Home Health Aide Final Exam (ch 2: rights handout, ch 12 older person, client bill of rights, ch 30: nutrition needs, ch 53,54,55,56,57,, 58, ch 60, ch 23 handout, ch 21 handout chapter 36; c. diff powerpoint; ch 34l; administering medication ppts)
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Home Health Aide Final Exam (ch 2: rights handout, ch 12 older person, client bill of rights, ch 30: nutrition needs, ch 53,54,55,56,57,, 58, ch 60, ch 23 handout, ch 21 handout chapter 36; c. diff powerpoint; ch 34l; administering medication ppts)
Role of each healthcare team member
- Home Healt...
Home Health Aide Final Exam (ch 2: rights handout, ch 12
older person, client bill of rights, ch 30: nutrition needs, ch
53,54,55,56,57,, 58, ch 60, ch 23 handout, ch 21 handout
chapter 36; c. diff powerpoint; ch 34l; administering
medication ppts)
Role of each healthcare team member
- Home Health Aide (HHA)
- Case Manager or Supervisor
- Registered Nurse (RN)
- Medical Social Worker (MSW)
Role of The Home Health Aide
• Bathing
• Dressing
• Grooming
• Toileting
• Assisting with ROM
• Vitals sign
• Feeding
• Using medical supplies and equipment
• Changing sample dressing
• Teaching home management
Laws and Regulations OF HHA
• Scope of Practice
• Federal regulations that apply to HHA -complete 75 hours of training or must pass competency
evaluation
- training in specific areas as well as certification through standardized test
-at least 12 hours of in service training every year
-comply with Occupational safety and Health Administration (OSHA) rules about bloodborne
pathogens, Standard precautions, and tuberculosis
Chain of command
• The line of authority and helps ensure that the client receives proper care
• Liability -Policy and procedure
Policy-course of action that should be taken every time in certain situation
Procedure-particular method or way of doing something
Professional relationship with a client:
- Examples maintaining a positive attitude, being cleanly and neatly dressed, arriving on time, finishing
assignment, keep all client's information confidential, and speaking politely and cheerfully to the
client
.Professional relationship with an employer:
Examples consistently following procedures and policies, documenting and reporting, taking direction
and criticism, being on time, following chain of command, and being a positive role model
Organizing care assignments:
• Work efficiently
• Make list of tasks and in order you will do them • Work quickly
,• Include client in planning
• Avoid running late with completing task
Personal grooming habits Good employees have the following personal grooming habits::
• Bathing or showering daily
• Brushing teeth
• Keep hair clean and neatly brushed
• Dressing neatly in clothes that are washed and ironed
• Avoid tightly, baggy, torn, or stained clothes • Fingernails short and clean
• Cover visible tattoos and no extra piercing, except for the ear lobe
Qualities of home health aide:
• Compassionate
• Empathetic
• Empathy
• Sympathy
• Conscientious
• Dependable
• Respectful
• Unprejudiced
• Tolerant
Employer's responsibility of HHA
• Provide written job description
• Provide competency testing and skills evaluation
• Provide appropriate preparation for each assignment
• Provide supervision
• Provide adequate equipment and supplies
State Department of Health HOTLINE at
1-800-792-9770
Clients of HomeCare Options have the responsibility to:
Notify the agency of changes in their condition or care situation (hospitalization, symptoms, etc.)
Receive a clear explanation of which services and equipment provided by the agency are covered
by___________________
third-party reimbursement and which services and equipment will be paid for by the client and of the
charges which will be incurred.
Receive complete written information on the plan of care, including the name of the
______________________
home health aide and the supervisor responsible for the services and the agency phone number.
Participate in the plan for discontinuation of service with the right to ________
appeal.
Patient Rights EXAMPLES
,• Bill of Rights
• Code of Ethics
• Compliance Policy
• Privacy Notice
as a client you have the right to
Refuse medication and treatment, counseling, or other services without fear of reprisal or
discrimination.
the client has the right to privacy and confidentiality of
Privacy and confidentiality about one's health, social and financial circumstances and about what
takes place in the home
Be given _____________ information concerning the agency's policy on advance directives.
written
access to an _______________ if needed
interpreter
Know that all communications and records will be treated confidentially and that no information will
be given out without a _________________ ______________ from the client or family
written release
Receive complete written information on the ___________________________________________
plan of care, including the name of the home health aide and the supervisor responsible for the
services and the agency phone number.
Participate in the development of the
_______________________________________________________
plan of care, and receive an explanation of any services proposed, changes in service, and alternative
services that may be available
Receive considerate and respectful care in the home at all times, and have property treated with
_______________________
respect.
Expect that all home care personnel, within the limits set by the plan of care, will respond in
__________________________________________
good faith to the client's requests for assistance in the home
Privacy and confidentiality about __________________________________________
one's health, social and financial circumstances and about what takes place in the home.
Receive ______________________ _____________________________
__________________________ of the homemaker-home health aide if medicallyrelated personal
care is needed.
, regular nursing supervision
home health aide
- assists client with activities of daily living & maintainence of clean, safe and comfortable
environment
- help people with disabilities, chronic illness, or cognitive impairment w/ activities of daily living
HHA work environment
• Private homes
• Group homes
• Day services programs
what are some qualities a good HHA has?
Professional
• Dependable
• Trustworthy
• Considerate
• Ethical
• Compassionate •
Tactful
• Self-starter
• Sympathetic
• Energetic
• Observant
• Sensitive
• Good listener
• Confidential
• Honest
• Punctual
• Courteous
• Reliable
roles and responsibilities of HHA
• Vital signs: observe, record, report changes in condition
• Control spread of germs, maintain clean environment
• Assist client with wheelchair, walker, commode, etc
. • Assist with personal care, hygiene, medication
• Make bed, change linens
• Light housekeeping duties
what are some examples of daily living skills
- grooming
- bathing
- feeding
- homemaking
- dressing
- toileting
- moving
- leisure acitivities
What is the primary goal of home safety?
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