How to Become a Home Health Aide

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Are you looking for a job that offers flexible, part-time hours, excellent employment prospects and a deep sense of personal accomplishment? If so, you might consider taking steps to become a home health aide. These trained health care providers work in private homes and residential facilities to care for individuals with disabilities and those recovering from illnesses. Some home health aides care for the elderly who can no longer live unassisted. Most states do not require formal education beyond high school; some states do not even require that you obtain a license. Follow these steps if you want to become a home health aide.
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    Find out more about a home health aide’s job duties. As much as you may enjoy helping others, you should be aware that some of the job duties (cleaning bedpans and changing soiled bed linens) are not especially pleasant.
    • Access the website at All Health Care or Bayada Nurses to view a list of a home health aide’s typical responsibilities.
    • Call a home health care employer and ask if you can be a job shadow for a day or two so you can observe first-hand what the work involves.
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    Decide whether you have the mental and physical capacity for the job.
    • Consider whether you have the patience, compassion and ability to remain cheerful, even when assisting disoriented patients who don’t seem to appreciate your hard work.
    • Expect that you must pass medical clearance, proving you are physically able to lift and carry patients.
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    Determine your state’s requirements. Each state sets different requirements for the education and training that home health aides must complete.
    • Call the Board of Nursing in the state where you plan to work. Ask if you need a high school diploma, and whether you need prior formal experience in a health care setting.
    • Ask whether you must get a certification or license and what kind of exams you must take.
    • Find out whether you must complete on the job training with a home health aide employer before you receive final certification or licensure. In particular, ask if you must become a Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA) before taking state exams.
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    Get information on how your state administers their home health aide program.
    • Contact the Board of Nursing. Ask whether home health aides in the state get their assignments from a Registered Nurse, who also supervises them.
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    Satisfy the educational and pre-employment training requirements.
    • Get your high school diploma, even if your state doesn’t require one. Having the diploma makes it easier if you want to advance to become a home health aide coordinator or supervisor.
    • Take a course in home health care at a community college.
    • Take online courses made available on the website for the National Association for Home Health Care.
    • Complete the pre-employment training that many health care companies require. This usually requires you to work under a licensed aide for several months. It may also require you to attend workshops and lectures. At the end of the training, you must pass a competency examination.
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    Apply for licensure and certification. Even if it’s mandatory, state certification boosts your chances of being hired.
    • Call the licensing board in your state once you have completed your formal training.
    • Contact the National Association of Home Care and ask about their voluntary certification programs.


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