When an elderly or disabled individual wishes to remain in his or her home rather than move to a nursing home, they will often be cared for by Home Health Aide Bucks County. Although the greatest majority of patients are elderly and disabled people, the home health aide can also be called upon to work with those that are in the process of recovering from a serious illness, an injury or a surgical procedure. The primary purpose of the aide is to render services that will ensure that the person can live or recover safely in their own home.
When the patient is a disabled or elderly individual it is not unknown for the same home health aide to work with the same individual for many years. When the patient is recovering from surgery or illness of course the amount of time they spend with the person is consequently much shorter, depending on the situation the aide may only work for a few weeks at most. Rarely are home health aides in Bucks County hired on a short term basis, in cases involving only a few days members of the patients family can usually take care of the persons needs.
The primary purpose of home care is to ensure that the person gets the help he or she needs with personal care and routine housekeeping. Many elderly or disabled people of course have family members or close friends that are more than willing to pitch in and help with these types of tasks; however, in the majority of cases these friends and loved ones are not in a position to provide the continuous care that is needed.
Home health aides in Bucks County are not doctors or nurses; they are not expected to assume the responsibilities of these professionals. Aides routinely are tasked with helping their patient dress, bathe; groom and at times, prepare meals.
Although home health aides are medically trained they can record information during the course of a day. They can take and record the persons pulse rate, temperature, blood pressure, etc. Depending on the circumstances the aide may be charged with the responsibility of administering medications, changing the dressings on a wound as well as provide skin care. When the home health aide does perform simple health related services they are carried out under the supervision of a registered nurse, the supervisor or case manager. Visit Aurora Home Care today to learn more.
