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§Study guide: Care and health worker

This page brings together the core of your trade so you can revise before exams and apprenticeship. Use it as an overview — deepen it yourself with your own notes and experiences from your apprenticeship.

The craft's core values.

  • 01Care and respect for the individual.
  • 02The citizen's self-determination and right to live their own life.
  • 03Help for self-help and rehabilitation rather than taking over.
  • 04Professionalism, collaboration, and documentation.

You must be able to do this in practice

  • 01Personal care with respect for modesty.
  • 02Safe movement with the right aids.
  • 03Good hand hygiene and correct use of personal protective equipment.
  • 04Observation of the citizen's wellbeing and passing it on.
  • 05Clear, factual documentation.

Rules you need to know

SubjectThe central
Confidentiality obligationNo confidential information to unauthorised persons.
Self-determinationThe citizen determines their own life.
PLACEHOLDER_71Prohibited as a general rule; only after special rules.
Unintended eventsReport to learn, not to punish.

Repetition questions

  • 01How do you meet a citizen who doesn't want help?
  • 02What aids do you choose for different transfers?
  • 03What do you observe during a morning visit, and why?
  • 04When do you change gloves and why?

You make a concrete difference to another person every single day – that is the trade's reward.