If necessary, they also help clients get out of bed. Aides provide basic medical care, such as checking clients' pulse, temperature, and breathing. They give clients medicine and help them with simple exercises. Occasionally aides change bandages or give massages. Some aides help clients run errands outside the house.
Aides usually provide housekeeping services.
For example, they clean clients' houses, do laundry, and change the bed linens. They also may plan meals, buy food, and cook. They also provide psychological support for clients by listening to their problems. Sometimes aides teach skills to their clients. Thus they may teach toilet training to a mentally disabled child.