Home Health Care Aide Job Duties
Know what is expected of working as a Home Health Aide
Duties of a Home Health Aide
- Take and Record Blood Pressure
- Take Oral Temperature
- Take Pulse
- Measure Respiration
- Take and Record Body Weight
- Remind Patient to Take Medication
- Prepare Meals
- Wash Dishes
- Do Laundry
- Assist with Bathing and Grooming
- Help Getting Dressed
- Escort Patient to Appointments
- Assist with Wheelchairs, Walkers, Crutches, etc.
- Companionship
Companionship
Home health Care Aides, sometimes are just responsible to provide companionship to the elderly and ill.
Assist with Wheelchairs
As a Home Health Care Aide, you need to sometimes help a patient into and out of a wheelchair, or with use of other medical mobility devices.
Blood Pressure monitoring
A Home health Care Aide may be required to help their patients monitor their blood pressure levels. This knowledge is important to the job.
HOME HEALTH TRAINING AIDE'S JOB DESCRIPTION