Qualifications

A person employed as a caregiver should have vocational preparation and education in one of the following profiles:

home caregiver/ care assistant for elderly people
care assistant in social welfare houses
community care worker
care assistant for the disabled
medical care assistant.

A person performing the above mentioned occupations needs knowledge from the following fields:

workplace safety and hygiene,
first aid procedures,
anatomy,
personal and social competencies,
methods and principles for communication with dependent persons,
communication in sign language,
communication in foreign language/s (vocational vocabulary)
setting up and running own economic activities /business,
work organisation for small teams,
keeping medical documentation of care recipient,
specialist software applied in medical practice,
professional ethics.

Types of services existing

Persons who have acquired vocational qualifications may seek employment directly at employers or through labour offices.
Caregivers can provide care services in:

hospitals
rehabilitation centres
foundations and associations providing care, medical and rehabilitation services
private clinics
sanatoria
hospices and palliative care facilities
welfare houses
residential nursing care facilities
care and treatment facilities
at the care recipient’s home.

A caregiver performs care and support services including:

diagnosing and solving care problems of sick and dependent persons of variousstages of disease and of different age,
helping sick and dependent persons in satisfying their biological needs,
stimulating development and activation of persons in social welfare houses,
helping sick and dependent persons in maintaining social activity,
helping sick and dependent persons in maintaining personal hygiene,
applying equipment, instruments and tools for hygienic and mobilizing procedures,
activating sick and dependent persons to increase independence in daily life,
motivating care recipients to spend their time actively and developing their interests,
advising regarding expenditures planning and/or leisure activities,
ensuring sick and dependent persons' physical and psychological safety,
cooperating with care and therapeutic teams,
assisting a nurse in medical procedures,
promoting a healthy lifestyle behaviour.