Occupation
Home Health Aides
Monitor the health status of an individual with disabilities or illness, and address their health-related needs, such as changing bandages, dressing wounds, or administering medication. Work is performed under the direction of offsite or intermittent onsite licensed nursing staff. Provide assistance with routine healthcare tasks or activities of daily living, such as feeding, bathing, toileting, or ambulation. May also help with tasks such as preparing meals, doing light housekeeping, and doing laundry depending on the patient's abilities.
O*NET 31.0 · 31-1121.00
A typical week, in the words of people in the job
- 01Perform a variety of duties as requested by client, such as obtaining household supplies or running errands.
- 02Care for children with disabilities or who have sick parents or parents with disabilities.
- 03Bathe patients.
- 04Care for patients by changing bed linens, washing and ironing laundry, cleaning, or assisting with their personal care.
- 05Provide patients with help moving in and out of beds, baths, wheelchairs, or automobiles and with dressing and grooming.
- 06Entertain, converse with, or read aloud to patients to keep them mentally healthy and alert.
- 07Provide patients and families with emotional support and instruction in areas such as caring for infants, preparing healthy meals, living independently, or adapting to disability or illness.
- 08Direct patients in simple prescribed exercises or in the use of braces or artificial limbs.
- 09Change dressings.
- 10Check patients' pulse, temperature, and respiration.
- 11Accompany clients to doctors' offices or on other trips outside the home, providing transportation, assistance, and companionship.
- 12Administer prescribed oral medications, under the written direction of physician or as directed by home care nurse or aide, and ensure patients take their medicine.
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