Course Name : Home Health Aide Job Oriented Program B1

Job Description: Click here to download the JD  

Mandatory Screening Testing: Please  Sign Up, here if you are a new user, Already existing user Click here to take free screening test 

Course Code : HC20HHA

Course Duration : 240 Hrs

Course Start Date : 21th June

Course End Date : 20th Aug

Course Description :

In
this course the learners will get insight about the below topics.

• Job role and responsibilities of a home health aide
• ·Human anatomy and
  physiology
• Personal hygiene and
  hand hygiene practices
• Personal hygiene of
  the patients and elderly people
• Bed making
• Nutrition and
  hydration
• Elimination needs of
  the patients and elderly people
• Therapeutic
  communication with patient at home
• Ergonomics and body
  mechanics
• Positioning,
  ambulation and transferring of the patients
• Consent, observing,
  reporting and documentation
• Care plan
  implementation and fall prevention
• Sanitation, safety and
  first aid
• Infection control and
  prevention
• Bio-medical waste
  management
• Basic computer
  knowledge
• Work readiness and
  soft skills 

Course Outcome :

By
end of this course learners will be able

• To understand the job
  role and responsibilities of a home health aide
• To familiarize with human
  anatomy and physiology
• To assist the patients
  and elderly people with managing their personal hygiene
• To assist the patients
  and elderly people with performing everyday activities
• To ensure the patient
  and elderly people’s comfort and safety, and provide best health care
• To make bed, and
  manage bed linen and laundry
• To arrange the
  required equipment and supplies to assist the supervising nurse with
  administration of drugs, injections, drips etc.
• Communicate with
  patients and elderly people in a therapeutic way
• Use proper body
  mechanics during patient care activities
• To assist the patients
  and elderly people with transfer, ambulation and positioning in bed
• To observe, report and
  document patient care related activities  
• To maintain an
  appropriate, hygienic and safe environment for the patients and others
• To understand and
  respect the patient’s rights, and maintain the privacy and dignity of the
  patient
• Operate computer, and
  make word documents and excel sheets

Course Content :

Basics of health and
health care

1. Job role and
   responsibilities of a home health aide
2. Personal hygiene and
   grooming for a home health aide
3. Code of ethics and
   conduct for a home health aide
4. Patients’ rights
5. Basic structure of the
   human body
6. Physiologic systems of
   the human body
7. Secretion, excretion
   and body fluids
8. Basic medical and
   surgical equipment
9. Hand hygiene
10. Personal protective
    equipment
11. Maintaining personal
    hygiene and grooming of a patient
12. Types of patient bed
    linen and its care
13. Making an occupied and
    an unoccupied bed
14. Diets for various
    health conditions
15. Assisting a patient or
    an elderly person with feeding procedure
16. Assisting a patient or
    an elderly person with elimination needs
17. Caring of a patient
    with an indwelling catheter
18. Compassionate patient
    care
19. Therapeutic
    communication with patients
20. Ergonomics and body
    mechanics in health care
21. Assisting a patient
    with ambulation and positioning
22. Assisting with transferring
    a patient
23. Basics of
    documentation of patient’s routine activities and condition
24. Implementation of
    patient safety care plan
25. Potential occupational
    hazards and safety measures in a health care facility
26. Basics of first aid
27. Infection prevention
    and control practices
28. Bio-medical waste
    management
29. Basic computer skills
30. Communication skills
31. Other soft skills

Pre-requisite:   Class 10^th Pass

Training Method: Instruction
Based Online Training & Virtual Classroom