Caregiver Support

A trained MUCH caregiver supports the client’s daily activities, personal hygiene, mobility, meals, companionship and safety. Care can be arranged for daytime, nighttime, short-term or ongoing support according to the family’s needs.

Home Care includes

• Bathing, grooming and dressing assistance.
• Toileting and personal hygiene support.
• Meal preparation, feeding assistance, and monitoring food and water intake.
• Mobility, walking and transfer support.
• Medication reminders.
• Companionship and emotional support.
• Safety supervision and fall prevention.
• Light housekeeping related to the client’s care.
• Accompanying clients to appointments, activities or errands.
• Activities of daily living support.
• Respite support for family caregivers.
• Basic vital signs by a trained caregiver according to the care plan.
• Encouraging hydration and recording food and water intake.
• Reporting changes or concerns to the supervising nurse.
• Periodic nurse supervision.
• Doctor home visits for health screening, prevention and safer ageing when included in the care plan.

Suitable for

• Older adults who need daily assistance but not continuous medical care.
• Older adults living alone who need companionship and safety support.
• People in stable recovery after illness, surgery or hospitalization.
• Hospitalized patients who need non-medical bedside support, subject to hospital rules.
• People with mobility limitations or fall risk.
• People who need reminders and encouragement for meals, hydration and medication.
• Families who need respite support from caregiving responsibilities.

The caregiver may measure and record basic vital signs, monitor food and water intake, and report observations or changes to the supervising nurse according to the care plan.

Caregiver responsibility

Basic vital signs are measured only by a trained caregiver according to the approved care plan. The caregiver records and reports observations but does not interpret results, diagnose conditions or make medical decisions.

Caregiver scope

Caregivers provide non-medical support. They do not perform medical procedures, change medication dosages or make clinical decisions. Medical needs are referred to MUCH nurses and doctors.

Our trained caregivers provide medication reminders and document medication intake according to the approved care plan. Medication preparation, dosage changes and clinical decisions remain under the supervision of MUCH nurses and doctors.

Assist with exercises recommended by a physiotherapist or healthcare professional.