Certificates/Less-than-1-year Certificates in Home Health Aide + Home Attendant: A program that prepares individuals to provide routine care and support services for homebound disabled, recovering, or elderly people. Includes instruction in basic nutrition, home sanitation, infection control, first aid, taking vital signs, personal hygiene, interpersonal communication skills, supervised home management, emergency recognition and referral, geriatric care, and legal and ethical responsibilities.
Allegany College of Maryland
Certificates/Less-than-1-year Certificate
Home Health Aide | Allegany College of Maryland |
Students entering the program should be tactful, patient, understanding, emotionally stable, dependable, and have a desire to help people. They should be able to work as part of team, have good communication skills, and be willing to perform repetitive, routine tasks. Home Health Aides should be honest and discreet, as they work in private homes. They may actually spend a good portion of their time traveling from house to house, therefore it imperative... |
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