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Home Health Aide

Provide routine individualised healthcare to the elderly, convalescents, or persons with disabilities at the patient's home. Monitor or report changes in health status. Provide personal care such as bathing, dressing, and grooming of patient.

ELIGIBILITY:

10th Pass

COURSE CONTENT:

  • Assist patient in bathing
  • Assist patient in grooming
  • Assist individual in dressing-up
  • Support patient to eat and drink
  • Assist individual in maintaining normal elimination
  • Prevent and control infection in the home setting
  • Communicate with geriatric/paralytic/ immobile patient and their careers
  • Enable geriatric/paralytic/ immobile patient to cope with changes to their health and well-being
  • Implement interventions with geriatric/paralytic/immobile patient at risk of falls
  • Act within the limits of your competence and authority
  • Work effectively with others
  • Manage work to meet requirements
  • Maintain a safe, healthy and secure environment
  • Practice Code of conduct while performing duties
  • Follow biomedical waste disposal protocols

 

FACULTY:

The faculty of LIHS is drawn from highly experienced medical professionals who are certified instructors of American Heart Association, International Trauma Life support and Advance Trauma Life support courses. Master Trainers Certified by HSSC / TISS.
Training Methodology: Lecture Presentation, Small group Activities, Short scenarios, Skill presentations and skill practice, Real time scenarios, Guided discussions.