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Home Health Aid
Home Health Aid are a vital part of our inter-disciplinary team. Under the supervision of the patient’s nurse, Home Health Aid provides personal care and home management services. Registered nurses make regular visits to assess and modify patient care plans, and are accessible around the clock to Home Health Aid for supervision and support.

Personal Care includes:
  • Personal hygiene and dressing assistance
  • Bed to chair transfers
  • Hoyer lift transfers
  • Assistance with walking indoors/outdoors
  • Environmental safety measures
  • Performance of prescribed exercises after instruction by registered nurse or physical therapist
  • Weight, temperature, pulse, respiration monitoring
  • Toileting assistance
  • Medication reminders
  • Meal preparation
  • Assistance with feeding
  • Light housekeeping, in conjunction with personal care
 
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Visiting Nurse Association | South Central Connecticut
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