What is an HHA?

A Home Health Aide is a certified member of a private in-home care team. The HHA is responsible for providing basic, personal care for their clients which can range from bathing, to dressing, and much more. Often times, professional home care is needed post-operatively as the patient is rehabilitating and healing or when an individual has reached a point in their life where daily tasks become too difficult to accomplish safely alone.

What is the difference between an HHA and a PCA?

Private home care and home nursing agencies often employ both HHA and PCA professionals.

The biggest difference between and HHA and a PCA is the level of training.

Both are authorized to assist with bathing, dressing and other personal care and hygiene needs. Additionally, they may shop for groceries, prepare daily meals, complete minor housekeeping duties like laundry, dishes or vacuuming, and provide occasional transportation to doctor appointments in some states, if approved to do so.

On top of that, an HHA can attend to more complex health needs such as diet, simple dressing changes on small wounds, taking basic vital signs and administering medications.

To figure out which services best fit you or your loved one’s needs, please contact local home health care services in your area.

Searching for an HHA in New York?

New Millenium Home Health Care has been offering high-quality private home care services in the NYC area, across the 5 Burroughs, for over a decade and would be honored to discuss your family’s senior home health care needs. Our premiere senior home care assistance in New York specializes in a wide range of patient needs from Alzheimer’s or Dementia to post-operative hip or knee replacement care.

Our HHA services include:

  • Personal care
  • Bathing, dressing and grooming
  • Meal preparation and diet monitoring
  • Medication reminders
  • Light housekeeping
  • Laundry
  • Recreation activities
  • Planning, shopping, running errands, accompanying to appointments, etc.

A highly individualized plan can be crafted for you. We are happy to walk through every single aspect of each and every home health care plan. We understand the gravity of this decision and how important this choice is for every individual and their loved ones – we don’t take this responsibility lightly.

For all of your senior health home care needs in Brooklyn, New York City or throughout the 5 Burroughs in NY, please contact us by phone today at (718) 575-8191 or by email at info@newmilleniumhc.com.