Home Health Aide
Duties and responsibilities:
Monitors patient condition by observing physical and mental
condition, intake and output, and exercise.
Supports patients by
providing housekeeping and laundry services shopping for food and other
household requirements; preparing and serving meals and snacks; running
errands.
Helps patients care for
themselves by teaching use of cane or walker, special utensils to eat, special
techniques and equipment for personal hygiene.
Protects the home care agency by adhering to professional standards,
home care policies and produces federal state and local requirements.
Salary: $12,000 - $20,000
Education: It requires HHAs in some in some states and they
do not need a high school diploma.
Do you think you would like to be a home health aide? No.