Home Health Aide (Disabilities)
Hybrid-based
ONET: 31-1011.00
1
Years
15
Skills
700h
On-the-job training
On-the-job training
- Consumer and worker rights and responsibilities
- Can explain the philosophy of independent living and the role of the consumer in directing their own care
- Respects the consumer’s rights to privacy and independence
- Observes the boundaries between the consumer’s expectations and the worker’s rights
- Can describe the signs of physical, mental, financial and sexual abuse and explain the importance of reporting abuse
- Understanding of physical and sensory impairments
- Can describe medical and social issues related to traumatic brain injury, cerebral palsy, stroke, multiple sclerosis, muscular dystrophy, spinal cord injury and other diseases
- Can describe strategies for communication with consumers with visual, hearing and speech impairments
- Health and safety
- Can identify and recommend solutions to hazards in the home
- Is able to plan for and respond to emergencies in collaboration with the consumer
- Practices techniques to avoid back injury, including proper body mechanics/back protection and the use of the hoyer lift when needed that respond to the preference of the consumer
- Practice effective personal and household infection control
- Technology and special needs
- Demonstrate care of the ventilator-dependent client
- Demonstrate tracheotomy and Foley catheter care for paraplegic and quadriplegic clients
- Demonstrate proper body mechanics/back protection and the use of the hoyer lift when assisting paraplegic and quadriplegic clients
- Can identify early signs of skin breakdown in clients who use wheelchairs and take appropriate action
- Demonstrate knowledge of special wheelchair cushions and their care
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