Dementia specialist
| Highest | $7,850 / mo · Switzerland |
|---|---|
| Experience | 5+ yrs |
| Degree | Not required |
| First paycheck | Pay from the first employed month |
Pay in the destination countries
Monthly, in US dollars. Each country is an Imora admission package — open one for that route's fees, language requirement and deadline.
| Country | Monthly |
|---|---|
| SwitzerlandIELTS 6.5 · CHF 0.9–8k | $7,850max |
| NorwayIELTS 6.0–6.5 · NOK 130–260k | $6,600 |
| DenmarkIELTS 6.5 · DKK 45–135k | $5,950 |
| United StatesTOEFL 80–100 · $10–70k | $5,800 |
| AustraliaIELTS 6.0–6.5 · AUD 30–50k | $5,700 |
| GermanyIELTS 6.5 · €0–3k | $5,350 |
What does the day look like?
Your day is direct personal care: washing, dressing, feeding, toileting, mobility and repositioning. Observation and recording are daily work too: vital signs, food and fluid intake, behaviour changes, reporting symptoms to nursing staff, talking with patients and families, and keeping care records. Records run in Epic Systems and MEDITECH, alongside standard office and mail software. The dementia-specific part is meaningful activity and reminiscence work, managing distressed behaviour and de-escalation, support with eating and drinking, night-time checks, liaison with families and carers, and person-centred care plans.
The large majority of a frontline shift is direct care, supervision and companionship, and a minority is documentation, handover and training. The image of memory work with patients is real but it is a minority of paid hours; washing, feeding, toileting, lifting, cleaning and charting dominate. Work is rota-based: early mornings, evenings, weekends, night duty and on-call cover in residential and home-care settings. You stand and walk for most of the shift, are in constant contact with others, and face daily exposure to infection and to distressed or aggressive behaviour.
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