HOME HEALTH AIDE PROGRAM

HOME HEALTH AIDE PROGRAM

This program is designed to prepare the student to enter the work force as a home attendant or home health aide. The program content provides instruction in services that assist in maintaining maximum independence and safety in the home environment. The student will learn purposes and functions of long-term care facilities, communication, respecting resident rights, employability skills, legal and ethical responsibilities, infection control, emergencies and accident prevention, fire safety and disaster preparedness, promoting resident's independence, organization, observation and charting, and personal care needs.

Home Health Aide Program Outcome Competencies

After this course student will be able to:

• Demonstrate knowledge of the health care delivery system and health occupations.
• Demonstrate the ability to communicate and use interpersonal skills effectively.
• Demonstrate knowledge of the Home Health Aide's legal and ethical responsibility including HIPAA.
• Demonstrate an understanding of and apply wellness and disease concepts.
• Recognize and practice safety and security procedures.
• Recognize and respond to emergency situations including BLS-CPR.
• Recognize and practice infection control procedures.
• Demonstrate basic computer skills.
• Demonstrate employability skills.
• Demonstrate knowledge of blood borne diseases, including AIDS.
• Apply basic math and science skills.
• Demonstrate knowledge of the legal and ethical responsibilities of the Home Health Aide including identifying signs of domestic violence.
• Perform personal patient care procedures.
• Apply principles of nutrition.
• Provide care for geriatric patients including active or passive range of motion.
• Apply the principles of infection control OSHA.
• Provide bio-psycho-social support.
• Perform supervised management functions, following the patient's plan of care.
• Assist with rehabilitative activities.
• Perform home health services.

COURSE DESCRIPTIONS

HIV 106 HIV/AIDS Seminar (4-hour Lecture)

This course will provide students with important information concerning HIV/AIDS, the history and development of the disease, procedures and protocols required for the caring of the AIDS patient, stages of the carrier, expectations and other important information.

HHA 101 Home Health Care - Foundation of Patient Care (4-hour Lecture)

TThis course introduces the students in the home health care services, the history and purpose of the home care, and the role of the Home Health Aide, the care team and care plan, professionalism, and the legal and ethical aspects. In addition, the course includes the foundation of patient care, communication techniques, infection control, safety and body mechanics, as well as medical emergencies and disaster guidelines.

HHA 102 Understanding your clients (7-hours lecture)

This course focuses in the aspects of culture and family: basic human needs, cultural differences, and families; the body systems, common disorders/observing and reporting; the human development, stages/common disorders, aging, death, and hospice care.

HHA 103 Client Care, special clients and special needs (10-hours lecture, 40 hours lab)

This course emphasizes in developing the skills of students in the patient care techniques, maintaining mobility, skin care, comfort, personal care procedures, such as but not limited to bathing, grooming, toileting, taking vital signs, I & O, catheter care, and so on. In addition, this course focuses on clients with special needs, such as clients with disabilities and mental illness, arthritis, cancer, diabetes, Alzheimer's disease and others.

CPR 105 Basic Life Support for Healthcare Providers (1-hour lecture and 3 hours lab)

This course prepares students in the technique of cardio-pulmonary resuscitation, the use of the Automated External Defibrillator (AED) and how to assist adults, children and infants who are choking. Students who have completed the course and passed the final test will receive the Basic Life Support card (BLS) from the American Heart Association which is valid for two years.

GRADUATION REQUIREMENTS

You will receive a certificate from Health Care Training Corp upon satisfactory completion of the program in which you enrolled when you:

• Complete each required course meeting each course's minimum standards in addition to obtaining an overall GPA of 2.0 or higher and satisfy all financial obligations.
• At this time, special recognition awards will be issued to students in recognition of outstanding performance.