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Salem and Marblehead | Services | Specialty Care

Home Health Aide

When restrictions of aging, disability, chronic illness or cognitive difficulty make it challenging for individuals to care fully for themselves at home, home health aides can assist. A home health aide improves the quality of life for people through professional, hands-on care and compassionate kindness. For many Right at Home clients, a home health aide or caregiver becomes a trusted friend.

Home health aides with specialized training can administer a client’s medication or check vital signs under the direction of a registered nurse or other medical professional. Qualified home health aides may also change bandages and dressings and help with medical equipment. Typically, when in-home clients need skilled health care, home health aides are trained as a certified nursing assistant (CNA) or Patient Care Assistant (PCA).*

Role of a Home Health Aide

Home health aides provide everything from companionship to basic health assistance, including:

Bathing and dressing
Light housekeeping (laundry, vacuuming, etc.)
Medication monitoring
Grocery shopping
Meal planning and preparation
Transportation to doctor’s offices and other appointments
Companionship visits
Organization of schedules and appointments
Physical exercise and at-home therapy exercises

In addition, many home health aides are also trained to check pulse, temperature, respiration, help with braces or artificial limbs and perform a number of skilled nursing duties.

Home health aides can also help with specific in-home care needs related to:

Alzheimer’s and Other Related Dementia
Hypertension/Stroke Recovery
Heart Disease
Cancer Recovery
Hospice/Palliative Support

Why a Home Health Aide

You may be worried about a loved one recovering after surgery or who is weak and forgetful. Or, who needs a helping hand from time to time. Whatever the wellbeing of your adult or senior loved one—whether a dear parent or beloved family friend—Right at Home has our caregivers ready with the right people. At the right time, day or night. Right at Home home health aides offer personalized care that is professionally supervised so your loved one feels happy, safe and independent right at home . . . and you feel peace of mind.

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"Right at Home took excellent care of my Grandmother who was living in Chatham, NJ with breathing issues and multiple infections. The office staff was so helpful with resources in the area for my Grandmother and they were all very hands on and proactive. Her Caregiver Judy eventually became a friend of hers. I would highly recommend Right at Home to anyone who has a family member going through a hard time, to make their quality of life much better."

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"Our family greatly appreciates the staff at Right at Home of Chatham. Their support and compassion the past few months in caring for our mother Barbara has been terrific. At first we were unsure how home care would work but Right at Home showed us the way."

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