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think I found my out! - lovnlife

Posted: Sep 09, 2010

I think I have found my out of MTing finally. I am going to try to be a home health aide. It is perfect for me in every way!! I am just so excited!

I may have been wrong:( - lovnlife

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I did not know you had to be certified. Ah well. Hope something comes along and soon!!

Here is something you might not know about home (sm) - Yochana

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health aides, and it may not be this way for all home health agencies. My Dad has been under the care of home health for a long time and the aide that bathes him told us that while she is a full time employee she is paid BY HOW MANY PATIENTS she sees per day. She also has to provide transportation and gas. The HH agency has had quite a few patients dismissed and she has not had a lot of work. In fact, one pay period she barely made enough to pay for her gas. We do live in a rural area and she has to travel a lot. I could not believe they did not pay by the hour....this includes the RNs also. The RNs are provided with a car/gas. I guess all healthcare jobs are going down the drain. :-(

You can get CNA cert - in like 2 months

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Don't give up!!

(Although yes, you will not get rich either.)

The 2 HH aids I've met were hired by families - Anon.

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to care for their elderly. Both lived with their charges, allowing them to remain in their own homes. It apparently can be confining, but one of those ladies had health problems of her own and it allowed her to live mostly quiet days in a pleasant comfortable environment, much as she might if she could afford to retire.

I expect you have your own home, and family for that matter, but your thread made me think of those people apparently considering dropping out and working at McDonalds. Combining some MT with no rent might even allow someone to sock some money away.

But not all HH aides are live-ins. Some are just (sm) - Yochana

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8am to 5 pm jobs. They report to a Home Health agency in the am and get their schedules for the day. At 5 pm they report back in and then go home. The aide that bathes Dad also sits for patients during the day. It is a wonderful service. To those that may not know....the elderly qualify for xx amount of hours per year through their local Council on Aging Society. These hours can be used to have an aide come out and sit, bathe, take you to the doctor, or get your groceries. These hours are no charge.

If you get certified you have other job possibilities - tiredoftyping

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You can also work in a hospital, some clinics and nursing homes. You are not confined to home health and yes, they do not pay great, but neither does being a MT these days. At least it would be consistent pay. I got certified in about 3 mos, but there are quicker programs and am now in my 2nd semester of nursing school and am glad I took that first step out.

From what I've heard they barely pay min wage - not good money there

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My mother does it on and off as her health permits. Usually all she does is errands and drives them around, maybe cooks and cleans a little. There are different types - some do more medical tasks than others (bathing the patients, giving them injections, etc.). From what I've heard though, neither kind pays very well. And some of the things people expect her to do for them borders on the ridiculous - like washing out and saving all their garbage bags so they can reuse them, climbing on chairs and cleaning the tops of their kitchen cabinets, etc. Some elderly people consider if they have "help" they're going to lay awake dreaming up every task they can think of - the sad thing is my mom is in worse physical health than some of her clients and she really can't do much more than drive them around.

Around here, it is $2 over minimum - lovnlife

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so not too bad. Better than a lot of other jobs pay.

Some places will pay for your certification - sm

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Some places around where I live will pay for your training if you agree to stay for a year. Then you've got your certification, which you can take anywhere with you! But be prepared to use your people skills rather than your fingers!

Maybe you could try Craigslist for caregiver. nm - Sharon

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