Nursing home aide vs home health care

Differences between nursing home aide and home health care duties and responsibilities

Nursing home aide example responsibilities.

• Perform Adl's medication administration.
• Assist nurse with the residents with their ADL.
• Treat each patient with genuine, compassion, kindness and respect.
• Assist with colostomy and catheter care under the supervision of the RN.
• Complete proper state training including blood borne pathogens, CPR training and others.
• Promote continuity of care by accurately and completely communicating to other caregivers the status of patients for which care is provided.
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Home health care example responsibilities.

• Manage ventilator settings, suction tracheostomy, tube-feeding assistance.
• Help with translation for medical appointments and overall understanding of patients medical treatments perform by therapists and physicians.
• Assist students with first-aid and CPR when need.
• Assist client with daily operations of ADL's.
• Train and coordinate training for staff in CPR, bloodborne pathogens, and first aid.
• Home and health care of father with Alzheimer's disease and mother confine to a wheelchair.
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