home health aide

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noun

a worker, usually trained and state-certified, who provides care for elderly, sick, or disabled people in their own home.

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Origin of home health aide

First recorded in 1960–65

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How to use home health aide in a sentence

To move him between his bed and the chair, his home health aides use a patient lift.
How Inequity Gets Built Into America’s Vaccination System|by Maryam Jameel and Caroline Chen|March 1, 2021|ProPublica
Flint’s wife is her father’s home health aide, and the older man had just come home from having foot surgery.
So You Got Vaccinated … And Then You Got COVID. Now What?|Maggie Koerth (maggie.koerth-baker@fivethirtyeight.com)|February 23, 2021|FiveThirtyEight
Mom-and-pop providers, solo practices, home health aides, and others across the city have struggled to obtain and administer vaccines without the resources of major operators, Khan says.
Chicago thinks Zocdoc can help solve its vaccine chaos|Lindsay Muscato|February 12, 2021|MIT Technology Review
Workers eligible for the vaccine right now include many who work in hospitals and urgent-care facilities, ambulance workers, home health aides and more.
What to know about the coronavirus vaccine rollout in D.C., Maryland and Virginia|Julie Zauzmer|January 6, 2021|Washington Post

It will use the Moderna vaccine in long-term care facilities and for vaccinating urgent-care workers and home health aides.
Hogan issues order requiring negative coronavirus test or self-quarantine after out-of-state travel|Gregory S. Schneider, Ovetta Wiggins, Julie Zauzmer|December 18, 2020|Washington Post