Child care attendant vs direct care aide

Differences between child care attendant and direct care aide duties and responsibilities

Child care attendant example responsibilities.

• Aid and facilitate higher functioning patients reach their fullest potential while managing behavioral episodes as needed.
• Attend to the basic needs of patients, including physical therapy, companionship, food preparation and personal hygiene.
• Assist with ADL and transport to Dr's appointments and shopping.
• Obtain and evaluate patient medication regimens, allergies, lab values and past/current medication history utilizing electronic medical records.
• Assist nurses in placing catheters, emptying and changing bags.
• take vitals, give medications, fill oxygen tanks, empty catheters.
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Direct care aide example responsibilities.

• Provide individuals appropriate assistance in completing ADL's, such as showering, toileting, transferring, dressing, and feeding.
• Assist mentally disable adults with ADL's such as showering, grooming, oral care, eating, dressing and toileting.
• Provide emotional and mental support to unstable patients and are experience in dealing with aggressive residents
• Provide caring and companionship to elderly and developmentally disable consumers and provide primary resident care and assistance with daily living activities.
• Advocate for disable children, help them thrive through completion of goals and one-on-one supervision SCIP, AMAP and CPR certify.
• Dispense and administer medication to patients according to AMAP policies and procedures.