AW DUTIES. The duties of the AW shall be to provide diligent and skilled caregiving assistance to Persons with Physical or Cognitive Disabilities (hereinafter: "the PWDs") residing in the LTCF, under the supervision and/or instruction of the Supervising Nurse, in order to assist the PWDs in carrying out their activities of daily living, as reasonably required for thepersonal needs of the PWDs, such as grooming, dressing, bathing/showering and cleaning, toileting and/or diapering, emptying and cleaning bedpans, andotherpersonalhygieneactivities, makingandchangingbeds, helpingPWDs who havemobilitydifficulties(lifting, transferringortransporting PWDs), helping PWDs exercise,serving meals and helping to feed PWDs,talkingtoPWDs andmakingthemcomfortable, as well as keepingrooms anddepartmentsclean andtidy, as per instructions given to the AW by the Supervising Nurse. Without derogating from the above, the AW may also be required from time to time to assist the Supervising Nurse in activities such as performing various examinations (e.g. taking temperature, pulse and blood pressure measurements etc. as per instruction and training given by the Supervising Nurse), as well as any assistance necessary in case of a death of a PWD. For the removal of doubt, the AW is not authorized to make any medical related treatment decisions on his own regarding the PWDs, and when in doubt he must consult the Supervising Nurse and act according to the Supervising Nurse's instructions. דבועה ידיקפת .4
