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Home Health Nurse
HOME HEALTH AIDES, are also called homemaker home health aides or home
attendants. They are workers who help professionals, and they are employed by
private hospitals and clinics and nonprofit community health agencies.
Following a doctor's treatment plan, Home Health Aides work under the
supervision of a registered nurse or physical therapist and take care of and do
house chores for the elderly and disabled. They also take care of children when
their mother or father is sick or disabled.
Aides do whatever is needed for patients who can't live alone without help. They
keep a home running as normally as possible and make it possible for the sick to
stay at home instead of moving to a nursing home.
Some typical duties of Home Health Aides include helping the patient take a
bath, use the toilet or bed pan, and to move around. They check pulse and
breathing rates; they change bandages; and they help patients take their
medicine. They also do cleaning for the safety and comfort of the patient.
They clean a patient's room, kitchen, and bathroom, do the laundry, and change
bed sheets and pillow cases. Aides also plan meals (including special diets),
shop for food, and fix meals. On top of their regular duties, they give patients
emotional support and teach them how to get along independently. They show
patients how to make a healthy meal on a low budget and ways that patients can
make due and take care of themselves in spite of their sickness or disability.
The aides keep patients mentally healthy and alert by having conversations with
them. They help coordinate patient care with other members of the health care
team. They report changes in the patient's condition to the nurse supervisor and
keep records of patient care. |
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