Home Health Aide

Duties and responsibilities:

Enables patients to stay in their homes by monitoring and recording patient condition; providing support and personal services; teaching families.

·         Monitors patient condition by observing physical and mental condition, intake and output, and exercise.

·         Supports patients by providing housekeeping and laundry services; shopping for food and other household requirements; preparing and serving meals and snacks; running errands.

·         Assists patients by providing personal services, such as, bathing, dressing, and grooming.

·         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.

Salary:

$22,050 per year

Education:

Preferred high school diploma or equivalency

                                                         

Reflection:

I wouldn’t like to work as a home health aide worker because it doesn’t seem interesting to me. It seems a bit unadventurous, not the job I would like to have.