How much does a home health care person get paid?

Answer 1

I am primary caregiver for my mother-in-law who has Alzheimer's Disease. The home health care agency that provides HHA's to work here while my husband & I get out to run errands is: $17.00/hour on weekdays and $18.00/hour on weekends--as long as we have them there for at least 4 hours at a time. The least amount of time is 2 hours, but we would get charged more.

I'm going to call them on Tuesday and find out what the difference is between a HHA and a CNA. Apparently, a HHA is not allowed to change briefs, just underwear, attends, Depends, anything panty like. A brief is like an adult diaper with tabs. ...but they're allowed to put TED hose on (which are tight and hard to get on).

** I wanted to correct this answer. You cannot become a Home Health Aid unless you are already a CNA, HHA is a bit more certification that allows you to work offsite, not under direct supervision of a LPN or RN. Although HHA's do work within a Nursing Care plan, they do not have direct supervision. (They are always indirectly supervised and have access to Nurses/Doctors within the care plan and are trained when to report to them for emergencies and it is also part of the normal care plan.)

A HHA can do everything a CNA can and a little more. They have more training for the unsupervised house environment which CNA's do not have. They can also do Peri-care, as you mentioned above, changing and treating incontinent patients... along with Catheter care. (Anything involved with Urine/Feces/Blood)

Things HHA's cannot do: IV Therapy, Medicine, wound care, injections, restraints... just to name a few.

Also for pay scale, Typically new HHA start off around 9.00$ per hour. After some experience they can make up towards 12-15$ depending on agency and type of patients they oversee. 9$-12$ is most common among most states. HHA has a high turn over because people are continuing education and do not stay as a HHA for long periods of time.

Answer 2

How much does a home health care person get paid?

That depends on your degree. I would have to say that generally speaking, in my 16 years experience, that home health care medial professionals get paid more than other venues of health care i.e. nursing home, outpatient, hospital etc.

You need to consider the fact that many home health care company's will hire you full time and expect you to be committed to them full time but will not guarantee full time work. In other words, if they have patients for you to see, you've got work, if not, you don't have work.

Also consider drive time. Many company's will send you quite a distance to see one patient but will not pay you for that drive time except for some mileage. You could spend 2 hours on the road with no pay just to see one patient.

Home care medical professionals get paid well because Medicare has set up the reimbursement package to pay the company more for sicker people. The Agency gets paid a lump sum for every 60 day episode. This money goes to covering all costs for that patient in that time period.

For more info:

www.home-health-care-physical-therapy.com

Marcia Oliver MSPT, CPT

Answer 3

Median hourly wages of wage-and-salary personal and home care aides were $9.22 in May 2008. The middle 50 percent earned between $7.81 and $10.98 an hour. The lowest 10 percent earned less than $6.84, and the highest 10 percent earned more than $12.33 an hour.

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Answer 4

According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics the estimated mean annual wage for Home health aids as of May 2008 is, $21,440. This would amount to $10.31 per hour.

Answer 5

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