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Provide encouragement,
grief support, and reality orientation/awareness
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Provide respite care
for family caregivers
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Assist with reading,
writing letters, phone calls and correspondence, and paying
bills
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Accompany and assist
with grocery shopping, running errands
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Accompany or arrange
for client transportation to appointments
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Assist in monitoring
medications
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Assist in meal planning
and preparation
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Assist with light housekeeping,
i.e. washing dishes, making beds, laundry
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Assist with walking,
getting to bathroom, exercising
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Accompany client to nutrition
site
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Encourage and assist
with grooming, hair care, make-up and dressing if needed
** This list is not all-inclusive
Companions are not permitted
to perform heavy housekeeping functions or services involving
medical knowledge or attendant care.
