Become Certified by the New York State Department of Education as a Home Health Aide
and learn how to provide personal care, work within plan of care, provide support to individual and family. Home health aides help elderly, convalescent, or disabled persons live in their own homes instead of in a health facility. Under the direction of nursing or medical staff, they provide health-related services, such as administering oral medications.Most home health aides work with elderly or disabled persons who need more extensive care than family or friends can provide. Some help discharged hospital patients who have relatively short-term needs.
In home healthcare agencies, a registered nurse, physical therapist, or social worker usually assigns specific duties and supervises home health aides. Aides keep records of services performed and patients' condition and progress. They report changes in patients' conditions to the supervisor or case manager.
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