Educational and Experience Required:
Certificate in Personal Care Home Maker, Home Health Aide and Certified Nursing Aide. Possess sensitivity to individual participants needs.
Summary:
A PCHM, HHA, CNA is recognized as a responsible individual who has been trained to provide personal care and those supportive services which are necessary to maintain a disabled or dependent person safety and comfort within a home setting.
Responsibilities and Duties:
1. The PCHM, HHA, CNA gives or assist with personal care services such as:
- Bathing – bed, tub, sponge of shower
- Care of hair – combining, brushing, shampooing
- Care of toe and fingernails: foot wash and soak, filing and cleaning only
- Care of skin
- Shaving with electrical razor only
- Care of mouth, teeth and dentures
- Helping client to bathroom or commode or bed pan
- Dressing and undressing
- Feeding (authorized on case basis)
- Toileting
- Ambulating per Care Plan and Nurse
- Practices essential principles of universal precautions and infections control
2. Performs household services such as:
- Planning, preparing and serving meals
- Purchasing food and household supplies
- Making and changing beds
- Cleaning and dusting household supplies
- Mopping floor and vacuuming
- Cleaning bathroom and kitchen
- Washing dishes
- Laundering and ironing
3. Observes, records and reports to RN or Case Manager physical, mental or behavior changes in the client.
- Any changes in family situation that may affect the client
- Any emergency situations
- Request from client, client’s family or physician for changes in service plan or schedule