Home Health Aide

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Duties and Responsibilities: A home health aide is a helper to the sick, disabled, and elderly almost like a personal nurse. They assist the patient and help them to things they might not be able to do like dressing, bathing, and helping to keep their homes safe/clean. They also observe the patient, keep records and reports of them.

Salary: $20,560-$50,000

Education: To become a home health aide you must at least have a high school diploma. You must also go through training and have a licenses certificate and the skills.  

Reflection: Would you like to be one? Why? Why not?   

Yes I would like to be one because I love helping out others and even if this might be tough I can try my best to help the patient and it’s a really nice thing to do with people that need the help.