Provides personal care, assistance with activities of daily living, therapeutic exercises, and basic housekeeping for hospice patients in home settings.
Compensation range: $23.00- $32.62
- Provides direct patient/basic nursing care and simple housekeeping tasks as reflected on the Home Health Aide Plan of Care under the direction and supervision of a Registered Nurse (RN) or other licensed professional
- Patient care duties may include bathing, pericare, oral care, skin care, hair and nail care, helping patients move, turn, get in and out of bed, chair, or wheelchair, and ambulate with or without assistive devices
- Provide care of surgical or prosthetic appliances or devices as instructed
- Basic nursing care may include collecting and processing specimens, obtaining vital signs, measuring and calculating fluid and food intake and output, performing simple dressing changes, assisting with routine bowel care
- Housekeeping duties may include simple household duties to facilitate patient’s self care at home
- Completion of a certified nursing assistant course or equivalent training
- Certification as a Home Health Aide