Home Health Aide - Spanish

Course Code: HHAS

Become certified by the state of New York as a Home Health Aide in Spanish and learn how to provide personal care, work within plan of care, and provide support to individual and family. There is an increasing number of elderly people who are living at home and cared for by a care taker who is also older and needs help and relief from the stress of care taking. As the population ages, the number of people with different diseases is growing and these individuals need more and more care as disease progresses and their family member care takers often need assistance because of the nature of the disease.

IDI has been offering Home Health Aide Certification in Spanish (HHAS) programs for over 28 years, and we know how important of this program for the community receiving services. Home Health Aides provide critical and very important care to different patients at home who in many cases are unable to care for themselves. Assistants act as a bridge to independent living for many elderlies, physically challenged to individuals who may also need assistance with activities of daily living.

In this course the student will learn how to provide personal care, work within plan of care, and provide support to individual and family. all the necessary techniques and knowledge to provide assistance to these patients.

A Home Health Aide’s duty may include:
* Assist clients in their daily personal tasks    * Assisting the patient in an out of bed    * Transferring to or from a wheelchair    * Takes and records patient’s vital signs    * Oral hygiene
* Turning and positioning patients                    * Provide a bed bath or shower                  * Helping with using the toilet                   * Assistance with ostomy appliances
* Measuring patient’s weight                              * Preparation of the prescribed diet for the patient                                                        * Accompany the patient to medical appointments
* And more.

Note: The Home Health Aide Certification in Spanish (HHAS) course is also available in English, Russian, and American Sign Language (ASL).