HOSA Home health Aid Exam Questions and Answers Fully Solved Graded A+
Who do Home Health Aids provide assistants too? - Answers The chronically ill, elderly and family
caregivers who need relief from the stress of caregiving
Agencies pay HHA's from payments they recieve from these payers - Answers Insurance companies,
government programs like medicare and medicaid, health maintenance organizations, preferred
provider organizations, individual clients or family members
Medicare pays agencies a fixed fee for a _____ day period of care basrd on a clients condition - Answers
60
If the cost of providing care exceeds the payment- - Answers the agency loses money
If the care provided costs less than the payment- - Answers the agency makes money
CMS' payment system for home care is called the- - Answers home health prospective payment system
Purpose of home health care - Answers people who are ill feel more comfortable at home
Clients who need care are referred to a home health agency by- - Answers their doctor
Small agencies provide- - Answers basic nursing care, personal care, and housekeeping services
Large agencies provide- - Answers speech, physical and occupational therapy, and medical social work.
Common Services include- - Answers medical surgical nursing care, medical; management, wound care,
care of tubes, care for different diseases, IV infusion therapy, maternal, pediatric and newborn nursing
care, nutrition care, personal care, hospice services
All HHA's are under the supervision of a licensed professional- - Answers a nurse, a physical therapist, a
speech-language pathologist and an occupational therapist
Aspects of working in a home- - Answers Housekeeping, safety, flexibility, family contact,
communication, working environment, clients home, client comfort
Are clients and their family considered part of the health professional team? - Answers True
Care Team- - Answers healthcare professionals with different kinds of education and experience
Members of the care team- - Answers HHA, Case manager, RN, MD, PT, OT, SLP, RDT, MSW, Client and
Clients family,
HHA - Answers Home Health Aid
ADL's - Answers Activities of daily living
RN - Answers Registered Nurse
, MD - Answers Doctor
PT - Answers Physical Therapist
OT - Answers Occupational Therapist
SLP - Answers Speech-language pathologist
RDT - Answers Registered Dietitian
MSW - Answers Medical social worker
The Care Plan is- - Answers individualized for each client.
Why is the care plan developed? - Answers to help achieve goals of care
What does the care plan list? - Answers lists the tasks that the care team, including home health aids,
must perform, how often the tasks should be done and how they must be carried out
Activities not listed in the care plan should not be performed - Answers True
Care planning should involve input from the client and family and health professionals - Answers True
Care plans must be updated as the patients condition - Answers changes
A home health aid carries out instructions given by a- - Answers Nurse
Chain of command - Answers is the line of authority and helps to make sure the client gets proper care,
protects the employees and employer from liability
Liability - Answers someone can be heldx responsible for harming someone else
Scope of practice - Answers defines the tasks that healthcare providers are allowed to do and how to do
them correctly
Policy - Answers course of action that should be taken every time a certain situation occurs
what does the procedure explain? - Answers what form to complete, when and how often to fill it out
and whom it is given
Procedure - Answers particular method of doing something
Professionalism - Answers means having to do with work or job
Personal - Answers life outside of work
Home health aids must be- - Answers compassionate, empathic, honest, tactful, conscientious
Ethics and laws guide behavior - Answers true
Who do Home Health Aids provide assistants too? - Answers The chronically ill, elderly and family
caregivers who need relief from the stress of caregiving
Agencies pay HHA's from payments they recieve from these payers - Answers Insurance companies,
government programs like medicare and medicaid, health maintenance organizations, preferred
provider organizations, individual clients or family members
Medicare pays agencies a fixed fee for a _____ day period of care basrd on a clients condition - Answers
60
If the cost of providing care exceeds the payment- - Answers the agency loses money
If the care provided costs less than the payment- - Answers the agency makes money
CMS' payment system for home care is called the- - Answers home health prospective payment system
Purpose of home health care - Answers people who are ill feel more comfortable at home
Clients who need care are referred to a home health agency by- - Answers their doctor
Small agencies provide- - Answers basic nursing care, personal care, and housekeeping services
Large agencies provide- - Answers speech, physical and occupational therapy, and medical social work.
Common Services include- - Answers medical surgical nursing care, medical; management, wound care,
care of tubes, care for different diseases, IV infusion therapy, maternal, pediatric and newborn nursing
care, nutrition care, personal care, hospice services
All HHA's are under the supervision of a licensed professional- - Answers a nurse, a physical therapist, a
speech-language pathologist and an occupational therapist
Aspects of working in a home- - Answers Housekeeping, safety, flexibility, family contact,
communication, working environment, clients home, client comfort
Are clients and their family considered part of the health professional team? - Answers True
Care Team- - Answers healthcare professionals with different kinds of education and experience
Members of the care team- - Answers HHA, Case manager, RN, MD, PT, OT, SLP, RDT, MSW, Client and
Clients family,
HHA - Answers Home Health Aid
ADL's - Answers Activities of daily living
RN - Answers Registered Nurse
, MD - Answers Doctor
PT - Answers Physical Therapist
OT - Answers Occupational Therapist
SLP - Answers Speech-language pathologist
RDT - Answers Registered Dietitian
MSW - Answers Medical social worker
The Care Plan is- - Answers individualized for each client.
Why is the care plan developed? - Answers to help achieve goals of care
What does the care plan list? - Answers lists the tasks that the care team, including home health aids,
must perform, how often the tasks should be done and how they must be carried out
Activities not listed in the care plan should not be performed - Answers True
Care planning should involve input from the client and family and health professionals - Answers True
Care plans must be updated as the patients condition - Answers changes
A home health aid carries out instructions given by a- - Answers Nurse
Chain of command - Answers is the line of authority and helps to make sure the client gets proper care,
protects the employees and employer from liability
Liability - Answers someone can be heldx responsible for harming someone else
Scope of practice - Answers defines the tasks that healthcare providers are allowed to do and how to do
them correctly
Policy - Answers course of action that should be taken every time a certain situation occurs
what does the procedure explain? - Answers what form to complete, when and how often to fill it out
and whom it is given
Procedure - Answers particular method of doing something
Professionalism - Answers means having to do with work or job
Personal - Answers life outside of work
Home health aids must be- - Answers compassionate, empathic, honest, tactful, conscientious
Ethics and laws guide behavior - Answers true
