ProgramCIP 51.2602

Home Health Aide/Home Attendant

A program that prepares individuals to provide routine care and support services for homebound disabled, recovering, or elderly people. Includes instruction in basic nutrition, home sanitation, infection control, first aid, taking vital signs, personal hygiene, interpersonal communication skills, supervised home management, emergency recognition and referral, geriatric care, and legal and ethical responsibilities.

Definition from U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics (CIP 2020).