Direct care workers provide support to clients who are unable to perform routine daily activities without assistance12345. Their duties include12345:

• Running errands
• Assisting with personal hygiene
• Performing housekeeping tasks
• Providing compassionate care and companionship
• Monitoring a patient's daily life conditions/quality of life and reporting changes to designated health professionals
• Assisting clients with activities of daily living (ADL) tasks such as walking, ambulating, feeding, dressing, personal hygiene, and toileting