What is Light Housekeeping

Light Housekeeping May Include:

Tidying Up:

• Cleaning up any items on the floor that could cause a tripping hazard or items that are crowding surfaces.

Kitchen Clean-Up:

• Disinfecting the counters and cooking areas helps you create meals that are germ-free.

Wiping Down Surfaces:

• Surfaces collect a lot of dust, which can cause breathing problems for your client. Wiping these down will help your client breathe easier.

Vacuuming and Mopping:

• Keeping the floors clean is essential, but this task will only be necessary once or twice a week.

Light Bathroom Cleaning:

• Bathrooms collect a lot of bacteria, so cleaning this room will allow your client to stay healthier.

Changing Bed Linens:

• Taking off the bed linens, throwing them in the laundry, and changing them will create a more comfortable bed for your client to rest in.

Laundry Tasks:

• A pile of laundry stresses anyone out. You’ll help your clients by taking care of their laundry.

Taking Trash Out:

• Old trash can lead to a smelly home and unsanitary conditions, but you’ll keep the home smelling fresh by regularly taking out your client’s trash.

Watering House Plants:

• Keeping your client’s plants healthy will help them love the home they live in.

Deep Cleaning:

Deep cleaning goes far beyond light housekeeping. It takes longer and is far more thorough. For example, instead of simply mopping, deep cleaning requires you to scrub the grout. You shouldn’t be asked to deep clean.

Shampooing Carpet:

• Vacuuming is part of your tasks, but shampooing the carpet is not.

Scrubbing Floors:

• While you may mop, you shouldn’t be expected to get on your hands and knees to scrub the floors.

Moving Heavy Furniture:

• Light housekeeping shouldn’t require you to move heavy furniture. If you ever consider moving furniture and cleaning under it, you have moved beyond light housekeeping. This lifting and moving isn’t part of your duties.

Washing Windows:

• Clean windows are great, but they’re not required for a safe environment. You won’t ever have to clean the windows.

High and Low:

• You won’t dust ceiling fans or clean baseboards. This type of deep cleaning is far beyond light housekeeping. You shouldn’t do anything that requires you to be higher than on a two-foot step stool.

Yard Maintenance:

• Your light housekeeping shouldn’t take you outside beyond hauling items to the trash can. You won’t be providing any yard maintenance services.

Shoveling Snow:

• Again, your light housekeeping should stay inside the house. Shoveling snow will never be a part of your job description.