HHA Tasks - correct answer Housekeeping
Family Contact
Independence
Communication
Transportation
Safety
Flexibility
Working Environment
Clients
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Clients comfort
What is a HHA a part of? - correct answer A team of health professionals that include doctors, nurses, social workers, therapists, and specialists.
Who is important to the care team? - correct answer The client and the clients family
Care team - correct answer healthcare professionals with different kinds of education and experience.
HHA - correct answer performs assigned tasks, provides routine personal care, helps perform ADLs. Eyes and ears of the team.
Case Manager or Supervisor - correct answer Usually an RN, creates the care plan, monitors changes.
Registered Nurse (RN) - correct answer Coordinates, manages, and provides skilled nursing care, supervise and train HHAs
Doctor (MD or DO) - correct answer diagnose disease or disability and prescribe treatment. decides whether a patient needs home health care
Physical Therapist (PT or DPT) - correct answer evaluates a person and develops a treatment plan to increase movement, improve circulation, promote healing, reduce pain, prevent disability, and regain or maintain mobility
Occupational Therapist (OT) - correct answer helps clients learn to adapt to disabilities.
speech-language pathologist - correct answer identifies communication disorders and creates a plan to help
evaluates ability to swallow
Registered Dietitian - correct answer teaches clients and their families about special diets to improve their health and manage their illness.
Medical Social Worker (MSW) - correct answer determines residents' needs and helps get them support services, such as counseling or financial assistance
Client and Client's Family - correct answer makes choices about their care
Care plan - correct answer individualized for each client and developed to achieve goals of care
Golden Rule - correct answer activities not listed on the care plan should not be performed
Chain of Command - correct answer describes the line of authority and helps to make sure that residents get proper health care
liability - correct answer someone can be held responsible for harming someone else
scope of practice - correct answer the tasks that healthcare providers are allowed to do and how to do them correctly [Show Less]