The Certified Home Health Aide (CHHA) provides personal care and homemaking services essential to the patient’s health care and comfort at home under the direction, instruction and supervision of a Registered Nurse, including companionship, errands, laundry, meal planning and preparation, serving meals and assisting the patient with ADLs. Services are provided within the client’s home, hospital, and/or long term care facilities.




Essential Duties and Responsibilities include the following. Other duties may be assigned.

• Follows the plan of care to provide safe, competent care to the patient.


• Helps the patient to maintain good personal hygiene and assists in maintaining a healthy, safe environment.


• Plans and prepares nutritious meals, markets when instructed to do so by the nurse.


• Assists the patient with ambulation as ordered by the physician and approved and supervised by the nurse.