Home Caretaker

Home health aides help patients who are recovering from surgery, illness, or injury. They assist patients with daily living activities, such as bathing, dressing, and preparing meals

Home Caretaker

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Are you a compassionate person? Ever helped care for a sick friend or family member? Learn how to do it professionally to make a big difference in people's lives every day.

Why Should You Consider This Career?

Make a difference in people's lives every day, Work as part of a team, Learn a skill that will allow you to live and work anywhere in the world!

TYPICAL SALARY

$80k

That's $3,300 per bi-weekly paycheck

CAREER OUTLOOK

Growing

That's 2000 new jobs in Utah per year (30% growth)

Less Physical More Physical

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Less Training More Training

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More Structure Less Structure

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ALTERNATIVE JOB TITLES:

Caregiver, Certified Home Health Aide (CHHA), Certified Medical Aide (CMA), Certified Nurses Aide (CNA), Home Attendant, Home Care Aide, Home Health Aide (HHA), Home Health Provider, Hospice Aide, In Home Caregiver

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.

At A Glance in US

2028 JOB GROWTH

398,000 (35%)

SALARY RANGE

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AVG. JOBS / YEAR

398,000 (35%)

TIME TO JOURNEYMAN

398,000 (35%)

ALTERNATIVE JOB TITLES:

Caregiver, Certified Home Health Aide (CHHA), Certified Medical Aide (CMA), Certified Nurses Aide (CNA), Home Attendant, Home Care Aide, Home Health Aide (HHA), Home Health Provider, Hospice Aide, In Home Caregiver

Your Typical Day:

Maintain records of patient care, condition, progress, or problems to report and discuss observations with supervisor or case manager.
Provide patients with help moving in and out of beds, baths, wheelchairs, or automobiles and with dressing and grooming.
Bathe patients.
Care for patients by changing bed linens, washing and ironing laundry, cleaning, or assisting with their personal care.
Entertain, converse with, or read aloud to patients to keep them mentally healthy and alert.
Plan, purchase, prepare, or serve meals to patients or other family members, according to prescribed diets.
Check patients' pulse, temperature, and respiration.
Provide patients and families with emotional support and instruction in areas such as caring for infants, preparing healthy meals, living independently, or adapting to disability or illness.
Perform a variety of duties as requested by client, such as obtaining household supplies or running errands.
Direct patients in simple prescribed exercises or in the use of braces or artificial limbs.

Wages in the US:

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17.79

Per Hour Base Income

$TBD

Total Compensation

Your Responsibilities

Maintain medical records.
Assist patients with daily activities.
Give medications or immunizations.
Engage patients in exercises or activities.
Feed patients.
Assess physical conditions of patients to aid in diagnosis or treatment.
Teach basic living or other adaptive skills to patients or caregivers.
Accompany patients or clients on outings to provide assistance.
Apply bandages, dressings, or splints.
Administer therapy treatments to patients using hands or physical treatment aids.

Knowledge You Will Learn

Customer and Personal Service

Knowledge of principles and processes for providing customer and personal services. This includes customer needs assessment, meeting quality standards for services, and evaluation of customer satisfaction. 66/100

English Language

Knowledge of the structure and content of the English language including the meaning and spelling of words, rules of composition, and grammar. 61/100

Psychology

Knowledge of human behavior and performance; individual differences in ability, personality, and interests; learning and motivation; psychological research methods; and the assessment and treatment of behavioral and affective disorders. 40/100

Public Safety and Security

Knowledge of relevant equipment, policies, procedures, and strategies to promote effective local, state, or national security operations for the protection of people, data, property, and institutions. 40/100

Administration and Management

Knowledge of business and management principles involved in strategic planning, resource allocation, human resources modeling, leadership technique, production methods, and coordination of people and resources. 38/100

Medicine and Dentistry

Knowledge of the information and techniques needed to diagnose and treat human injuries, diseases, and deformities. This includes symptoms, treatment alternatives, drug properties and interactions, and preventive health-care measures. 36/100

Law and Government

Knowledge of laws, legal codes, court procedures, precedents, government regulations, executive orders, agency rules, and the democratic political process. 34/100

Telecommunications

Knowledge of transmission, broadcasting, switching, control, and operation of telecommunications systems. 34/100

Transportation

Knowledge of principles and methods for moving people or goods by air, rail, sea, or road, including the relative costs and benefits. 34/100

Education and Training

Knowledge of principles and methods for curriculum and training design, teaching and instruction for individuals and groups, and the measurement of training effects. 33/100

Tools of the Trade

Therapeutic ice packs or pillows
Wheelchairs
Shower or bath chairs or seats for the physically challenged
Lower extremity prosthetic devices
Glucose monitors or meters
Patient lifts
Canes
Upper extremity prosthetic devices
Ostomy appliances
Crutches
Abdominal binders
Electronic blood pressure units
Blanket frames or lifters
Vascular or compression apparel or support
Medical heat lamps
Notebook computers
Mercury blood pressure units
Extremities cradles
Knee therapeutic brace or support
Enema kits
Personal digital assistant PDAs or organizers
Walkers or rollators
Desktop computers
Walking braces
Transcutaneous electric nerve stimulation units
Home care ventilators
Patient stabilization or fall prevention devices
Oxygen therapy delivery system products
Urinalysis test strips

Helpful Career Links

American Red Cross
American Society on Aging
Home Care Association of America
Home Healthcare Nurses Association
National Association for Home Care and Hospice
Occupational Outlook Handbook: Home health and personal care aides
PHI

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