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Activities usually performed by doctors, 护士, 或者CNA,比如喂食, 给药, 沙拉酱, 洗澡, 带客户去洗手间, 剪手指和脚趾甲, 剃须, moving/lifting/repositioning the client, 等.
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Major household cleaning such as vacuuming, 拖地, scrubbing bathroom/appliances/floors, 洗窗户, 等.
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Moving or lifting heavy items such as furniture, filled garbage cans, full laundry baskets, 等.
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Outside work such as shoveling snow, mowing lawn, raking, gardening, 等.
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Pet care such as scooping and disposing of pet waste, taking pet outside without the client, 喂养宠物, 给宠物洗澡, 等.
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Any activities that involve the companion being on a ladder.
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Custodial (janitorial) services normally provided by paid staff.
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Depositing cash in bank for the client.
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家庭大修.
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大量的购物.
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Preparing food for or cleaning up after persons other than the client.
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Supervision of other Senior Companions.
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Any service for which the 志愿者站 is receiving compensation from any source.
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Brief casual contact with a large number of clients.
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Group recreational or social activities.
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去赌场或酒吧.
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Senior Companions cannot take any compensation from the client, their caregiver, family, or friends. Clients and their caregivers are not to:
- Offer payment, gifts, or gratuities in any amount to their companion.
- Make loans to their companion or request loans from their companion.
- Buy or sell property with their companion.
- Engage in any financial transactions or exchange of funds with their companion. The only exception is if the companion is picking up groceries or medicine for their client. This activity needs to be pre-approved by the Senior Companion Program manager and documented on the Letter of Agreement and/or Care Plan.
- Senior Companion may not have any key to the premises, nor may they have any knowledge of client’s safe combination or key.