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- The VITAS Home Health Aide (HHA) is a non-exempt employee, who is trained to provide personal care and services to hospice patients to augment care given by family members or other caregivers.
- Home Health Aide (HHA) helps the patient to maintain good personal hygiene.
- Home Health Aide (HHA) assists with certain treatments as ordered by the physician, and taught and supervised by the nurse for a specific patient including: assist with the change of the colostomy bag; assist with the use of a walker or wheelchair; reinforcement of a dressing; assist with prescribed range of motion exercises; assist with prescribed ice cap or collar; measure intake and output of fluids; and assist with medications that are ordinarily self-administered.
- Home Health Aide (HHA) reads and records temperature, pulse and respiration.
- Home Health Aide (HHA) provides simple emotional and psychological support to the patient, family, and other caregivers.
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