Class Overview

Home health aides provide basic personal care to clients. Primarily, they assist with activities of daily living such as bathing, dressing and other hygiene needs, in addition to preparing meals and helping patients eat. They may perform light housekeeping duties such as laundry, in addition to grocery shopping and providing transportation. Our classes are fully accredited 75-hour program comprised of 63 classroom hours and 12 hours of skills. Individuals who graduate earn a home care aid certificate, mental health certificate, dementia certificate, safety and orientation certificate, nurse delegation/ nurse delegation diabetes.
Tuition is $600, Registration is $75, Book cost is $50, and the total cost of $725

SM3

Course Outline

The following classes make up the 75 hours:

Orientation Training:      2 hours
Safety Training:     3 hours
Core basic training for hands on personal care   45 hours
Nurse Delegation Core Basic:  9 hours
Nurse delegation Diabetes   3 hours
Dementia Level 1 Specialty Training  8 hours
Mental Health Level 1 Specialty Training 8 hours
Hands-on skills training:     12 hours

Home Care Aide Requirements

Passing grades on entrance exam (english reading and comprehension). The exam is given on the first day of class.
Have no back problems that prevent safe lifting of at least 50 pounds
At the end of the course, students are given an exam in which they are expected to score 80% or higher to pass the class.
HCA5
HCA4

Requirements For
Successful Completion

Passing grades on entrance exam (english reading and comprehension). The exam is given on the first day of class.
Have no back problems that prevent safe lifting of at least 50 pounds
At the end of the course, students are given an exam in which they are expected to score 80% or higher to pass the class.