3. An individual, such
as a physician,
nurse, or social
worker, who help in
the identification,
prevention, or
treatment of an
illness or disability.
4. A caregiver or
carrer is an "unpaid
or paid member" of
a person's social
network who assist
them with action of
day to day living.
5. 'Caregiving' is
generally the most
used to "address
impairments" related
to disability, old age,
mental disorder, or a
disease.
6. assisting with meals, personal
care and transportation
helping with medical
procedures and therapy
devoting just a few hours
weekly or many hours each
day
Caregiving may involve:
11. The common tasks of caregivers
Buy groceries, cook, clean house, do laundry,
provide transportation
Help the care receiver get dressed, take a
shower, take medicine
Transfer someone out of bed/chair, help with physical therapy, perform medical interventions—
injections, feeding tubes, wound treatment, breathing treatments
Arrange medical appointments, drive to the doctor,
sit in during appointments, monitor medications
Talk with doctors, nurses, care managers, and
others to understand what needs to be done
Spend time handling crises and arranging for assistance—especially for someone who cannot be
left alone
Handle finances and other legal matters Be a companion
Be a (usually) unpaid aide, on call 24/7
12. Do you know that caregiving is one of the most sought-
after jobs abroad and good paying job too!
Welcome to the unit
of CAREGIVING!
13. Caregiving Tools, Equipment and Paraphernalia
Procedure in the Use and Care of Caregiving Tools
Measurements and Calculations in Caregiving
Occupational Health and Safety in Caregiving
This unit centers on four basic competencies which
every beginning student in Caregiving should be
equipped with.
They are as follows:
14. Paraphernalia - articles of equipment, apparatus, belongings.
Dripping Pan - a shallow pan used to catch liquid or juice that
falls in drops from roasting or baking poultry or meat.
Extract - to withdraw (as in juice) by physical or chemical
process.
Gadgets - small mechanical or electronic device with practical
use.
Sucking - to draw in liquid (as in an orange or mother's milk) by
the mouth
Words to study
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16. A. For Measuring Weight
Measuring Cup Measuring Quart
Measuring Spoons Dietetic Scales
Timers Thermometers
17. B. For Cutting, Chopping, Paring, Slicing,
Pounding and etc.
Can Opener Kitchen Knife
Kitchen Shears Paring Knife
Grater Juicer
Potato Peeler Chopping Board
Salad Maker Mortar and Pestle
18. C. For Mixing, Blending and Straining
Blender Egg Beater
Electric Mixer Bowls, Utility Plates
Pastry Wire Blender Slotted Spoon
Tea Strainer Turner
Rubber Board Colander
Kitchen Tool Set
19. D. For Top of the Stove Cooking
Bread Toaster
Coffee Maker
Casserole
Double Boiler
Dutch Oven
Frying Pan
Pressure Cooker
Saucepans
Steamer
Tea Kettle Kitchen Tongs
Turner
22. This is a one-door or two-
door type of storage for
raw and cooked food at
controlled temperature. It
has compartments such
as freezer, chiller, racks
and vegetable crisper.
Refrigerator
Refrigerator
Refrigerator
23. This consists of
an oven which is
found below and
cooking stove
found above the
oven.
Cooking
Range
24. This is a one-door oven
that uses
electromagnetic waves
of high frequency and
short wavelengths that
travels at the speed of
light. This is generated in
a vacuum tube called
magnetron.
Microwave
Oven
25. This type of cooker
provides heated air in
motion activated by a
compact impeller fan
motor. With the heated
cooking air, cooking is
fast.
Turbo
Broiler
26. 5-IN-1
MULTI
COOKER
This is the most advanced
kitchen gadget being used for
steaming, soup boiling, deep-
frying, pan frying and slow
cooking. It is a nonstick
because it is Teflon coated
and with stoneware server for
slow cooking.
27. Rice
Cooker
Used for cooking
perfectly cooked rice
with no "tutong" or
scorched bottom. It is a
versatile gadget as it
can also be used for
cooking custard, a cake
or "bibingka"
31. Sterilizer
an apparatus used in
sanitizing feeding bottles
either by plowing boiling
water into the bottle or
allowing the water in the
sterilizer to boil for a
number of minutes to
destroy any bacteria in the
feeding bottles
34. Spinner
an electrical appliance with a
rotator that moves at a high speen
to ectract water and remove
remaining moisture in clothes,
bedsheets and linen leaving them
half dry.
35. Dryer
an electrical appliance with a rotor-
like component where clothes,
bedsheets and linens continuosly spin
and dry as they are heated by air
circulation
37. Flat Iron
an electrical appliance with a thermostat
control that regulates the temperature
suited for clothes made of different kinds of
fabric. Its purpose is to remove wrinkles
and give the clothes and sheets a neat, well-
pressed look.
38. Ironing Board
this consists of a wooden or
metal board padded with blanket
and cotton cloth with a wooden
or metal stand.
40. Floor Polisher
an electrical appliance with a circular brush that
continuosly rotates as it cleans ans polishes floors
made of wood, tiles, granite and even fine
cement.
41. VACUUM CLEANER
an electrical appliance that
cleans floors, carpets and
upholstered furniture by sucking
in dirt, dust and other dirt
particles
42. Broom
a t o o l u s e d f o r s w e e p i n g f l o o r s o f
d i r t , d u s t , a n d l i t t e r s . I t c a n b e m a d e
o f b r i s t l e a n d t w i g s o r o f c o c o n u t o r
p a l m c a l l e d b r o o m s t i c k . T h e
b r o o m s t i c k i s f o r s w e e p i n g r o u g h
c e m e n t e d f l o o r s a n d g r o u n d s .
43. Dustpan
a tool made of plastic or metal
sheet with handle and a scoop to
gather dirt and litters.
44. made of very fine feathers,
plastics or cloth used to wipe out
dust and dirt on tables, chairs
and other furniture.
Duster
49. this BP apparatus is a
mercury-based unit. It has a
manually inflated cuff
attached by tubing to the
unit calibrated in
millimeters of mercury.
Mercurial
50. Digital
this BP apparatus is
mercurial-free and consists of
a cuff applied with one hand
for testing, a stethoscope and
a value that inflates and
deflates automatically with
the data displayed on LCD.
51. S t e t h o s c o p e
an instrument used for
listening to the sounds of the
heartbeat, respiration of the
lungs and others.
54. Clinical Thermometer
it is a transparent glass
instrument about 11
centimeters in length with a
number column inside that
shows a range of temperature
where the mercury moves along
the column
