Our Home health aides provide personal and homemaking services to elderly, convalescent, disabled persons. They normally perform their services in the patient’s home. Some duties that our Home health aides perform include checking pulse and respiration rates, helping with approved exercises, changing surgical dressings, providing emotional and psychological support, remind and assist to give prescribed medications. They maintain accurate and up-to-date records of services provided and the progress of the patient. Home health aides may also be called upon to assist with activities of daily living, which include helping patients in and out of bed, getting them dressed and undressed, assisting with personal hygiene, purchasing and preparing meals, changing bed linens, and other household chores. Most home health aides’ work with elderly and disabled patients, who require more help than family and friends can provide. Specific assignments and duties are usually given by our agency, a registered nurse or physical therapist. Some of our home health aides may work with one patient for months or years, but the majority of aides work with several patients at any given time. Individuals in this profession often perform unpleasant duties, such as emptying bedpans and changing soiled linens, but most aides gain a great deal of satisfaction from helping people in need.
