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Home Care Aide III (HCA III)/ Certified Home Health Aide

The HCA III also known as the Certified Home Health Aide may work under a medically supervised plan of care or with appropriate supervision to assist the client and his or her family with household management and personal care.

Examples include:
All HCA I and HCA II duties AND appropriate client instruction consistent with training

• assistance with medications which are ordinary self-administered
• assistance with prescribed exercises and rehabilitation activities
• emptying a catheter or ostomy bag
• help with specialized assistive devices
• non-sterile dressing changes
• simple procedures
• specific duties as delineated under a medically supervised plan of care

Prerequisite: Completion of HCA I and HCA II plus 16 hours of hands on practicum.

Now that you have successfully completed the HCA I and HCA II online training, you must get additional 16 hours of hands on practicum to get certified as a Home Health Aide. 
CAHSAH is working with various entities to provide you with the 16 hours of required hands on practicum. 
More information coming soon!