Home Health Aide(HHA)

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Home Health Aide(HHA)
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What is HHA?

• 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.

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Typical Home Health Aide Patients

• The elderly
• Physically disabled
• Terminally ill
• Convalescent persons
• Hospice patients
• Individuals with long-term illness
• Adults with mental disabilities (e.g.,
  Alzheimer's disease)
• Children with mental illness

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HHA Duties

• 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
• Picking up prescriptions and/or transporting a
  patient to scheduled doctors' appointments

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Home Health Aide Training Includes

• Geriatric Skills
• HIV/AIDS Awareness Training
• Introduction to Body Systems
• Introduction to Nutrition
• Introduction to Physical Therapy
• Occupational Therapy Aide Training
• Patient Communication

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• Patient Mobility
• Patient Personal Care
• Phlebotomy
• Recording Vital Signs
• Respiratory Equipment Training
• Respiratory Therapy Aide
• Understanding Vital Signs
• Uses of Basic Laboratory Equipment

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HHA 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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• The following factors will contribute to the
  "much faster than average employment growth"
• Increasing demand from the aging population for
  in-home services
• Preference by consumers for in-home care services
• Medical technology advancements for in-home
  treatment care facilities

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Home Health Aide(HHA) Training in Westchester

• Big Apple Training is an allied health training
  school providing all types of health training
  programs for over 20 years. If you want to
  acquire HHA training in Westchester, then contact
  Big Apple Training to know about their HHA
  training program and schedule.

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• Contact Us
• Big Apple Training
• Ph. No. 347-913-7420, 914-517-3870
• Fax [phone]
• Add 4653 White Plains Road, Bronx, NY,
  10470 200 Hamilton Ave, White Plains, NY 
• E-Mail jackiebowen_at_optonline.net
  www.bigappletrainingonline.net