Home Health Aide (HHA)

Following are major duties, tasks, and responsibilities assigned to people who work as home health aides:

• Offer personal care and assistance to patients following their care plan
• Help patients to get in and out of bed, and with ambulation if necessary
• Learn from health personnel and administer prescribed exercises to patients
• Prepare therapeutic diets and other meals and help patients to eat them
• Help patients in using urinals, bedpans, or commodes, or to the bathroom
• Provide domestic and house-hold services to enhance patients’ self-care at home
• Assist patients in applying or taking self-administered medications
• Perform activities such as bladder hygiene care, changing colostomy bags, taking of non-sterile bowel and vital signs, and other activities taught by a healthcare professional
• Report to the case manager or supervising therapist or nurse observed changes in patient’s needs and condition
• Document services performed or provided, as well as all communication with other healthcare service providers
• Take necessary action in case of emergency and quickly report case to the supervisor
• Adhere to agency policy and time frame, complete and submit daily progress notes, expense reports, timecards, schedule logs, and changes in schedule
• Take part in care coordination meetings
• Ensure assignments are well organized, planned, prioritized, and completed following agency guidelines
• Establish relationships and trust with patients and their families.

Requirements – Skills, Knowledge, and Abilities – for Home Health Aide Role

• Possess high school diploma or its equivalent or GED
• Ability to read and comprehend written instructions
• Possess reliable transportation
• Ability to take and understand instructions in patients’ homes through phone
• Ability to observe and report changes in patients’ condition to the case manager or the supervising health professional
• Relevant experience in providing personal care to patients; positi...