Home Health Aide (HHA)
Home Health Aides is one of the major occupations responsible for providing patient care of a paraprofessional nature to chronically ill, disabled, and elderly persons in nursing homes and other institutional or community-based settings as well as at home. Faced with an aging population and a material shift of patient care to non-hospital venues, the Nation is experiencing an unprecedented demand for individuals with the training and experience needed to provide such care. As a consequence, the demand for these individuals will continue to grow well into the future.
Organizations that draw upon long-term care paraprofessionals to provide needed services include:
- Nursing facilities
- Intermediate care facilities for the mentally retarded
- Residential facilities for adults or aged
- Residential facilities for non-aged
- Adult day care centers
- Home health agencies (certified or licensed)
- Hospice organizations (certified or licensed)
In addition to these types of organizations, there are a growing number of alternative organizational and service configurations as consumers and providers seek to expand the options for both health services and housing arrangements for the elderly and chronically ill. Many states have developed Home and Community Based Services (HCBS) options, with a sharp increase in assisted living arrangements and options. In ad dition, many states are promoting approaches to giving individuals more control over the selection of caregivers under programs generally referred to as "consumer-directed care".
The responsibilities of a Home Health Aide include assisting elderly or disabled adults with daily living activities at the person's home or in a daytime non-residential facility. Duties performed at a place of residence may include keeping house (making beds, doing laundry, washing dishes) and preparing meals. A Home Health Aide may provide meals and supervised activities at non-residential care facilities and/or advice families, the elderly, and disabled on such things as nutrition, cleanliness, and household utilities.
Program:
Our program allows the graduate to work with Medicare and Medicaid patients or private patients. It is a 75 hour program that could be completed in 3 weeks attending full-time or 4 weeks attending part-time. When the student completes the program, they will receive a diploma stating HomeHealth Aide 75 Hours and all In Services including CPR.
HHA SCHEDULE:
APRIL 12 2010– APRIL 30 2010
MAY 31 2010 – JUNE 17 2010
JULY 19 2010 – AUGUST 2010
SEPTEMBER 7 2010 – SEPTEMBER 23 2010
OCTOBER 25 2010 – NOVEMBER 10 2010
DECEMBER 13 2010 – DECEMBER 31 2010
