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We are committed to providing our students with the training and education they need to assist patients and clients in their daily living activities and helping patients realize their full potential. American Institute of Science and Technology’s. home health aide training program is an approved training program designed to prepare the mature trainee to provide assistance and carry out health care tasks for patients in their homes. The training curriculum includes the information and skills needed to carry out routine or basic home health aide responsibilities under a registered nurse or therapist’s supervision. Our curriculum will provide the home health aide with:

• The environment in which he/she will be working
• Overall responsibilities and limitations
• Relationship to other home health agency personnel
• Supervision standards
• Ethics and confidentiality in patient care.

• The aged, chronically ill, disabled, and acutely ill
• Disease prevention
• Safety factors.

• Meet the nutritional needs of the patients
• Maintain a clean and healthy environment
• Recognize the need for professional intervention
• Utilize infection control measures when so directed.

• Sterilization technique
• Oral hygiene
• Grooming (hair care to include shampoo, shave, ordinary care of nails)
• Bathing assistance (bed, tub, or shower)
• Toileting assistance (bed pan, toilet, or commode)
• Transferring (assistance from bed to chair, from bed to wheelchair, etc.)
• Ambulation
• Eating assistance
• Dressing assistance
• Individual household tasks essential to the patients need

• Following instructions of supervisory staff regarding the patient's daily regime and care
• Taking of temperature, pulse, respirations when directed to do so
• Maintaining simple client care records
• Knowing the role of the home health aide relative to medications.

Candidates for our training program should meet or exceed the minimum criteria specified in the State's policies and standards for individuals rendering home health aide and/or personal care services. The applicants should:

• Be mature, emotionally and mentally stable. A minimum age of 18 is recommended
• Have a high school diploma or GED. Able to read, write, understand and carry out directions and instructions, record messages and keep simple records
• The candidates must be in good physical health as verified by a health assessment or physical exam. The health status of each student must be assessed prior to beginning the in-home supervised clinical experience. The assessment shall be of sufficient scope to ensure that no person shall be accepted into the program unless he/she is free from a health impairment which is of potential risk to the patient or which might interfere with the performance of his/her duties, including the habituation or addiction to depressants, stimulants, narcotics, alcohol or other substances that may alter his/her behavior. The physical exam includes the following: check of vital signs and immunizations, which must be updated as necessary; a TB test; and a toxicology screen.
• A trainee cannot be hired by a licensed home care provider if he or she has been convicted of certain criminal offenses, therefore background checks are conducted and trainees will need to show proof of US residency

There are 83 hours of training required for home health aide certification. This includes time for testing. Training can be broken down into 20 hours of theory and 20 hours of skills training to complete per¬sonal care aide training. Followed by, 35 hours for health-related tasks and 8 hours of hands-on practical training. The practical training of 8 hours is done in a home-like setting, called Supervised Clinical Experience (SCE). The purpose of supervised clinical experience is to:

• integrate the theoretical components of the training program into skills applicable in the work situation;
• determine the competency of the trainee in performing basic procedures in the home setting; and
• determine the ability of the trainee to work on a 1:1 basis with patients and families in the home setting.

Upon completion of the training program and after passing the exam, our school will issue your professional Home Health Aide certificate.