Title: Identify characteristics and behaviors of a successful home health aide.
Course: Home Health Aide (14053) > Section: Exploring Employment

Identification should include

- professional dress, as specified by employer (i.e., agency)
- personal hygiene and grooming
- personal characteristics such as honesty, tact, integrity, punctuality and dependability, empathy, respect, confidentiality
- professional behavior.

Process/Skill Questions:

- Why is professional dress important to a home health aide?
- What is the most important personal characteristic of a home health aide?
- Why is personal hygiene important to a home health aide?
- Why should a home health aide continue their education?
- Why should a home health aide belong to a professional organization? Which should one seek to join?
- What are some methods of helping a client maintain their dignity?