chapter 2 The Home Health Aide and Care Team

case manager or supervisior

create and supervise each client;s care plan and makes changes to the care plan when necessary

medical social worker

helps clients ger support services such as counselling and meal services

occupational therapist

helps clients learn to adapt to disabilities by training

75

home health aides must complete at least hours of training before they begin working

12

how many hours of annual education training must home health aides complete ?

speech language pathologist

identifies communication disorders and creates a care plan

compassionate, conscientious, dependable (speaking ,acting without offending other), empathetic (entering into other feelings ), honest, respectful, sympathetic ( sharing in the feelings, and difficulties of others ), tactful ( getting work on time with skillful ) ,tolerant, unprejudiced

identify personal qualities a care giver must have

someone can be held responsible for harming someone else

liability is a legal term that means

registered nurse

performs assigned tasks, such as taking vital signs, providing personal care and reporting observation to other care team members

client

person whose condition, treatment and progress are involved

registered dietitian

teaches clients and their families about diets to improve health and manage illiness

The HHA may put himself or a client in danger

why should home health aides not do tasks that are not assigned to them ?

home health aide

coordinates, manages and proivde care as well as supervises and develop assignments

physical therapist

develop a treatment plan and administers therapy in an effort to improve the client;s physical status and prevent problems

physician or doctor

diagnosis disease or disability and prescribe treatment

administer medications, insert tubes except thermometer, sterile technique

what are out of scope of care giver

being caring and concerned

what is compassionate

entering into the feelings of others

what is empathy

the HHA will be working under the authority of others licenses

what is one reason that other memenrs of the care team will show great interest in the work that a home health aide does ?

course of action that should be taken every time action occurs

what is policy in home health aids

is a method or way of doing something

what is procedure in home health aids

sharing in the feelings and difficulties of others

what is sympathy

OSHA

what is the name of the federal govt agency that makes rules to protect workers from blood-borne pathogens and other hazards while on the job ?

its describe the line of authority

which of the statement is true of the chain of command ?

compassionate , tactful, conscientious, dependable, respectful, unprejudiced , tolerant

which personal qualities a care giver must have