Home Health Aide Per Visit

<div class="content-intro"><p>Alpine Care Home Health is dedicated to providing expert, compassionate care in the home setting. Our team of skilled clinicians help individuals remain safe and independent in their homes, with personalized care that respects the individuals’ goals, values, and overall well-being. Our team brings deep expertise in physical therapy, occupational therapy, speech therapy, wound care, and complex care management, and more. We offer customized tools and hands-on support to improve mobility, accelerate recovery, and encourage lasting self-reliance. We take pride in offering personalized, evidence-based care. We work closely with primary care providers, families, and specialists to create care plans that are proactive, holistic, and aligned with each patient’s priorities. Through access to a full range of physical and mental health services, we aim to support patient independence and long-term stability.</p> <p>We’re building a purpose-driven team passionate about making a difference. If you’re excited to shape the future of home-based care, here’s what the role involves.</p></div><p style="margin-bottom: 0;"><strong>POSITION OVERVIEW<br></strong>The <strong>Home Health Aide Per Visit (HHA</strong>) is a non-professional employee trained to provide personal care and related services in the home for the sick or disabled. He/she functions under the direct supervision of a registered nurse or a physical therapist to assist the patient to perform on 2 or more activities of daily living (ADL).</p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0;"><strong>ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES</strong></p> <p style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0;">During each visit the HHA:</p> <ul style="margin-top: 0;"> <li>The HCA shall provide assistance with at least 2 of the following ADL's: <ul style="margin-left: 20px;"> <li>Personal hygiene (Example: bathing, grooming, hair care, shaving, deodorant application, skin care with lotions and/or powder, foot care, and ear care. Q-tips are not to be used)</li> <li>Nail care and oral hygiene, which are needed to facilitate treatment or prevent deterioration</li> <li>Nail cutting or filing will NOT be done</li> <li>Changing bed linens and making bed</li> <li>Eating and maintaining adequate nutrition and fluid intake when appropriate</li> <li>Dressing (clothes)</li> <li>Ambulation and transfers (For Example: assisting patients to the toilet/commode or with bedpans and with elimination needs, assisting patients in and out of bed, assisting with ambulation, and assisting with other transfers and positional needs as appropriate)</li> <li>Incidental household services, which are essential to patient health care (for example, light houseke