The Home Health Aide Handbook Jetta Fuzy RN MS; William Leahy MD; Susan Alvare and Thaddeus Castillo

The Home Health Aide Handbook is unlike any other handbook or pocket guide on the market. Not only is it inexpensive, but it’s full-color, loaded with photos and illustrations! Use it for training and encourage your aides to carry it with them into the field to use as a quick reference tool. The second edition contains updated information on: all of the federal requirements for home health aides a considerable emphasis on observing and reporting HIPAA and how to protect a client’s privacy home care focus boxes nutrition and the USDA’s MyPyramid numerous procedures emphasizing how they are performed in the home, including a new two-step procedure for taking blood pressure care guidelines for specific diseases pain management chart of medical and commonly-used abbreviations mercury-free thermometers home-care specific tips for housekeeping and cooking disaster guidelines comprehensive glossary, and easy-to-use index, including a table of where to find procedures

William Leahy, MD, practices neurology outside Washington, DC. He became involved with home health aide education both out of an interest in the care his patients received and to give direction and meaning to the lives of young people in his community. Royalties from his books fund a foundation for teaching high school students health care careers. Dr. Leahy speaks to groups about enriching our communities and volunteers his spare time to teach. He has been named a "2005 Hometown Hero" by Washington Magazine.