Home Care Aide
Lesson Plan Summary – Day 1
Total Time: 6 hours. Note that breaks are not included in the sequence of instruction and should be
given based approximately every 1 to 1.5 hours and as time allows. 30 minutes should be allowed for
lunch, or as time allows.
Objectives:
1. Describe the structure of the healthcare system, including Medicare and Medicaid
2. Explain the purpose of and need for home health care
3. Describe the differences between a medical and non-medical home care agency and the roles a
home care aide provides in both settings
4. Identify the roles of the healthcare team members
5. List the tasks inside and outside the scope of practice for home care aides
6. Identify personal qualities of a home care aide
Materials:
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Thumb drive or CD with power point slides
Projector and screen or television
Whiteboard with markers
Blank name cards
Markers for name cards
Large self-sticking paper
Text book – Providing Home Care A Textbook for Home Health Aides
Workbook - Providing Home Care A Textbook for Home Health Aides
CD with power points - Providing Home Care A Textbook for Home Health Aides; Chapters 1 - 2.
Medifecta Healthcare Training Volume 12: Caregiving Series DVD - A guide to being a companion
homemaker: Roles and responsibilities.
Activities:
Name
Activity #1: Ice breaker
Activity #2: Ground Rules
Description
Instructor can make up their
own ice breaker, however some
examples are given below:
 Have students write the
word TRUE on each side
of a piece of paper and
FALSE on the other side
(in large print). The
students will then take
turns saying true and
false statements about
themselves. The other
students will hold up
the true or false,
depending on whether
they believe it or not.
Encourage them to be
creative and funny.
 On the student’s name
card, have them draw
pictures that represent
where they are
originally from, their
favorite thing to eat or
drink, one thing that is
important to them, one
thing that makes them
happy.
 Have students pull out a
coin and recall a story
that happened in the
year on the coin.
Have students come up with
ground rules for learning. Write
rules on large self-sticking
paper. Some rules may include:
Respect other people’s opinions
and experiences, don’t interrupt
others, show up to class on
time, come back from break on
time, instructor will start and
stop on time, no phone calls or
texting during class, complete
all assignments, and participate
fully in a group activities.
Goals/Outcomes
For the class participants to
become familiar with each
other and bond for a more
productive learning
environment.
Students will create and agree
to ground rules established by
the class and instructor.
Instructor should post the rules
in a conspicuous place, every
class. Instructor should refer
back to rules at the beginning of
every class and if a rule is
violated.
Activity # 3 - DVD
Activity #4 – Time keeping
Workbook activity
Medifecta Healthcare Training,
(Producer). (2013). Volume 12:
Caregiving Series DVD. In A
guide to being a companion
homemaker: roles and
responsibilities. Running Time:
23 minutes.
Students will learn about:
 The role of the
companion homemaker
 Importance of people
skills
 Positive communication
techniques
 Ageism
 Ethics, integrity, and
professional behavior
 Cultural sensitivities
 Appearance and
hygiene
 Phone etiquette
 Escorting and
transporting your client
 Observation skills
 Handling medical
emergencies
 Fire safety and disaster
preparedness
Distribute accompanying quiz
after each video to demonstrate
knowledge.
Students will demonstrate how
to organize care assignments
Ask students to brainstorm a list
of tasks they may be required to
perform for a client during a
typical visit. Write the tasks on
the whiteboard or on a large
self-sticking paper. Then have
the students prioritize the tasks
in their notebooks. After a few
minutes, ask for suggestions
about how to prioritize the list.
Make a final prioritized list on
the whiteboard or paper using
the students’ suggestions. Next,
ask the students if they only had
2 hours to complete their tasks,
how would this change the list.
Discuss the impact of time
management and what they
need to do if they run out of
time.
Providing Home Care A
Students will demonstrate their
Textbook for Home Health
knowledge of class objectives.
Aides: Pages 1 – 10.
Day One: Home Health Aide Sequence of Instruction
Time
Lessons
2.5 hours
Introduction and welcome
Activity #1: Ice breaker
Activity #2: Ground rules
Course expectations
Course objectives
Learning techniques
Course outcomes
1.5 hours
Review Chapter 1: Home care and the healthcare
system
Activity # 3 – DVD and quiz
1.5 hours
Review Chapter 2: Home health aide and care
team
Activity #4 – Time keeping
30
minutes/Homework
Pages 1-10 in the workbook.
Materials
needed/Instructor Notes
Note to Instructor:
Distribute student
syllabus and review
classroom expectations,
homework, test dates,
and other information.
Distribute textbook and
workbook.
Note to Instructor: Make
sure that students will
write their names on the
name cards and one by
one introduce
themselves. Students
should also state where
they currently work or
what they do for a living,
what they hope to get
out of the class and one
unique thing about
themselves that other
people don’t know.
Power point – Chapter 1:
Hartman (n.d.). Roles
and responsibilities of
the home care aide:
home care and the
healthcare system
Power point – Chapter 2:
Hartman (n.d.). Roles
and responsibilities of
the home care aide: the
home health aide and
care team
Power point - Hartman
(n.d.). Timekeeping
This can be started in
class and/or finished as
homework. Instructor
will go over answers at
the next class.