text: if you are a caretaker (not a nurse), what happens normally in a day? how does the job description of a caretaker sounds like? is this a 24 hr. position?  depending on what the person needs, it can sound like this. morning: prepare breakfastmay need assistance in eating, assist in shower/bath/washing and grooming, and dressing. help may be required in transfer or walking. lunch: prepare lunch, may need assistance in eating. may need to help assist to bathroom.  should not let person sit for more than a couple of hours as they could then have breakdown of the skin.  entertain as needed. dinner: prepare dinner. may need assist eating. oh. and you need to clean up dishes after meals.  assist person as needed. night: help person to dress for bed, and to get into bed. there are so many different things to being a caretaker, suffice it to say that all activities of daily living.  think about what you do everyday without thinking about it, and thats what a caretaker helps people with.   the most difficult thing was finding out that one of the old women i took care of was hoarding her pills unerneath her pillow and i found them, and turned her in to the agency.  if i hadn't found them she would probably died while i was taking care of her. also when i worked at a nursing home, i had to clean up a dead person.