the laundry

More generally, a home care aide is also versed in:

• apply first response
• assist clients with special needs
• assist social service users with physical disabilities
• disability types
• evaluate older adults' ability to take care of themselves
• iron textiles
• keep company
• older adults' needs
• provide in-home support for disabled individuals
• support social service users to live at home

It also helps to know the following:

• administer appointments
• assess risks for the elderly
• assist individuals with disabilities in community activities
• clean household linens
• feed pets
• food allergies
• prepare dietary meals
• prevent domestic accidents
• promote healthy lifestyle
• promote prevention of social isolation
• provide dog walking services
• remove dust
• use cooking techniques
• use food preparation techniques
• vacuum surfaces
• advise on healthy lifestyles
• clean rooms
• clean surfaces
• communicate with customers
• handle linen in stock
• hearing disability
• lift heavy weights
• listen actively
• mobility disability
• provide first aid
• visual disability
• work ergonomically