CAREER

Home Health Aides

Overview

Salary Median (2020)

$29,430

Projected Job Growth (2019-2029)

0% (little or no change)

Career

What Home Health Aides Do

Monitor the health status of an individual with disabilities or illness, and address their health-related needs, such as changing bandages, dressing wounds, or administering medication. Work is performed under the direction of offsite or intermittent onsite licensed nursing staff. Provide assistance with routine healthcare tasks or activities of daily living, such as feeding, bathing, toileting, or ambulation. May also help with tasks such as preparing meals, doing light housekeeping, and doing laundry depending on the patient's abilities.

Other Job Titles Home Health Aides May Have

Certified Home Health Aide (CHHA), Certified Nurses Aide (CNA), Home Care Aide, Home Health Aide (HHA)

How Leaders Describe a Typical Day at Work

Home Health Nurse ,

I wake up at 6am and get to my patients house around 7:45am. When I get there I will check her oxygen levels and give her morning medicine she needs.


Tasks & Responsibilities May Include

  • Maintain records of patient care, condition, progress, or problems to report and discuss observations with supervisor or case manager.
  • Provide patients with help moving in and out of beds, baths, wheelchairs, or automobiles and with dressing and grooming.
  • Bathe patients.
  • Care for patients by changing bed linens, washing and ironing laundry, cleaning, or assisting with their personal care.
  • Entertain, converse with, or read aloud to patients to keep them mentally healthy and alert.

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