Becoming A Caregiver Questions and
Answers
Direct Care Workers - Answer-people who provide care to individuals in homes or other
settings
Resident Care Aide/Attendant - Answer-people working as caregivers in assisted living
or residential care communities
1/8 - Answer-ratio of Americans over the age of 65 to every American
1/5 - Answer-estimated ratio in 25 years of American over the of 65 to every Americans
Over Age 85 - Answer-fastest growing group out of this population
Caregiver Duties - Answer-1. Assiting clients in activities of daily living - bathing,
dressing, eating, toileting, and mobility
2. Providing tx or procedures as instructed under nurse delegation
3. administering or setting up medications (if properly trained and supervised)
4. Laundering clothes, bedding, and linens
5. Changing bed linens
6. Providing or arranging for transportation for clients
7. Making and receiving telephone calls
8. Setting up appointments for clients
9. Meeting with families, health care providers, and supervisors
10. Writing on the service plan as indicated by the nurse or supervisor
11. Maintaining records for each client
12. Keeping track of client's needs for prescription refills, clothing, and personal items
13. Planning and preparing meals or ensuring that the client's need for food and fluids
are met
14. Providing companionship and leisure time activities, including exercise and fitness
15. Providing light housekeeping and assistance in keeping the client's environment
clean, tidy, and safe
16. Sometimes asked to help care for a client's pet
Client's Bill of Rights - Answer-client's rights protected by law; may vary from state to
state and between service locations
Client's Bill of Rights (List) - Answer-1. the right to be treated with dignity and respect
2. the right to be free from theft, damage, or misuse of personal property
3. the right to be given the informed choice and opportunity to select or refuse service
and to accept responsibility for the consequences
4. the right to be free from neglect of care, verbal, mental, emotional, and sexual abuse
5. the right to be free from financial exploitation
Answers
Direct Care Workers - Answer-people who provide care to individuals in homes or other
settings
Resident Care Aide/Attendant - Answer-people working as caregivers in assisted living
or residential care communities
1/8 - Answer-ratio of Americans over the age of 65 to every American
1/5 - Answer-estimated ratio in 25 years of American over the of 65 to every Americans
Over Age 85 - Answer-fastest growing group out of this population
Caregiver Duties - Answer-1. Assiting clients in activities of daily living - bathing,
dressing, eating, toileting, and mobility
2. Providing tx or procedures as instructed under nurse delegation
3. administering or setting up medications (if properly trained and supervised)
4. Laundering clothes, bedding, and linens
5. Changing bed linens
6. Providing or arranging for transportation for clients
7. Making and receiving telephone calls
8. Setting up appointments for clients
9. Meeting with families, health care providers, and supervisors
10. Writing on the service plan as indicated by the nurse or supervisor
11. Maintaining records for each client
12. Keeping track of client's needs for prescription refills, clothing, and personal items
13. Planning and preparing meals or ensuring that the client's need for food and fluids
are met
14. Providing companionship and leisure time activities, including exercise and fitness
15. Providing light housekeeping and assistance in keeping the client's environment
clean, tidy, and safe
16. Sometimes asked to help care for a client's pet
Client's Bill of Rights - Answer-client's rights protected by law; may vary from state to
state and between service locations
Client's Bill of Rights (List) - Answer-1. the right to be treated with dignity and respect
2. the right to be free from theft, damage, or misuse of personal property
3. the right to be given the informed choice and opportunity to select or refuse service
and to accept responsibility for the consequences
4. the right to be free from neglect of care, verbal, mental, emotional, and sexual abuse
5. the right to be free from financial exploitation
