Home Care Aide
Home Health/Care Aide or Personal Care Assistant Jacqueline Caldwell
Continued Issues Trends Health Law Ethics in Health and Human Services HHS435
Elizabeth Kane March 14, 2011
Home Health/Care Aide or Personal Assistant Our elderly population is living longer than ever before and not all of them are entering into a nursing home. They are choosing to stay in their own home or their caregiver is choosing it for them. Some caregivers are choosing to move their ageing love one in the home with them. Whatever the case may be, there is an increased need for some type of home health as it applies to the elderly population. “Medicare will pay the full cost of professional help only if the physician certifies that your parent requires nursing care and if the care is provided by a Medicare-certified home health care agency” (Williams, para. 5). There is also a need for home health as it applies to our disabled population. With this in mind, it is believed that obtaining a job as a home health aide, home care aide or personal assistant would be beneficial. The purpose of this paper is to discuss the profession. It will include a description of the occupation, unique and general aspects, and the historical perspective on federal laws of home care. It will also include a discussion on confidentiality, NOHSE standards, and ethical responsibilities of the profession. Occupation
Work as a home health aide, home care aide, or a personal aide not only requires working with the elderly population but, other vulnerable populations which include the chronically ill, the disable, and the mentally challenged. They may see three to four clients per day or one client daily. The job is challenging because it requires that the worker turn their client if bed ridden and help them stand. Therefore, the worker will need to be careful of back injury. The worker will also need to be careful of diseases and infections (BLS).
Home health
Continued Issues Trends Health Law Ethics in Health and Human Services HHS435
Elizabeth Kane March 14, 2011
Home Health/Care Aide or Personal Assistant Our elderly population is living longer than ever before and not all of them are entering into a nursing home. They are choosing to stay in their own home or their caregiver is choosing it for them. Some caregivers are choosing to move their ageing love one in the home with them. Whatever the case may be, there is an increased need for some type of home health as it applies to the elderly population. “Medicare will pay the full cost of professional help only if the physician certifies that your parent requires nursing care and if the care is provided by a Medicare-certified home health care agency” (Williams, para. 5). There is also a need for home health as it applies to our disabled population. With this in mind, it is believed that obtaining a job as a home health aide, home care aide or personal assistant would be beneficial. The purpose of this paper is to discuss the profession. It will include a description of the occupation, unique and general aspects, and the historical perspective on federal laws of home care. It will also include a discussion on confidentiality, NOHSE standards, and ethical responsibilities of the profession. Occupation
Work as a home health aide, home care aide, or a personal aide not only requires working with the elderly population but, other vulnerable populations which include the chronically ill, the disable, and the mentally challenged. They may see three to four clients per day or one client daily. The job is challenging because it requires that the worker turn their client if bed ridden and help them stand. Therefore, the worker will need to be careful of back injury. The worker will also need to be careful of diseases and infections (BLS).
Home health
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