home health aide

noun

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of home health aide¹

First recorded in 1960–65

Example Sentences

To move him between his bed and the chair, his home health aides use a patient lift.

From ProPublica

Flint’s wife is her father’s home health aide, and the older man had just come home from having foot surgery.

From 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.

From 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.

From Washington Post

It will use the Moderna vaccine in long-term care facilities and for vaccinating urgent-care workers and home health aides.

From Washington Post