HHA Care Plan

What do HHAs do?  

Home Health Aides can assist patients so that they maintain clean and comfortable standards of living.  A patient with limited physical or mental capacity may require assistance with meal preparation, safe bathing, light housework, grooming, transportation, shopping, or procedures such as ostomy and catheter care.  While HHAs are not long term solutions, they can be great intermediate care solutions for patients waiting on an IHSS referral or additional hours, especially if a caregiver is not consistently available to assist with these needs.  

Orders and Care Plan

If you are a PT or OT you may want to put in orders for a Certified Home Health Aide (CHHA).  A Home Health Aide, similar to a PTA or COTA, cannot document their own care plan or frequency.  They are also not considered a skilled service that can be on a case without a supervising clinician (PT, OT, ST, RN).  Therefore, you must obtain orders to add them to the case, document how many visits (the frequency) they must follow, and what they will be working on.  You should not discharge prior to them finishing.

Supervisory Visits

In addition to filling out the care plan and adding orders (so a therapy order or verbal orders on your evaluation) you must also check in with an HHA every 2 weeks for a supervisory visit.  

Form

CHHA Care Plan (Kinnser)

CHHA Care Plan (Alora+)

Supervisory Visit Form