Kimyla B.

* Maintain records of patient care, condition, progress, or problems to report and discuss observations with supervisor or case manager. * Check patients' pulse, temperature, and respiration. Provide patients with help moving in and out of beds, baths, wheelchairs, or automobiles and with dressing and grooming. * Care for patients by changing bed linens, washing and ironing laundry, cleaning, or assisting with their personal care. * Entertain, converse with, or read aloud to patients to keep them mentally healthy and alert. * Administer prescribed oral medications, under the written direction of physician or as directed by home care nurse or aide, and ensure patients take their medicine. * Plan, purchase, prepare, or serve meals to patients or other family members, according to prescribed diets. * Accompany clients to doctors' offices or on other trips outside the home, providing transportation, assistance, and companionship. * Direct patients in simple prescribed exercises or in the use of braces or artificial limbs. * Provide patients and families with emotional support and instruction in areas such as caring for infants, preparing healthy meals, living independently, or adapting to disability or illness. * Perform a variety of duties as requested by client, such as obtaining household supplies or running errands. * Massage patients or apply preparations or treatments, such as liniment, alcohol rubs, or heat-lamp stimulation. * Change dressings.