home health aide
Residential medical assistant
A home health aide is a caregiver who assists patients in their homes with daily activities and basic medical needs.
The work includes bathing, dressing, meal preparation, medication reminders, and light housekeeping.
Home health aides typically work with elderly, disabled, or chronically ill patients who need support but not hospitalization: The home health aide comes three times a week to help my father.
- caregiverOne providing daily assistance
- nurseHealthcare provider, bedside
- elderlyAdvanced in age
- aging in placeLiving where you've always lived
- bathingImmersion for cleanliness
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- healthcaredoctors, nurses, hospitals, hospital, clinic
- Health Careersdoctor, nurse practitioner, nursing, physician, surgeon
- assistantsassistant, helper, PA, executive assistant, EA
- Care Servicesbabysitting, pet sitting, house sitting, day care, daycare
- caregivingcaregiver, take care, nurture, look after, compassionate care
- caretakerscaretaker, caretakers, caregiver, guardian, minder
home health aideICU nurse
Medical professional in intensive care
hospital orderly · hospital staff · ward nurse · clinical staff · hospitalist
home health aidephysician
Licensed medical doctor
surgeon · medical director · chief of medicine · nurse practitioner · registered nurse
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