Home Health Aide Classes – What To Expect?

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In fact, the home health care industry is quickly expanding and at present, the demand for a home health aide in NJ is at an all time high. The BLS ( Bureau of Labor and Statistics) has also made quite a good job prospect prediction suggesting that approximately 1.3 million new Home Health Aide occupations are required by 2020.

Formal Training Program

A home health-care career is without any doubt rewarding as it enables for flexible hours and provides you the opportunity to make a difference in other people’s lives. A formal training program is all you need to complete to become a licensed Home Health Aide professional. The formal training you get prepares you to work as a personal-care provider in a variety of homecare settings.

There’s a Federal mandated minimum of 75 hours of instruction, 16 of which should happen in a clinical setting. You will need a few weeks to do the training and then you’ll be entitled to attend your State certification test which includes practical training with real patients. All licensed HHA classes and training programs should cover the basics of both homecare and fundamental ...
... health-related training.

Tasks

As soon as you are certified, you’re allowed to practice basic health-associated tasks (for example, checking the pulse rate of a patient), but the mainstream of Home Health Aide’s work is normally spent helping with housekeeping and personal care at the client’s residence. Throughout a typical working day, a Home Health Aide in NJ can expect to do the tasks listed below:

* Maintain safe and healthy client environments by following standards and procedures, including following prescribed dietetic needs and nutrition standards
* Help clients with grooming, bathing, and dressing
* Offer clients with companionship and maintain well-being
* Help with medication reminders as recommended on the plan-of-care
* Offer routine skin care
* Support clients by offering housekeeping and laundry services; shopping for foods and other household needs; preparing and serving meals

Overall, what an HHA profession demands is all about developing a safe, productive surrounding for clients in terms of well-being promotion and maintenance, health-care administration, good verbal communication, dependability, and compassion.

Of course, the occupation involves doing tasks under the supervision of a certified nurse. And the work demands adherence to care plan procedures and standards encompassing a high level of preciseness in monitoring, recording and reporting data.

Average Annual Salary For HHAs

Well, the average wage for HHAs seems fairly good. A report produced in February 2014 suggests a national average HHA wage was around $29,000. And even better, Home Health Aides that work in large cities earn considerably more in comparison to their rural counterparts up to nearly $34,000 yearly.

This article is written by CareBridge Home Care, a Professional Home Health Care Agency in Monmouth County, NJ providing tailored solutions at affordable rates to local families looking for primary care at home.