HOME HEALTH AIDE

Brief Course Description
Trainees from this skill cares for the aged, they bathe, sponge and dress patient, deal with body and oral hygiene, administer medication, check records, and keep patient’s quarters in clean and tidy condition.

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Job Title 
Geriatric Assistant

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Where are the jobs?

• Own your own business 

• Service industry, e.g. Alleyne’s Nursing & Convalescence Home

• Hospice Care, e.g. Living Water Community Hospice

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Training Centres

• Beetham

• Chaguanas

• Forres Park

• St. Andrews

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Training Period 
Three (3) Terms

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Advanced Training

• NIHERST

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Certification 

• Servol

• NEC

 
Literacy Level 

3 - 5

Working Conditions 

​Mainly Indoors

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Physical Requirement 

Above average body strength

No allergies