Here are some tips for selecting schools, based on an analysis comparing each school to all others across dozens of factors:
Schools Concentrating On Home Health Aides
- Focus: For schools with a focus on this career area, look at John C Calhoun State Community College, Southern Union State Community College, Shelton State Community College, and Gadsden State Community College.
Fastest Response From Schools
- Request Info: For the fastest information for prospective students, look at the Spotlight schools on this page.
Student Body
- Diverse: For a diverse student body, consider Wallace State Selma.
- Adult Learners: For lots of adult learners, consider J F Drake State, Jefferson Davis Community College, Trenholm Tech, and Reid State.
School Setting
- Out of State: For geographic diversity, take note of Southern Union State Community College, Shelton State Community College, J F Drake State, and Jefferson Davis Community College.
- Dorms: For a residential campus environment, take note of Jefferson Davis Community College, Southern Union State Community College, Bevill State Community College, and Gadsden State Community College.
Excellence
- Class Size: For small class sizes, look at Trenholm Tech, Reid State, and Jefferson Davis Community College.
Working as a Home Health Aide in Alabama
A home health aide helps doctors track patients’ progress, and report changes that occur. They are mostly needed for patients who are critically ill and require medical assistance for an extended period of time. They stay with such patients at their homes and help them change bandages, make beds, and prepare meals. Read a detailed Home Health Aide job description and schools overview.
Home health aides employed in the State of Alabama can learn more about the efficient and effective delivery of home health care through the Home Care Association of Alabama. The Mental Health America in Montgomery also offers information regarding developments in treatment procedures of mentally ill patients.
State Requirements
Home health aides in Alabama are not required to possess any state licenses or certificates.
- The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services have established a set of standards that all formal education programs must meet. It is beneficial for students preparing to become home health aides to check with these standards before enrolling in any program.
- To increase employability, candidates can also opt for voluntary certification through the National Association for Home Care and Hospice.
- Additionally, those working with agencies that are reimbursed by Medicaid or Medicare may be required to complete a training program comprising at least 75 hours of competency evaluation and training.
Major Industries
Most home health aides work in home health care services. Other industries in Alabama include :
- Community Care Facility for the Elderly
- Residential Mental Health Facilities
- Individual and Family Services
- Nursing Care Facilities
- Other Residential Care Facilities
- Employment Services
- General Medical and Surgical Hospitals
- Lessors of Real Estate
Major Employers
A few major employers of home health aides in Alabama include :
- A A Home Health (Home Health Care Services)
- A Friendly Sitters (Home Health Care Services)
- Abbeville Senior Citizen Center (Community Care Facility for the Elderly)
- Abundant Life Assisted Living (Community Care Facility for the Elderly)
- AAI (Individual and Family Services)
- Ability Plus (Individual and Family Services)
- ABC Hospice Incorporated (Nursing Care Facilities)
- Adams Nursing Home (Nursing Care Facilities)
Student/Alumnus Reviews of Schools for This Career and State
Wallace State • Hanceville, AL
Studying CNA Classes (completion in 2008)
• 2/6/2012
"I was satisfied overall with the school, even though I think the instruction could have been a little better."
Ratings are on a 1-10 scale
| Characteristic | Rating | Comment |
|---|---|---|
| Would Recommend? | maybe | I probably would recommend my school, because I was able to pass the state test after taking the classes. |
| Program Reputation | 5 | I don't know anyone who is going to school there now to take the class I took, but I think the reputation is average. |
| Program Quality | 6 | The classes at the school I went to could have been a little better for the amount of money I paid. However, they did prepare me to take the state test. |
| Instruction | 6 | The classes could have been taught a little bit better. The teacher did give us each a letter of recommendation to take to prospective employers, though. |
| How Difficult | 2 | We had open-book tests all through the class. The only hard part was the hands-on part. |
| Hands-On vs. Bookish | We had a book and workbook that we studied. We also did hands on; there were 2 hospital beds and other stuff that we used for the hands on. | |
| Schedule Flexibility | 8 | The classes I took were evening classes. That was the only option they had. |
| Academic Facilities | 5 | There was a classroom and instructor, and that was all. They did our CPR there at the school, though. |
| Social Life | 1 | I wasn't in anything. This was not offered for the classes I took. |
| Placement Services | 6 | We were given a letter of recommendation on the last day of school. We weren't offered any other job placement services. |
| Alumni Network | 3 | There is no way of communicating with the people I went to class with. We exchanged e-mails and phone numbers on the last day and that was it. |
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