Being A Home Health Aide

Mercy and compassion, these factors motivate us humans when we help each other. And there is nothing nobler than a person who is dedicated and employed for the assistance of another human, these moments do show that regardless of status, age, or society, in the end we need each other to survive.

A HomeHealth Aide  is one of those jobs that represent humanity at its best, and earns you a high moral value, they are people who are trained to become certified nursing assistants or patient care assistants. Their job is basically to provide specialized assistance for people with chronic disease, disability or elderly people who are unable to take care of themselves, an usually gives a helping hand in the house of people in need, as it is the place, they can be most comfortable to receive such care.

People hire an HHA worker because they wish to provide the best life to their family members or beloved ones who are going through difficult stage of their life, but as everyone is equally busy with their own life struggles, a specialized home health aide usually comes along to look after these tasks:

ü Ensuring medication intakes

ü Cooking meals

ü Performing health check-ups

ü Recording any vital signs

ü Doing the laundry

ü Household duties

ü Bathing and dressing

ü Grocery shopping

ü Physical and/or light exercising

The most important task an HHA can provide is the heartfelt companionship, because a home health aide does not only perform job tasks, rather they consistently interact with a person to look after them and to ensure the smooth flow of their life despite any struggle they might have or face such as:

Ø Dementia i.e. Alzheimer

Ø Heart disease

Ø Chronic illness

Ø Stroke recovery

Ø Cancer treatment

Ø Needing emotional support

The pandemic of Covid-19 that the whole world is facing since beginning of 2020, has forced several businesses to be shut or put on hold, kept a lot of people at homedue to national lockdowns, and sent people to work from home, such events enabled employees to stay home and take care of their parents and beloved ones by themselves, add to that the fear of social contact following recommendations of the health institutes, all these occurrences placed additional stress on HHA workers that they became less demanded. However, since the world is progressing for the better, the demand for this job is gradually returning, and it remains one of the most growing employments and it is projected to grow 34% between 2019-2029 which is faster than the average for all occupations.

Probably these hard times made the HHA worker more prepared for challenges they might face during their work, such as:

Hostile patients: some individuals might perceive this as inhibitor to their independency or privacy.

Unpleasant conditions: not all houses are alike in terms of cleanliness and household order.

Inadequate medical support: lack of proper equipment when a medical work needs to be performed.

Home Health Workers shall be supported just as much as the support they provide for households, and for the precious care they provide for people in need, indeed.