Home Health Aide
- Work closely with healthcare professionals, such as nurses or hospice care doctors, to aid clients in personal tasks and simple health duties
- Keep a record of patients’ progress for alerting medical care professionals of changes
- Assist patients with basic tasks, such as walking, getting meals together, getting dressed, et cetera
- Assist patients in performing physical therapy exercises
- Work with transportation professionals to ensure patients have safe transportation, as necessary
- Deliver weekly reports to case managers or medical supervisors, and inform them of any changes in the patient’s condition, or medical care professional’s orders for care
- Engage in conversation with patients, and help them to feel cared for personally and professionally
- Light housework and laundry services for patients
- Shopping for groceries and other household supplies
- Running other errands for or with patients who cannot run them on their own
- Teaching the use of a cane, walker, or in some cases a wheelchair, or personal hygiene or health equipment or techniques
- Teach family members to appropriate care through ways of lifting, turning, or repositioning the patient
- Advise family members of nutritional instructions, personal care, cleaning, or household care for the patient
- Maintain a safe, secure environment with confidentiality
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