Provide routine individualized healthcare such as changing bandages and dressing wounds, and applying topical medications to the elderly, convalescents, or persons with disabilities at the patient's home or in a care facility. Monitor or report changes in health status. May also provide personal care such as bathing, dressing, and grooming of patient.
- Home Health Aide (HHA)
- Certified Nurses Aide (CNA)
- Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA)
- Residential Counselor
- Certified Medical Aide (CMA)
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- Home Health Provider
- Care Giver
- Habilitation Training Specialist
- Caregiver
- Certified Home Health Aide
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- Accompany clients to doctors' offices or on other trips outside the home, providing transportation, assistance, and companionship.
- Administer prescribed oral medications, under the written direction of physician or as directed by home care nurse or aide, and ensure patients take their medicine.
- Care for children who are disabled or who have sick or disabled parents.
- Care for patients by changing bed linens, washing and ironing laundry, cleaning, or assisting with their personal care.
- Change dressings.
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- Accompany clients to doctors' offices or on other trips outside the home, providing transportation, assistance, and companionship.
- Administer prescribed oral medications, under the written direction of physician or as directed by home care nurse or aide, and ensure patients take their medicine.
- Care for children who are disabled or who have sick or disabled parents.
- Care for patients by changing bed linens, washing and ironing laundry, cleaning, or assisting with their personal care.
- Change dressings.
- Check patients' pulse, temperature, and respiration.
- Direct patients in simple prescribed exercises or in the use of braces or artificial limbs.
- Entertain, converse with, or read aloud to patients to keep them mentally healthy and alert.
- Maintain records of patient care, condition, progress, or problems to report and discuss observations with supervisor or case manager.
- Massage patients or apply preparations or treatments, such as liniment, alcohol rubs, or heat-lamp stimulation.
- Perform a variety of duties as requested by client, such as obtaining household supplies or running errands.
- Plan, purchase, prepare, or serve meals to patients or other family members, according to prescribed diets.
- Provide patients and families with emotional support and instruction in areas such as caring for infants, preparing healthy meals, living independently, or adapting to disability or illness.
- Provide patients with help moving in and out of beds, baths, wheelchairs, or automobiles and with dressing and grooming.
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- administer enemas, irrigations, or douches to patients
- administer medications or treatments
- assist patient in walking or exercising
- assist patient with dressing, undressing, grooming, or bathing
- attend to or care for children
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- administer enemas, irrigations, or douches to patients
- administer medications or treatments
- assist patient in walking or exercising
- assist patient with dressing, undressing, grooming, or bathing
- attend to or care for children
- change linen
- clean rooms or work areas
- collect specimens from patients
- cook meals
- entertain patients
- feed patients
- instruct patients in methods to improve functional activities
- lift or transport ill or injured patients
- maintain dental or medical records
- observe patient condition
- position patient for therapy
- prepare patients for tests, therapy, or treatments
- provide in home patient care
- purchase food or beverages
- purchase housekeeping or cleaning supplies or equipment
- set up patient care equipment
- take vital signs
- use massage therapy procedures
- weigh patients
- work with persons with mental disabilities or illnesses
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- Health Support Specialist
- HHA Dementia Care Specialty
- HHA Disabilities Specialty
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- HHA Hospice and Palliative Care Specialty
- HHA Mentor Specialty
- Home Health Aide
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