Home Health Aides
Healthcare Support
What they do
Monitor the health status of an individual with disabilities or illness, and address their health-related needs, such as changing bandages, dressing wounds, or administering medication. Work is performed under the direction of offsite or intermittent onsite licensed nursing staff. Provide assistance with routine healthcare tasks or activities of daily living, such as feeding, bathing, toileting, or ambulation. May also help with tasks such as preparing meals, doing light housekeeping, and doing laundry depending on the patient's abilities.
Tasks they perform
Also known as
Relevant Qualifications
Advanced Diploma in Therapeutic Services
by Central University of Technology, Free State
Bachelor of Science in Occupational Therapy
by University of the Western Cape
Bachelor of Science in Physiotherapy
by University of Witwatersrand
Bachelor of Science in Biomedicine
by EDUVOS (Pty) Ltd (Previously Pearson Institute of Higher Education (Pty) Ltd)
Bachelor of Science in Physiotherapy
by Sefako Makgatho Health Sciences University
Bachelor of Nursing
by University of KwaZulu-Natal
Bachelor of Optometry
by University of Limpopo
Bachelor of Nursing
by University of the Free State
Bachelor of Science in Agriculture in Animal Science
by University of Venda
Advanced Diploma in Shipping and Logistics
by Durban University of Technology
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