Home Health Aide Training in Bronx, New York

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Home Health Aide Training in Bronx, New York
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Home Health Aide NY

• A Home Health Aide (HHA) provides basic, personal
  care and health-related services to a variety of
  individuals (patients) who require more
  assistance than family and/or friends are able to
  provide.
• Are a category of "direct care workers.
• The services/care depends upon their specialty
  area.

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Assignments and Duties

• A registered nurse (RN), physical therapist (PT),
  other health professional, social worker, or home
  health agency generally gives assignments and
  duties to a home health aide.
• HHA records services performed, as well as the
  patient's condition and progress.
• They also record and report any changes in a
  patient's condition to the case manager or
  supervisor.

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Types of Patients HHA Deal With

• The elderly
• Physically disabled
• Terminally ill
• Convalescent persons

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Types of Patients HHA Deal With

• Hospice patients
• Individuals with long-term illness
• Adults with mental disabilities (e.g.,
  Alzheimer's disease)
• Children with mental illness

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Duties of HHA

• Checking temperature, pulse, and respiration
  rates
• Changing (surgical) dressings
• Assisting with prescribed exercises
• Helping to move patients in and out of bed,
  chairs, baths, wheelchairs, and autos
• Administering prescribed medications
• Providing psychological and emotional support

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Duties of HHA

• Reading aloud to, or conversing with, patients
  (for mental health maintenance)
• Purchasing and preparing meals (at times
  following a prescribed diet)
• Dressing
• Grooming
• Personal hygiene (e.g., bathing)
• Changing bed linens

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Other Duties

• Also perform a variety of housekeeping chores
  such as cleaning, laundry, and grocery shopping.
• Depending on their assignment, an HHA may be
  responsible for picking up prescriptions and/or
  transporting a patient to scheduled doctors'
  appointments, or any other venue the patient
  wishes to go.

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Job Characteristics

• Some HHAs work part-time, the majority of them
  work a full-time, 40-hour work week.
• Many may also work nights, evenings, weekends,
  and holidays for patients who require
  round-the-clock care.
• Few work with the same patient at their residence
  for many months or years.
• Are typically employed by state or county welfare
  agencies, or private home health agencies.

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Job Characteristics

• Sometimes, HHAs have heavy workloads that include
  physical demands such as walking and standing for
  long periods of time.
• They should learn and practice correct procedures
  for lifting and moving patients.
• HHA may encounter minor infections and major
  diseases. That infections can be avoided by
  adhering to proper procedures.

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HHAs Should Have

• Patience
• Dependability
• Precision and accuracy
• Emotional stability
• Sensitivity
• Honesty
• Discretion

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HHAs Should Have

• Strong communications abilities
• Good physical health (including strength to lift,
  carry, push, pull)
• Service oriented
• Socially perceptive
• Problem recognition/sensitivity/solving
• Ability to work as part of a team

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Employment Outlook

• The U.S. Department of Labor Bureau of Labor
  Statistics (USDL BLS) projects that overall
  employment for home health aides is expected "to
  grow 50 percent between 2008 and 2018, which is
  much faster than the average for all occupations.

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Courses Under HHA Programs

• Geriatric Skills
• HIV/AIDS Awareness Training
• Introduction to Body Systems
• Introduction to Nutrition
• Introduction to Physical Therapy

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Courses Under HHA Programs

• Occupational Therapy Aide Training
• Patient Communication
• Patient Mobility
• Patient Personal Care
• Phlebotomy

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Courses Under HHA Programs

• Recording Vital Signs
• Respiratory Equipment Training
• Respiratory Therapy Aide
• Understanding Vital Signs
• Uses of Basic Laboratory Equipment

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• Contact Us
• Big Apple Training,
• Ph. No. 347-913-7420, 914-517-3870
• Add 4653 White Plains Road, Bronx, NY or200
  Hamilton Ave, White Plains, NY 
• E-Mail jackiebowen_at_optonline.net
  www.bigappletrainingonline.net