Home Health Aide

Duties and Responsibilities: Enables patients to stay in their homes by monitoring and recording patient condition: providing support and personal services; teaching families. Monitors patient condition by observing physical and mental condition, intake and output, and exercise. Supports patients by providing housekeeping and laundry services; shopping for food and other household requirements; preparing and serving meals and snacks; running errands.

Salary: $22,050 per year

Education: Educational requirements for home health aides vary depending on their employer. Aides who work for organizations that receive funds from Medicare or Medicaid must complete formal training, while those who work for private companies do not have to meet these obligations. On the job training is often provided by more experienced aids, nursing assistants, licensed practical or registered nursing may provide this training.

Reflection: I would want to be a Home Health Aide because it would be an easy job and it wouldn’t be something that people expect you to do well, it would be something I’ll do good.