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Personal Assistants

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  • 27-04-2008 8:03pm
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    LadyMayBelle
    Registered Users Posts: 5,095 ✭✭✭


    Hi there,

    I'm wondering if anyone here who is a personal assistant or has a PA might be able to help me out. I'd like to know what sort of stuff they do, I understand that each service is unique to the individual and know that this can vary from personal care to assistance with a wheelchair etc, but what about areas such as the social and educaational? I also understand the relationaship is strictly professional but am keen to know any difficulties that you have experienced in this regard.

    Appreciate any answers to those two questions if anyone could help me:)


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    April Raine
    Closed Accounts Posts: 363 ✭✭April Raine


    LadyPennyworth wrote: »
    Hi there,

    I'm wondering if anyone here who is a personal assistant or has a PA might be able to help me out. I'd like to know what sort of stuff they do, I understand that each service is unique to the individual and know that this can vary from personal care to assistance with a wheelchair etc, but what about areas such as the social and educaational? I also understand the relationaship is strictly professional but am keen to know any difficulties that you have experienced in this regard.

    Appreciate any answers to those two questions if anyone could help me:)
    The best thing to do is contact your local HSE/health board and ask if they help with social educational areas. Also you might be able to get transport to educational training centres. Again ask what is available. Good luck, sorry cant give a more direct answer


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    guapos
    Registered Users Posts: 525 ✭✭✭guapos


    hi,

    Im a personal assistant with the wheelchair association. A personal assistants work is very varied and as you said involves personal care but can also include accompanying service users to school/college and on social trips, each service users needs are very different.

    As for relationships, most p.a's and service users would become friends as you are spending alot of time together and it would be very difficult to work together if you didnt get on.


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