Geriatric care assistant (m/f) / Altenpflegeherhelfer/in

Care assistants for older people support geriatric nurses in all activities relating to the care and nursing of older people.

The main activities of the “care assistant for older people” are:

to assist the older person in personal body care, putting the older person into another bed, changing bedclothes, apply ointments, patient transfer
to assist in the preparation of meals and food intake
to perform medical observations
to care for patients with dementia
to advise the family members
to help in everyday tasks, dressing and undressing, accompanying to the toilet, administering medications following the prescription of the doctor
to deal with administrative paperwork and procedures and to accompany the elderly person to doctors
to help initiating activities such as handicrafts and needlework
to organize events and celebrations in care homes
to be able to take into consideration the migration backgrounds of the older people and to act accordingly to their cultural differences
to assist the family members by giving them information
end of life care

Types of services existing

Geriatric care assistants work in care and rehabilitation facilities, old peoples’s homes and nursing homes, at geriatric and gerontopsychiatric institutions as well as in social and home care services. They find further employment opportunities at residential homes for people with disabilities, at bodies providing advice to senior citizens and at services such as joint associations offering nursing care services. Their services are also in demand in private households and in collective groups of senior citizens.

Language Skills requested

In order to be able to work as “Altenpflegehelfer/in” B2 language level skill is usually required.