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Home Health Aides

SOC 31-1011.00

Provide routine individualized healthcare such as changing bandages and dressing wounds, and applying topical medications to the elderly, convalescents, or persons with disabilities at the patient's home or in a care facility. Monitor or report changes in health status. May also provide personal care such as bathing, dressing, and grooming of patient.

Zone 2 Healthcare Support

Skills

Knowledge

Job Zone

Green

Top Skills 8

Active Listening

3.8

Service Orientation

3.6

Social Perceptiveness

3.5

Critical Thinking

3.4

Reading Comprehension

3.2

Monitoring

3.2

Writing

3.1

Speaking

3.1

Knowledge Areas 8

Customer and Personal Service

3.6

English Language

3.5

Psychology

2.6

Public Safety and Security

2.6

Administration and Management

2.5

Medicine and Dentistry

2.4

Telecommunications

2.4

Law and Government

2.4

Key Tasks

1Maintain records of patient care, condition, progress, or problems to report and discuss observations with supervisor or case manager.

2Provide patients with help moving in and out of beds, baths, wheelchairs, or automobiles and with dressing and grooming.

3Bathe patients.

4Care for patients by changing bed linens, washing and ironing laundry, cleaning, or assisting with their personal care.

5Entertain, converse with, or read aloud to patients to keep them mentally healthy and alert.

Also Known As

Care Giver Care Worker Caregiver Certified Home Health Aide (CHHA) Certified Medical Aide (CMA) Certified Nurses Aide (CNA) Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA) Companion Direct Care Counselor Direct Care Professional