Provide routine, personal healthcare, such as bathing, dressing, or grooming, to elderly, convalescent, or disabled persons in the home of patients or in a residential care facility.

Other names for Home Health Aides: Caregiver, Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA), Direct Care Counselor, Direct Support Person, Direct Support Professional, Habilitation Training Specialist, Health Care Assistant, Health Service Worker, Health Support Specialist (HSS), Home Attendant, Home Care Attendant, Home Care Giver, Home Care Provider, Home Health Aide (HHA), Home Health Care Provider, Home Health Provider, Home Help Aide, Independent Living Specialist, Licensed Nursing Assistant, Nurse's Companion, Patient Service Representative, Personal Care Aide (PCA), Personal Care Attendant, Resident Care Aide, Residential Aide, Residential Assistant (RA), Residential Counselor, State Tested Nursing Assistant (STNA),

• Maintain records of patient care, condition, progress, or problems to report and discuss observations with supervisor or case manager.
• Provide patients with help moving in and out of beds, baths, wheelchairs or automobiles, and with dressing and grooming.
• Provide patients and families with emotional support and instruction in areas such as caring for infants, preparing healthy meals, living independently, or adaptating to disability or illness.
• Change bed linens, wash and iron patients' laundry, and clean patients' quarters.
• Entertain, converse with, or read aloud to patients to keep them mentally healthy and alert.
• Plan, purchase, prepare, or serve meals to patients or other family members, according to prescribed diets.
• Direct patients in simple prescribed exercises or in the use of braces or artificial limbs.
• Check patients' pulse, temperature and respiration.
• Change dressings.
• Perform a variety of duties as requested by client, such as obtaining household supplies or running errands.
• Accompany clients to doctors' offices and on other trips outside the home, providing transportation, assistance and companionship.
• Administer prescribed oral medications under written direction of physician or as directed by home care nurse and aide.
• Care for children who are disabled or who have sick or disabled parents.
• Massage patients and apply preparations and treatments, such as liniment, alcohol rubs, and heat-lamp stimulation.

• Abdominal binders
• Vascular or compression apparel or supports
• Shower or bath chairs or seats for the physically challenged
• Extremities cradles
• Canes or cane accessories
• Crutches or crutch accessories
• Desktop computers
• Electronic blood pressure units
• Enema kits or accessories
• Blanket frames or lifters
• Glucose monitors or meters
• Medical heat lamps or accessories
• Therapeutic ice packs or pillows
• Therapeutic ice packs or pillows
• Knee braces or hinged knee supports
• Lower extremity prosthetic devices
• Mercury blood pressure units
• Notebook computers
• Ostomy appliances
• Oxygen therapy delivery system products accessories or its supplies
• Patient lifts or accessories
• Personal digital assistant PDAs or organizers
• Patient stabilization or fall prevention devices or accessories
• Transcutaneous electric nerve stimulation units
• Upper extremity prosthetic devices
• Urinalysis test strips
• Home care ventilators
• Walkers or rollators
• Walking braces
• Wheelchairs

Data base reporting software

Medical software

Internet browser software