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Aged or Disabled Carer

OFO Code: 532202

Last checked 3 October 2026

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1. Occupation identity

OFO code
532202
Occupation
Aged or Disabled Carer
Classification
OFO 2021
Major group
SERVICE AND SALES WORKERS
Unit group
5322 · Home-based Personal Care Workers

Official description
Home-based personal care workers provide routine personal care and assistance with activities of daily living to persons who are in need of such care due to effects of ageing, illness, injury, or other physical or mental condition in private homes and other independent residential settings.

More official OFO detail

Alternative titles: Disability Attendant

Specialisations: Home Support Worker (Aged or Disabled), Personal Carer (Aged or Disabled), Geriatric Care Giver, Carer For Aged and Persons With Disabilities, Personal Care Worker (Aged or Disabled), Rest Home Worker

  • Providing psychological support to clients such as through conversation or reading aloud
  • Scheduling and accompanying clients for appointments with medical doctors and other health professionals or performing other errands
  • Maintaining records of client care, changes in condition and responses to care and treatment, and reporting concerns or providing referrals to a health or social services professional
  • Planning, purchasing, preparing, or serving meals to meet nutritional requirements and prescribed diets
  • Maintaining clients' environmental hygiene standards, such as changing bed linen, washing clothes and dishes, and cleaning living quarters
  • Providing support to parents and care for newborns during the postpartum period
  • Positioning and lifting clients with physical mobility challenges, and helping transport them in wheelchairs and motor vehicles
  • Providing clients and families with emotional support and information and advice on topics such as nutrition, hygiene, exercise, caring for infants, or adapting to disability or illness

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