Home Health Aide On-The-Go In-Service Lessons: Vol. 7, Issue 5: Ethics and the Home Health Aide
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Publisher: Beacon Health, a Division of Blr
Published: 2007-12-31
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9781601465498
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis lesson on Ethics and the Home Health Aide includes a complete training packet. Each in-service packet takes approximately one hour to complete and fully meets the Medicare in-service training requirements. As aides need training, you can make as many copies as you want - there's no restriction when used with aides assigned from your office location. Remember that Home Health Aides must have 12 hours of in-service training every year. LESSON OBJECTIVES Upon completion of this program, the home health aide will be able to: Define the term "ethical" State three ethical standards Explain the process for making ethical decisions, and Describe three signs of ethical problems in the homecare workplace. OVERVIEW Health care workers face ethical issues in every setting. This is especially true in the home, where the independence of both the patient and the care providers, along with limited supervision, make identifying and dealing with ethical issues a challenge. For home health aides, ethical issues in the home may be due to patient care concerns, patient choice, family involvement, and the aide's personal involvement and compliance with agency policies and laws. To understand the risk involved and act responsibly, the aide must have an understanding of ethics and be able to recognize and report potential ethical issues. This in-service provides an in-depth look at ethics, ethical issues in the home, and the home health aide's role in preventing or resolving these problems.
