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JOB
DUTIES AND TRAINING REQUIREMENTS: Personal Assistants and
Home Care Aides
Personal
assistants and home care aides provide personal assistance and
support to clients with long-term disabilities. In addition to helping
with personal care, they often help with instrumental activities of
daily living (IADLs), such as housekeeping, meal preparation, medication
management, shopping, and bill paying. Personal care assistants who
are employed and supervised directly by consumers often provide clinical
assistance as well.
In
addition to working in people's homes, personal care assistants
work in other community-based settings, such as adult day centers
and group homes. Most workers are employed by an agency, but many
work directly for consumers. A number of states have created public
authorities that serve as the employers of record for personal
assistants working with Medicaid beneficiaries who direct their
own care. This allows the workers to access health care, training,
and other benefits and to join a union, if desired.
Training
Requirements
There
are no federal training requirements for personal assistance
workers, but some states have their own requirements. For information
about your state click here. Some employers
also have their own training requirements.
For
information about the U.S. Department of Labor about personal
assistant and home care aide career paths, click
here.
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