Home Health aide

A hospice home health aide, also commonly referred to as an HHA, is trained to provide personal care to patients in their own home environment.

Home health aides from hospice and home health agencies may visit patients one to three days a week to provide thorough care.1 They interact with the patient and perform some variation of the above services during such visits. The home health aide may educate family members and other caregivers on patient care so that the families will feel comfortable providing day to day care to the patient between home health aide visits. Considering the frequency with which a home health aide and a patient interact, a strong bond between the two often develops.

• Communicating and tracking medical changes
• Wound care
• Bathing and dressing
• Personal care, including hair, skin, oral and nails
• Helping with toileting or incontinence care
• Light meal preparation and light housekeeping
• Tasks to ensure a clean and comfortable environment
• Spending time with patients and educating family members