Professional Home Health Aide Support
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Home Health Aide
Our home health aides specialize in caring for children who are disabled or have sick or disabled parents. From administering medication to maintaining client care records, condition, and progress to reporting observations to a supervisor or case manager, our professional home health aides can do it all.
Patient Care and Support
Our dedicated professionals also help clients move in and out of beds, baths, wheelchairs, or automobiles and with dressing and grooming. Our agency firmly believes in giving clients and families physical and emotional support so they’re well taken care of.
Our home health aides can also assist you in infant care, preparing healthy meals, independent living, and adapting to disability or illness. Give us a call in Long Island today!
HHA vs. PCA
Many are often uncertain about the difference between a certified Home Health Aide (HHA) and a Patient Care Assistant (PCA). This is understandable, given that an HHA is generally qualified to provide the same services as a PCA. However, the most significant distinction between the two is that an HHA is also qualified and may be required to provide medical and healthcare services, in addition to the quality of life services provided by PCAs. So when the effects of aging, disability, chronic illness, cognitive impairment, surgery, or recent trauma make it difficult for individuals to care for themselves properly, an HHA may be the best option for such individuals.
In addition to the quality of life services similarly provided by a PCA, our HHAs, under the direction of a registered nurse or another medical professional, also provide the following medical and health-related services:
As well as being trained to check pulse, temperature, and respiration; help with braces or artificial limbs; and perform several skilled nursing duties, our HHAs can also help with specific in-home care needs related to: