Live in Home Health Aide

1. Maintaining a clean safe and healthy environment within clients residence. Duties may include light cleaning and straightening of the bathroom straightening the sleeping and living areas washing clients dishes or laundry and other tasks to maintain cleanliness and safety for the client.
2. The performance of all personal care activities contained in a written Plan of Care which may include assisting the client with personal hygiene ambulation and exercise eating dressing shaving physical transfer and other duties as assigned.
3. Providing nutritional support as needed.
4. Reporting changes in the clients condition.
5. Other activities that are determined necessary and trained on for a specific client and are restricted to the following:

• Assisting with the use of devices for aid to daily living such as a wheelchair walker
• Assisting with prescribed range of motion exercises;
• Measuring intake and output of fluids;
• Measuring and recording temperature pulse respiration or blood pressure;
• Keeping records of personal health care activities;
• Observing appearance and gross behavioral changes in the client and reporting to the agency supervisor.

1. Preparing necessary items such as juice water cups or spoons to assist the client in the self-administration of medication;
2. Opening and closing the medication container or tearing the foil of prepackaged medications;
3. Assisting the client in the self-administration process. Examples of such assistance include the steadying of the arm hand or other parts of the clients body so as to allow the self-administration of medication;
4. Abides by the agencys infection control policies including proper hand washing techniques consistent with CDC Guidelines.
5. Abides by all policies and procedures outlined in the agencys Policy and Procedure Manual Caregiver Handbook and Caregiver Training Manual.

Assisting Hands Home Care prides itself on offering compassionate dependable home care to their clients across the US. Their unparalleled reputation of quality home care covers a broad spectrum of services ranging from aging care for the elderly post-surgery care transitional care from a hospital or rehab to post maternity care for those mothers who need care after the birth of their child.

Aside from the companys mission for quality home care and passion for the value of family one of the other reasons that Assisting Hands has provided such exceptional care to their clients is due to their high standards for hiring.

According to the companys Vice President Gail Stout Assisting Hands Home Care believes that the caregivers are the face of the company. Our agencies hire caregivers that first and foremost align with our companys core values. Gail went on to explain that their agencies do a complete interview process of each hiring candidate. We look for the three most important qualities in our caregivers which is professionalism empathy and strong communication skills. Additionally the agencies do a comprehensive background screening training and verification of skill competency. Each AHHC agency has a robust pool of caregivers but we are always looking to hire additional caregivers that meet our guidelines and criteria for caring for our clients Gail said.

According to some of the agencies caregivers Assisting Hands motivates their employees to give the best care possible. They treat their caregivers with very high standards said Fatima L. She went on to say that the company strives to provide quality care to their clients for all their individual needs. Because of this quality care it makes a great difference to all elderly clients and their families.

Some of the other comments made by various Assisting Hands caregivers are I applaud this company for the high standards and ethics that I have witnessed - Julie J.

I have worked for home care companies in the past and none of them are at all like Assisting Hands Home Care. I feel like a genuinely valued employee. Kelsey L.

What I have experienced since working at AHHC is that the company truly cares about its clients just as well as its employees. They are always willing to help and go the extra mile to meet everyones needs. LaEasha G.

Assisting Hands Home Care and their employees believe that there is value to offering dependable care and compassion to those in need which is witnessed on a daily basis by both the staff and the clients. No matter what service is being provided from light housekeeping and making meals to helping with bathing and grooming needs caring for others with dignity and dedication is paramount to Assisting Hands Home Care which is reflected in AHHC caregivers.