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词汇 home-health-aide
释义 home health aide
noun[ C ]
USuk /ˌhəʊm ˈhelθ ˌeɪd/ us /ˌhoʊm ˈhelθ ˌeɪd/
a health care worker who provides basic care, such as help with washing, eating, and dressing and some basic medical care, to a person who is ill or disabled in the person's own home:
A nurse and a home health aide visit him a few times a week.
She worked multiple shifts as a home health aide.
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There are some things, such as giving injections, that home health aides are not allowed to do and that have to be done by a nurse.
She has applied to be recertified as a home health aide, a job she has done in the past.
There are training and certification courses for becoming a home health aide or personal care assistant.
We have a shortage of home health aides, and an ageing population.
The Level One test is for homemaker companions, Level Two is for personal care assistants and Level Three is for home health aides.
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