Caregiver

Home Health Aide

A Home Health Aide is an individual, who provides personal care, home management and other related home health supportive services in order for the individual to continue living in their home environment when there are disruptions due to illness, disability, social disadvantage or other problems on the home. The HHA provides care in accordance with the DOH matrix : permissible and Non-permissible Activities : HHA Services.

Qualifications :

• Successful completion of New York State Department of Health approved Home Health Aide training program as demonstrated by a valid Home Health Aide Certificate.
• Ability to speak, read and write in English sufficiently to understand and interpret the HHA Plan of Care
• Document care provided on the HHA Time and Activity report and able to call agency to report change and / or issues related to the patient and / or 911 in case of emergency.
• Ability to add and subtract two-digit numbers and multiply and divide with 10's and 100's.
• Ability to perform these operations using units of American money and weight measurement, volume and distance.
• Holds a valid Home Health Aide Certificate.
• Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out simple one or two step instructions.
• Ability to deal with standardized situations with only occasional or no variables.

Specific Duties and Responsibilities :

Functions Permissible for Home Health Aides Under Special Circumstances :

The Home Health Aide Will Not Perform These Functions Under Any Circumstances :

Work Environment : Patient's home