Home Health Aide

Duties and Responsibilities: Home health and personal care aides help people who are disabled, chronically ill, or cognitively impaired. They also help older adults who may need assistance. They help with activities such as bathing and dressing, and they provide services such as light housekeeping. In some states, home health aides may be able to give a client medication or check the client’s vital signs under the direction of a nurse or other healthcare practitioner.

Salary: $16,000-$21,000

Education: There are no formal education requirements for home health and personal care aides. Home health aides working in certified home health or hospice agencies must get formal training and pass a standardized test.

Do you think you would like to be a Home Health Aide? Why? Why not?

I think I would like to become a Home Health Aide because I could help people at home all the time when they need it. I’m very helpful when it comes to disable people.