Home Health Aides (HHA)

 

Home Health Aide Duty & Services

A Home Health Aide (HHA) has received formal training in patient home care skills and home management. They are qualified to perform duties and services that help you maintain your personal comfort and a clean, safe environment. These duties are provided with the supervision of a SelectCare Registered Nurse.

Home Health Aides are a level above Personal Care Aides because they have received more training.  SelectCare does not employ Personal Care Aides however our Home Health Aides can perform the same duties as a PCA and more. To learn more about these difference, visit our FAQ page.

Below are some of the specific job responsibilities of a Home Health Aide (hha):

A.   Assists in the personal care of the patient including:

  • Oral hygiene

  • Bathing activities including shower, partial or bed bath

  • Toileting activities including the use of the urinal, bedpan, commode, assistance with ostomy appliances.

  • Personal grooming activities including shampooing, skin care, shaving, perineal care

  • Dressing activities

B.  Perform basic patient care skills including:

  • Passive and/or active range-of-motion exercise

  • Transfers

  • Turning and positioning patients

  • Taking and recording vital signs

  • Providing ostomy care including changing of the apparatus as instructed by the Nursing Supervisor

  • Measuring patient’s weight

  • Measuring intake and output as directed by the Nursing Supervisor

  • Performing fingerstick and glucometer readings and reports to Nursing Supervisor

  • Performing nonsterile dressing changes as instructed by the Nursing Supervisor

  • Cleaning equipment used by the patient

  • Keeping daily records of patient activities and observations

  • Submiting weekly records to the Director of Nursing and appropriate personnel on patient’s condition

C.  Provide household services in order to maintain a safe, clean environment including:

  • Personal laundry of the patient

  • Making and changing the patient’s bed daily

  • Dusting and vacuuming the rooms used by the patient

  • Dishwashing the patient’s utensils

  • Tidying and wet mopping the kitchen and bathroom to ensure a clean and sanitary area

  • Disposing of the patient’s garbage at the end of each shift

  • Tidying the patient’s bedroom

  • Shopping for the patient if no other arrangement is possible

D.  Prepare and assist with the dietary requirements of the patient including:

  • Preparation of the prescribed diet for the patient

  • Assisting with patient feeding when necessary

  • Providing between meal nourishment

  • Assisting with menu planning and grocery shopping

E.  Assist the patient in maintaining their daily activities and quality of life style including:

  • Socializing with family and friends

  • Accompany the patient to medical appointments, social activities and outings as tolerated by the patient

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SelectCare is simply phenomenal. As a physician, I have a good view into the current health care scene. In the sea of home health care providers, where these days everything is reduced to numbers, cost, and then ‘on-to-the-next’, SelectCare is an outlier in the best sense of the word. We had watched SelectCare for quite some time as they provided home care services for a dear family friend. We saw that they were 100% reliable, had excellent operating procedures, and hired really extraordinary caregivers who actually cared about their job and the person they were caring for. We have also had experience with other companies in the past which were so-so, and therefore when it came time for our family to engage a caregiving company for Mom they were the obvious choice. And it turned out to be by far the best choice possible. The SelectCare office team and managers are staffed with people who truly care about their clients. Working with the office to provide coverage as needed has been seamless. They are not only available but happy to communicate at any time. They are flexible in terms of the care needs, and can expand or contract the care depending on the needs of the client. The case managers are highly trained nurses who are super dedicated to insuring their clients receive what they need, and they go the extra mile. And the caregivers themselves are remarkable; reliable to a fault, well trained dedicated, capable, trustworthy…everything you could possibly want if you need to have someone outside of family coming into your home for very personal interactions with the family member in need. And when I’m out of town, and the peace of mind that I have knowing that SelectCare is there when I cannot be is absolutely priceless.

– Steven Evans, MD

Manhattan

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