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Career: Home Health Aides
Job Description
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.
Job Tasks
Importance %age |
Task Description |
100
|
Provide patients with help moving in and out of beds, baths, wheelchairs or automobiles, and with dressing and grooming. |
94
|
Check patients' pulse, temperature and respiration. |
92
|
Care for patients by changing bed linens, washing and ironing laundry, cleaning, or assisting with their personal care. |
87
|
Entertain, converse with, or read aloud to patients to keep them mentally healthy and alert. |
84
|
Maintain records of patient care, condition, progress, or problems to report and discuss observations with supervisor or case manager. |
60
|
Massage patients and apply preparations and treatments, such as liniment, alcohol rubs, and heat-lamp stimulation. |
60
|
Change dressings. |
58
|
Plan, purchase, prepare, or serve meals to patients or other family members, according to prescribed diets. |
58
|
Direct patients in simple prescribed exercises or in the use of braces or artificial limbs. |
56
|
Administer prescribed oral medications, under the written direction of physician or as directed by home care nurse or aide, and ensure patients take their medicine. |
54
|
Accompany clients to doctors' offices and on other trips outside the home, providing transportation, assistance and companionship. |
53
|
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. |
45
|
Perform a variety of duties as requested by client, such as obtaining household supplies or running errands. |
12
|
Care for children who are disabled or who have sick or disabled parents. |
Work Activities
Importance %age |
Activity Description |
74
|
Monitor Processes, Materials, or Surroundings
|
64
|
Establishing and Maintaining Interpersonal Relationships
|
63
|
Identifying Objects, Actions, and Events
|
63
|
Assisting and Caring for Others
|
60
|
Documenting/Recording Information
|
59
|
Getting Information
|
54
|
Organizing, Planning, and Prioritizing Work
|
53
|
Communicating with Supervisors, Peers, or Subordinates
|
52
|
Making Decisions and Solving Problems
|
52
|
Handling and Moving Objects
|
50
|
Performing General Physical Activities
|
49
|
Training and Teaching Others
|
45
|
Updating and Using Relevant Knowledge
|
45
|
Evaluating Information to Determine Compliance with Standards
|
44
|
Judging the Qualities of Things, Services, or People
|
43
|
Inspecting Equipment, Structures, or Material
|
42
|
Estimating the Quantifiable Characteristics of Products, Events, or Information
|
38
|
Resolving Conflicts and Negotiating with Others
|
38
|
Coordinating the Work and Activities of Others
|
37
|
Analyzing Data or Information
|
35
|
Developing Objectives and Strategies
|
35
|
Coaching and Developing Others
|
32
|
Thinking Creatively
|
32
|
Interpreting the Meaning of Information for Others
|
32
|
Communicating with Persons Outside Organization
|
32
|
Provide Consultation and Advice to Others
|
31
|
Performing Administrative Activities
|
30
|
Guiding, Directing, and Motivating Subordinates
|
30
|
Developing and Building Teams
|
29
|
Scheduling Work and Activities
|
28
|
Staffing Organizational Units
|
27
|
Operating Vehicles, Mechanized Devices, or Equipment
|
26
|
Monitoring and Controlling Resources
|
25
|
Performing for or Working Directly with the Public
|
25
|
Processing Information
|
21
|
Repairing and Maintaining Mechanical Equipment
|
19
|
Controlling Machines and Processes
|
18
|
Drafting, Laying Out, and Specifying Technical Devices, Parts, and Equipment
|
18
|
Selling or Influencing Others
|
17
|
Repairing and Maintaining Electronic Equipment
|
16
|
Interacting With Computers
|