HLHS 112 - Home Health Aide Bridge

1. Describe fundamental principles of documenting care given in the home care environment.
2. Utilize principles of infection control and standard precautions within the home health care setting when performing care for clients.
3. Describe issues specific to home care clients; including, substance abuse, elder abuse, working with infants and children, and hospice and palliative care in the home.
4. Describe emergency management and planning in the home care environment, including environmental safety, fire safety, driving safety, and natural disaster responses in home care.
5. Describe essential principles in planning, preparing, and serving food to clients.
6. Describe essential skills necessary in care of the client environment specific to home care; including, establishing an individualized care plan, home care cleaning supplies, care of laundry, and cleaning a client home.

Section 1: Home Care Orientation:

• Purpose and types of home care agencies
• Client Rights
• Job expectations in home health
• Following a home care service plan
• Home care policies and procedures
• Incident reporting in the home

Section 2, Home Care Communications:

• Documentation Guidelines
• Maintaining professional boundaries
• Client confidentiality specific to home health
• Home safety and considerations
• Home care team members
• Dealing with clients and families in their environment

Section 3, Working with People:

• Substance Abuse issues in the client or family
• Elder Abuse
• Working with infants and children
• Child abuse
• Hospice and palliative care in the home

Section 4, Home Health Emergencies:

• Client emergencies
• Driving safety
• Fire safety
• Natural Disasters
• No answer to locked door

Section 5, Infection Control in the home:

• Chain of infection
• Standard infection control precautions in the home
• Keeping a clean environment in the home
• Medical waste disposal in the home

Section 6, Care of the Environment:

• Establishing an individual service plan with the client and family
• How to prioritize home care tasks
• Supplies to keep home clean
• Care of laundry
• Cleaning a home

Section 7, Food Planning, Purchasing, and Serving:

• Basic nutrition
• Nutrition in the elderly
• Overcoming obstacles to healthy eating
• Reading food labels
• Environmental, familial, and cultural factors than impact nutrition and dietary preference
• Meal planning
• Grocery shopping
• Safe food handling
• Therapeutic diets
• Basic culinary skills

Section 8, Assisting a client with Personal Care, Ambulation, and Transfers:

• Transfer and ambulation techniques when no help available
• Medication administration considerations
• Oxygen administration considerations
• Preparing a client for a meal