UPDATE
Introducing: Penn Foster’s Home Health Aide Career Diploma Program
While Ashworth College is no longer accepting enrollments in our Home Health Aide Career Diploma Program, we’re excited to introduce you to our partner school, Penn Foster.
Open the door to a career in the medical field with Penn Foster. In our online Home Health Aide Career Diploma Program, you’ll gain the need-to-know skills to work as a home health aide and work directly with patients.
LEARN MORETake the Next Steps Towards a Career You Want
Penn Foster’s online Home Health Aide Career Diploma Program can help you prepare to take the first steps toward the job you want. With flexible, online courses, you can learn skills and knowledge on your schedule, from home.
Why Penn Foster?
Penn Foster has been on a mission to help people like you launch, accelerate, and thrive in their careers for more than 125 years. We provide students with a quality education that fits your busy lifestyle and budget, offering over 100 self-paced, career-relevant programs across our College, Career School, and High School. The program you choose is structured to fit your learning needs so you can achieve your goals, and is designed to work with your schedule, anytime, anywhere you want to study. With a focus on relevant skills and career preparation for the job you’re after, Penn Foster can help you graduate with confidence and help provide a pathway towards your career goals.
Spend your days helping people maintain their independence and feel safe in their homes.
Monitor vital signs, collect specimens for testing, assist with dietary and mobility restrictions, and more.
With HHA training online, you can complete classwork from home, whenever works for you.
What You'll Learn in Penn Foster’s Home Health Aide Career Diploma Program
- How to describe a direct care worker’s/home health aide’s role in a private home or community setting
- How to apply ethical and legal rules and regulations for direct care workers
- How to demonstrate oral and written communication skills for speaking with patients, family, medical personnel, and other caregivers using appropriate language and terminology
- How to apply standard procedures to maintain clean and safe environments for both yourself and your patients, including residential, transportation, and outside locations
Penn Foster’s Online Home Health Aide Training Curriculum
Penn Foster's Home Health Aide classes can help prepare you to assist clients as you care for them in their homes. You will study everything from how to monitor and report changes in a client's health, to therapeutic communication skills for working in a client's home and community setting. Your classes will include:
- Therapeutic Communication Skills
- Body Systems and Medication
- Home Care Procedures
- Meeting Clients’ Needs
Home Health Aide Training FAQs
Home health aides are the individuals who monitor the condition of people with disabilities or chronic illnesses, and help them with daily living activities. You will help clients with everything from bathing and grooming to getting daily exercise.
Home health and personal care aides typically need a high school diploma or equivalent at a minimum. Those working in certified home health or hospice agencies may need to complete formal training such as Penn Foster's, or pass a standardized test in order to start working.
According to the most recently published Bureau of Labor Statistics data, the average home health aide salary is $33,530 per year.†
In Penn Foster's Home Health Aide Training Program, you are required to complete a 40 hour-long externship before officially graduating from your training program.
State requirements
A career in this field may require you to meet certain licensing, training, and other requirements that can vary by vocation and state. You should check with your state, local government, and/or licensing board to find out which requirements may be applicable in your state. Click here for contact information on state licensing/regulatory boards and certain professional licensing information.