Job Description :
Brief : Home Health Aide professional should provide routine individualized healthcare to the elderly, persons with disabilities at the patient's home. Monitor or report changes in health status. Provide personal care such as bathing, dressing, and grooming of patient.
Home Health Aide Trainer should be able to train students on following :
- Monitors patient condition by observing physical and mental condition, intake and output, and exercise.
- Assists patients by providing personal services, such as, bathing, dressing, and grooming etc.
- Helps patients care for themselves by teaching use of cane or walker, special utensils to eat, special techniques and equipment for personal hygiene.
- Helps family members care for the patient by teaching appropriate ways to lift, turn, and re-position the patient; advising on nutrition, cleanliness, and housekeeping.
- Records patient information by making entries in the patient journal; notifying nursing supervisor of changing or unusual conditions.
- Maintains a safe, secure, and healthy patient environment, maintaining security precautions; following prescribed dietary requirements and nutrition standards.