Hi Zachriska
I recommend you look in the newspaper or a job website and see whats out there (look for aged care, home care, personal care, etc). The job ads usually specify what kind of qualifications/experience you need. Or look up aged care agencies in your yellow pages, or google it.
DH does this for a job, although like Kellie's mum, he works mostly with disabled people and only a few elderly. He has a nursing background (although he's not an RN), and has also worked as a chef. Depending on what exactly you want to do, you may not need any formal qualifications, but I am not sure about that.
Most importantly you will need your own car, a clean drivers license (DH also has a defensive driving certificate, although I don't think that you would need this for this type of work), and some agencies insist on you having full comprehensive insurance.
If you like, I could PM you the info about the agency that DH works for. We're in Sydney, but its a nation wide agency, so may have a branch close to you (or if not, they should know about agencies in your area). Let me know if you would like me to do that.
Hope this helps.
Good luck. I think this is a wonderful type of thing to do for a career.
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