A personal care assistant works as part of a team to help ill, weak or elderly clients with their personal needs. His or her main responsibility is to provide clients with compassionate, considerate assistance with hygiene, exercise, medication and communication. Assistants are usually supervised by a registered nurse (RN). In hospitals and formal care centers assistants are often assigned some administrative tasks such as ordering medical supplies or organizing paperwork, though most of their work is patient-centered

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