Home Health Aide Duties & Responsibilities
The role and function of a Home Health Aide includes the following duties and responsibilities:
- Provide housekeeping and laundry services
- Shopping for food and other household requirements
- Preparing and serving meals and snacks
- Running errands
- Maintain and update patients records
- Provide assistance to patients with mobility issues
- Educate patients and their families on appropriate diet and exercise routine
- Provide companionship and basic emotional and psychological support
- Assists patients by providing personal services, such as, bathing, dressing, and grooming
- Manage transportation of patients to doctors office or to hospital
- Administer prescribed medications
- Monitor patients' vital signs, temperature, respiration etc.
Note that this is not an exhaustive list of Home Health Aide duties and responsibilities. Job functions for specific Home Health Aide roles may vary, depending on the industry and type of employer.