HOME HEALTH AIDE (CB) (1086CBV1) Competency-Based

Safely Home Care

Registered 2025

Michigan (OA)

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Work Process Schedule

Work Process Content

On the Job Training

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Skills

Maintain medical records.

Maintain records of patient care, condition, progress, or problems to report and discuss observations with supervisor or case manager.

Assist patients with daily activities.

Care for patients by changing bed linens, washing and ironing laundry, cleaning, or assisting with their personal care.
Bathe patients.
Provide patients with help moving in and out of beds, baths, wheelchairs, or automobiles and with dressing and grooming.
Care for children who are disabled or who have sick or disabled parents.

Give medications.

Administer prescribed oral medications, under the written direction of physician or as directed by home care nurse, and ensure patients take their medicine.

Engage patients in exercises or activities.

Entertain, converse with, or read aloud to patients to keep them mentally healthy and alert.
Direct patients in simple prescribed exercises or in the use of braces or artificial limbs.

Feed patients.

Plan, purchase, prepare, or serve meals to patients or other family members, according to prescribed diets.

Assess physical conditions of patients to aid in treatment.

Check patients' pulse, temperature, and respiration.

Teach basic living or other adaptive skills to patients or caregivers.

Provide patients and families with emotional support and instruction in areas such as caring for infants, preparing healthy meals, living independently, or adapting to disability or illness.

Accompany patients or clients on outings to provide assistance.

Perform a variety of duties as requested by client, such as obtaining household supplies or running errands.
Accompany clients to doctors' offices or on other trips outside the home, providing transportation, assistance, and companionship.

Maintain medical records.

Maintain records of patient care, condition, progress, or problems to report and discuss observations with supervisor or case manager.

Assist patients with daily activities.

Care for patients by changing bed linens, washing and ironing laundry, cleaning, or assisting with their personal care.
Bathe patients.
Provide patients with help moving in and out of beds, baths, wheelchairs, or automobiles and with dressing and grooming.
Care for children who are disabled or who have sick or disabled parents.

Give medications.

Administer prescribed oral medications, under the written direction of physician or as directed by home care nurse, and ensure patients take their medicine.

Engage patients in exercises or activities.

Entertain, converse with, or read aloud to patients to keep them mentally healthy and alert.
Direct patients in simple prescribed exercises or in the use of braces or artificial limbs.

Feed patients.

Plan, purchase, prepare, or serve meals to patients or other family members, according to prescribed diets.

Assess physical conditions of patients to aid in treatment.

Check patients' pulse, temperature, and respiration.

Teach basic living or other adaptive skills to patients or caregivers.

Provide patients and families with emotional support and instruction in areas such as caring for infants, preparing healthy meals, living independently, or adapting to disability or illness.

Accompany patients or clients on outings to provide assistance.

Perform a variety of duties as requested by client, such as obtaining household supplies or running errands.
Accompany clients to doctors' offices or on other trips outside the home, providing transportation, assistance, and companionship.

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