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Home Health Aide (HOSA) Exam Questions and Answers
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Home Health Aide (HOSA) ExamQuestions and Answers
1903 - Answer -When did the first homemaker service establish by a social service
agency in the United States?
child care - Answer -What was the main purpose for homemaker service?
Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act - Answer -What does OBRA stand for?
1987 - Answer -When was OBRA passed?
Mandates national standards for federally funded nursing homes and home health
agencies. - Answer -What is OBRA?
OBRA - Answer -This act was created as a result of the outcry from people disgusted
with the poor care being given in long-term care facilities and in the client's own home.
75 - Answer -Included in OBRA is the requirement of a minimum of how many hours of
training for home health aides?
2 - Answer -If the individual does not pass the competency test the first time, how many
more opportunities does he or she have to take the test?
Nurse Aide Registry - Answer -Once an individual completes both the training program
and competency test, she or he is placed on the state _____ in which they reside.
12 - Answer -What is the minimum of hours of continuing education an individual needs
to do in order to remain on the home health aide registry each year, once employed?
Background Information Disclosure Form - Answer -a form that is completed by a
potential employee to show that there is no evidence of caregiver abuse after the age of
18 in their record.
to improve care both for individuals in long-term care facilities and for those in their own
homes - Answer -What is the primary goal of OBRA regulations?
long-term care facility - Answer -a health care residential facility that provides care for
individuals with chronic diseases or with disabilities.
, hospice - Answer -group that provides specialized care for dying clients and their
families; primary concern is the quality of life, not prolonging length of life; goal is to
keep client as pain-free and as comfortable as possible.
care of the person and care of the home - Answer -Duties of home care workers fall into
two main categories-
case manager - Answer -designs a separate care plan to be followed for each client
outlines the home care worker's responsibilities - Answer -What is the purpose of the
care plan designed by the case manager?
companion - Answer -keeps client company or maintains safety; usually doesn't provide
personal or homemaking services
homemaker - Answer -performs household duties, such as laundry and cooking, as well
as light housecleaning
personal care worker - Answer -assists with a minimal level of daily living activities, such
as meal preparation and companionship, as well as minimal assistance with personal
care.
home health aide - Answer -provides substantial assistance with personal care, such as
bathing and dressing, as well as supervised health assistance, such as assistance with
rehabilitation activities and self-administered medication
homemaker/home health aide - Answer -person who assists with general household
tasks, personal care, and simple nursing duties, such as feeding and bathing the client
home care aide - Answer -works with the client with the goal of assisting the client with
independent living under professional supervision
home health care - Answer -all those services that promote, maintain, and/or restore
physical, social, or emotional health to clients in the home setting
vital observations, documentation, and communication - Answer -The entire health care
team relies on the home health aide to provide-
case manager (CM) - Answer -assesses overall needs of the client and decides what
services should be provided; usually performed by a nurse or social worker; may
supervise the home care worker
health care provider - Answer -general term for an agency, institution, or member of the
health care team who provides medical care for the consumer
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