Home Health Aides

Home Health Aides

Duties and Responsibilities

The home health aide is a paraprofessional member of the home care team who works under the supervision of a Registered Nurse or Therapist and performs various personal care services as necessary to meet the patient’s needs. The home health aide is responsible for observing patients, reporting these observations and documenting observations and care performed.

The home health aide will be assigned in a manner which promotes quality, continuity and safety of a patient’s care.

Essential duties/responsibilities:

Responsibilities of the home health aide include, but are not limited to, the following:

1.    Providing personal care including:

A.    Baths

B.    Back rubs

C.    Oral hygiene

D.    Shampoos

E.    Changing bed linen

F.     Assisting patients with dressing and undressing

G.    Skin care to prevent breakdown

H.    Assisting the patient with toileting activities

I.     Keeping patient’s living area clean and orderly, as appropriate

The home health aide will not function in any manner viewed as the practice of nursing according to the State's Nurse Practice Act. Specifically, the home health aide will not administer medications, take physician's orders or perform procedures requiring the training, knowledge and skill of a nurse, such as sterile techniques

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