April 11, 2024
Updated April 16, 2025
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Home Health Aide: A Career Guide
A Home Health Aide (HHA) provides essential assistance to individuals needing care within their own homes. These professionals help clients manage daily living activities, maintain health, and remain safely in a familiar environment, often working with older adults, people with disabilities, or those recovering from illness or surgery.
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Examines the gendered nature of care work, exploring how women's unpaid care work has been historically devalued and how this continues to shape the way that care work is organized and valued today.
Classic guide to caring for people with Alzheimer's disease and other forms of dementia. It offers practical advice on how to manage the challenges of caregiving, and provides support and encouragement for caregivers.
Provides a comprehensive guide to caring for people with dementia. It covers a wide range of topics, including medical care, behavioral management, and financial planning.
Comprehensive guide to caring for people with Alzheimer's disease. It covers a wide range of topics, including medical care, behavioral management, and financial planning.
This manual provides comprehensive training materials for home health aides, covering topics such as personal care, medical terminology, and infection control. It valuable resource for individuals seeking to obtain certification as a home health aide.
Comprehensive guide to caring for people with dementia. It covers a wide range of topics, including medical care, behavioral management, and financial planning.
Explores the emotional labor of caring, arguing that it form of work that is often unrecognized and undervalued. Tronto develops a feminist theory of care that emphasizes the importance of relationships and empathy in caring for others.
Provides a comprehensive overview of the history, theory, and practice of care work. Lewis traces the development of care work as a paid and unpaid labor force, and examines the impact of the welfare state on care work.
Provides a comprehensive overview of the challenges and rewards of caregiving, and offers practical advice on how to provide the best possible care for your loved one.
Provides guidance for caregivers of people with dementia. It covers topics such as understanding the disease, managing the symptoms, and providing care and support. It is written by a team of experts in dementia care who provide practical advice and support.
Provides specific guidance for caregivers of people with Alzheimer's disease. It covers topics such as understanding the disease, managing the symptoms, and providing care and support. It is written by a team of experts in Alzheimer's care who provide practical advice and support.
Explores the emotional challenges of caregiving, and offers strategies for coping with stress, grief, and other difficult emotions.
Provides practical advice on how to care for yourself while caring for others. It covers a wide range of topics, including self-care, stress management, and time management.
This handbook provides a comprehensive overview of the field of care work, covering a wide range of topics, including the history of care work, the different types of care work, and the challenges and opportunities facing care workers.
Develops a theory of ethics based on the concept of care. Tronto argues that care fundamental human need and that it should be the basis for our moral decision-making. This book has been influential in the field of ethics and has helped to shift the focus of ethical inquiry away from abstract principles and towards the concrete realities of human life.
Provides a practical guide to caring for aging parents at home. It covers a wide range of topics, including health care, financial planning, and legal issues.
Provides guidance for caregivers on how to care for themselves while caring for a loved one. It covers topics such as managing stress, setting boundaries, and finding support. It is written by a caregiver who has personal experience with the challenges of caregiving.
Provides a guide to working with the Native American population as a home health aide. It covers topics such as the unique needs of the Native American population, common health conditions, and caregiving techniques.
Develops a feminist ethic of care, arguing that care fundamental moral value that should guide our relationships with others.
Provides a guide to caring for a loved one. It covers topics such as managing your loved one's care, dealing with the emotional and physical demands of caregiving, and balancing your own responsibilities.
Provides guidance for caregivers of aging parents. It covers topics such as understanding the aging process, managing the challenges of caregiving, and making decisions about end-of-life care. It is written by a geriatric social worker who has personal experience with the challenges of caregiving.
Provides guidance for caregivers of people with dementia. It covers topics such as understanding the disease, managing the symptoms, and providing care and support. It is written by a caregiver who has personal experience with the challenges of caregiving.
Provides a survival manual for caregivers. It includes tips, resources, and information on how to cope with the challenges of caregiving. It is written by a caregiver who has personal experience with the challenges of caregiving.
Provides a guide to working with the Asian American population as a home health aide. It covers topics such as the unique needs of the Asian American population, common health conditions, and caregiving techniques.
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