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Home Health Aide

Home Health Aide in Dallas

We can provide assistance with personal care tasks and light housekeeping.

caregiver serving elderly a teaOur Home Health Aides provide in home care and personal care to our clients under the supervision of a registered nurse or a licensed therapist.

We have very strict standards that our home health aides must adhere to. In order to be employed by our agency we require the following:

Qualifications:

  • Successful completion of a formal certification training program and a written skills test as well as a competency evaluation.
  • Current CPR certification.
  • Demonstrated ability to follow a written Plan of Care.
  • Demonstrates strong verbal and written communication skills and exceptional interpersonal skills.

Functional areas of responsibility:

  • Performs procedures as an extension of therapy services under the direction and supervision of the therapist.
  • Range of motion exercises.
  • Assistance in ambulation or exercises.
  • Assists in the administration of medications that are ordinarily self-administered under the direction and supervision of the registered nurse.
  • Reports any observed or reported changes in the client’s condition to the registered nurse or therapist.
  • Attends in-service programs to meet compliance requirements.
  • Performs personal care activities:
    • Bathing
    • Shampooing
    • Skin care / Nail care
    • Oral hygiene
    • Shaving
    • Dressing
  • Performs household services essential to health care at home:
    • Meal preparation / feeding
    • Laundry
    • Light housekeeping