Home Health Aides
Caregiver, CHHA (Certified Home Health Aide), CMA (Certified Medical Aide), Home Care Aide
What they do:
Monitor the health status of an individual with disabilities or illness, and address their health-related needs, such as changing bandages, dressing wounds, or administering medication. Work is performed under the direction of offsite or intermittent onsite licensed nursing staff. Provide assistance with routine healthcare tasks or activities of daily living, such as feeding, bathing, toileting, or ambulation. May also help with tasks such as preparing meals, doing light housekeeping, and doing laundry depending on the patient's abilities.
On the job, you would:
- Plan, purchase, prepare, or serve meals to patients or other family members, according to prescribed diets.
- Care for patients by changing bed linens, washing and ironing laundry, cleaning, or assisting with their personal care.
- Bathe patients.
Knowledge
Math and Science
- psychology
- sociology and anthropology
Business
- customer service
- human resources (HR)
Health
- medicine and dentistry
- therapy and counseling
Arts and Humanities
- English language
Skills
Basic Skills
- listening to others, not interrupting, and asking good questions
- keeping track of how well people and/or groups are doing in order to make improvements
Social
- looking for ways to help people
- understanding people's reactions
Problem Solving
- noticing a problem and figuring out the best way to solve it
Abilities
Verbal
- communicate by speaking
- listen and understand what people say
Attention
- pay attention to something without being distracted
- do two or more things at the same time
Ideas and Logic
- notice when problems happen
- order or arrange things
Personality
People interested in this work like activities that include helping people, teaching, and talking.
They do well at jobs that need:
- Optimism
- Sincerity
- Empathy
- Self-Control
- Social Orientation
- Cooperation
Technology
You might use software like this on the job:
Operating system software
- Linux Hot Technology
- UNIX Hot Technology
Video conferencing software
- FaceTime
Electronic mail software
- Microsoft Exchange
- Microsoft Outlook Hot Technology
Education
Education: (rated 1 of 4)
high school diploma/GED or
certificate after high school
usually needed
certificate after high school
usually needed
Job Outlook
Bright
New job opportunities are very likely in the future.
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