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What Does a Home Health Aide Do? HHA Duties and Responsibilities in NYC and Long Island, NY
Home Health Aide Duties — At a Glance
- HHA Role: NYS Certified Home Health Aide employed by a licensed LHCSA, supervised by a Registered Nurse
- Core Duties: Bathing · dressing · grooming · transfers · toileting · continence care · meal preparation · medication reminders · mobility support · safety supervision · observational reporting
- Does Not Include: Medical diagnosis · skilled nursing · wound care · injections · IV therapy · physical or occupational therapy · nursing assessment
- Supervision: Every HHA works under the oversight of a 7 Day Home Care Registered Nurse
- Service Territory: Manhattan · Brooklyn · Queens · Nassau County · Suffolk County
- Care Start: Typically within 24-48 hours
- Schedule Options: Hourly (4-hour minimum) · overnight · live-in · 24-hour rotating
- Pricing: Starting around $33/hour · see pricing section
- LTC Insurance: 15 carriers accepted · full claims management at no charge
- Availability: 24 hours · 7 days a week
- License: NYS Licensed LHCSA — NY Dept. of Health
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A Plain-English Guide for Families — What a NYS Certified Home Health Aide Does, What They Do Not Do, and How 7 Day Home Care Delivers Personal Care Across Manhattan, Brooklyn, Queens, Nassau County, and Suffolk County
Quick Answer — What Does a Home Health Aide Do? A New York State Certified Home Health Aide employed by a licensed LHCSA provides non-medical, hands-on personal care assistance and support with Activities of Daily Living in the client's home. Core duties include bathing, dressing, grooming, transfer assistance, toileting and continence care, meal preparation, medication reminders, light housekeeping, safety supervision, and observational reporting to the Registered Nurse and family. An HHA does not provide skilled nursing, medical assessment, injections, wound care, IV therapy, or physical or occupational therapy. All 7 Day Home Care Home Health Aides are our W-2 employees, NYS certified, and supervised by our Registered Nurse. This page is for families and clients researching home care. For career and employment information, visit our Career Opportunities page. Call (516) 408-0034.
How much does home health aide care cost in NYC and Long Island?
Home health aide care in NYC and Long Island typically starts at approximately $33 per hour with a 4-hour minimum. Overnight care starts around $330 per shift. Live-in care starts around $429 per day. 24-hour care starts around $792 per day. General reference ranges only — not a pricing guarantee. Long-term care insurance may offset costs significantly. Call (516) 408-0034 for exact pricing.
Is a home health aide the same as a nurse?
No. A Home Health Aide provides non-medical personal care assistance — bathing, dressing, grooming, transfers, toileting, meal preparation, medication reminders, and safety supervision. A Registered Nurse or Licensed Practical Nurse provides licensed clinical services — nursing assessment, wound care, injections, IV therapy, and medication administration. Every 7 Day Home Care Home Health Aide works under the supervision of our Registered Nurse. The HHA observes and reports; the RN assesses and directs clinical care.
Does Medicare cover home health aide services?
Not for non-medical personal care alone. Medicare covers physician-ordered skilled home health care — nursing, physical therapy, occupational therapy — following a qualifying hospitalization. Non-medical HHA personal care is funded through private pay or long-term care insurance. See the FAQ below. Call (516) 408-0034.
Most families researching home health aide services are trying to answer one specific question before they can make a decision: what will this person actually do in my parent's home?
The answer matters practically — they need to know whether the level of care matches what their parent needs. It matters financially — they need to know whether their parent's long-term care insurance policy covers it. And it matters in a more personal way that families do not always say directly but that is always present in the conversation: they are about to let a person they have never met into a home that belongs to someone they love, and they want to understand exactly what that person is trained to do and is authorized to do.
This page answers those questions directly.
A 7 Day Home Care Home Health Aide is a New York State Certified Home Health Aide — certified under NYS Department of Health standards, employed as our W-2 employee, background-checked, insured, and supervised by our Registered Nurse. They are not placed from a registry. They are not independent contractors. They are trained professionals whose scope of work is defined by their NYS certification, the individual care plan developed by our Registered Nurse, and the specific needs and home environment of the client they are assigned to serve.
Their duties are non-medical. They do not diagnose, treat, assess clinically, administer medications, provide wound care, or perform any function that requires a nursing or therapy license. What they do — bathing, dressing, grooming, transfers, toileting, meal preparation, medication reminders, safety supervision, and observational reporting — is the specific daily physical support that allows an older adult to remain safely in their own home rather than requiring a nursing home or assisted living facility.
We provide home health aide care throughout Manhattan, Brooklyn, Queens, Nassau County, and Suffolk County — in the Prospect Heights brownstone with its narrow bathroom and steep staircase, in the Jamaica Estates Tudor Revival with its split-level transitions, in the Battery Park City high-rise with its elevator access and wide hallways, in the Manhasset colonial with its second-floor bedroom and original 1960s bathroom, in the Huntington split-level that requires a specific transfer protocol on every floor transition. Every home is different. Every client's condition is different. The HHA's care plan starts from that specificity.
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What a Home Health Aide Does — Core Duties Explained
Quick Answer — What Are the Core Duties of a Home Health Aide in New York? The core duties of a NYS Certified Home Health Aide employed by a licensed LHCSA include personal care assistance with all Activities of Daily Living — bathing, dressing, grooming, transfers, toileting, and continence care — as well as meal preparation, medication reminders, light housekeeping, safety supervision, and observational reporting to the supervising Registered Nurse and family. All duties are non-medical. The HHA follows a care plan developed and supervised by the Registered Nurse. The following sections explain each duty in plain language for families making care decisions.
Bathing and Personal Hygiene
Dignified, respectful assistance with showering, tub bathing, or bed bathing depending on the client's current mobility and condition. The bathroom is the highest-risk room in every home we serve and the HHA's approach to it is never casual. In a Prospect Heights brownstone — typically with an original tub, a step-over threshold, and a narrow bathroom configuration — the specific positioning and support required is different from a Battery Park City condominium bathroom with a roll-in shower. The RN home assessment documents the specific bathroom layout before the first shift. The HHA's bathing protocol is built from that assessment, not from a generic template.
Bathing assistance also includes oral hygiene support, hair care, skin care, and personal grooming — the full range of personal hygiene tasks that maintain the client's comfort and dignity in their daily life.
Dressing and Grooming
Assistance selecting and putting on clothing, managing fasteners, supporting the dressing sequence that a post-surgical protocol, Parkinson's rigidity, or arthritis-related range-of-motion limitation has made difficult. For a client recovering from knee or hip replacement surgery, the dressing protocol follows the occupational therapist's specific post-surgical instructions — which the HHA receives, reviews with the RN, and implements before the first morning at home. Dressing assistance is a condition-specific personal care task, not a generic function.
Transfer Assistance and Mobility Support
Safe movement from bed to standing, from standing to chair, from chair to toilet — the transfers that carry the highest fall risk in most home environments. The RN assessment documents the specific transfer protocol for this client's condition and this home's layout: the bed height, the bathroom configuration relative to the bedroom, the presence and placement of grab bars, and the step transitions in a split-level Jamaica Estates home or a garden-level Brooklyn apartment. Ambulation support within the home — walker guidance, gait belt use where indicated, staircase protocols — is developed from the same assessment and implemented by the HHA on every shift.
Toileting and Continence Care
Provided consistently, with dignity, and as a standard personal care duty performed by a trained Home Health Aide under Registered Nurse supervision. For many families, the need for toileting or continence assistance is what makes the decision to arrange professional home care both urgent and emotionally significant. A professionally trained, respectful HHA handles this aspect of personal care with the same competence and discretion as every other component of the daily plan.
Meal Preparation and Dietary Support
Preparation of meals according to the client's dietary requirements and preferences — including prescribed diets — assistance with eating when needed, between-meal nourishment support, and assistance with grocery shopping when no other arrangement is available. Dietary support is a non-medical personal care function directed by the care plan and the family's guidance.
Medication Reminders
Home Health Aides provide non-medical medication reminders — confirming that the client has taken scheduled medications at the appropriate time. They do not administer medications, adjust dosages, draw up injections, or provide any clinical oversight of medication regimens. This is a non-medical personal care function performed at the direction of the family and care team. Medication reminder service is categorically distinct from medication administration, which requires licensed professional practice.
Light Housekeeping and Home Support
Maintaining the client's immediate living environment: light housekeeping of the rooms the client uses, laundry, bed-making and linen changes, dishwashing, and disposal of household waste. These household support tasks are provided as part of the personal care arrangement to maintain the clean, safe, and comfortable environment that supports the client's overall well-being.
Safety Supervision and Observational Reporting
The HHA's consistent daily physical presence provides a level of safety monitoring and fall-prevention support that no phone call or remote check-in can replicate. The HHA observes the client's physical and behavioral status throughout the shift and reports any changes — in gait, skin condition, appetite, cognition, sleep, or pain presentation — to the 7 Day Home Care Registered Nurse, who evaluates the reported observations and responds as clinically appropriate. The HHA observes and reports. The Registered Nurse assesses and directs. This is the supervision structure that the LHCSA model requires and that distinguishes licensed agency care from a registry arrangement.
For adult children managing a parent's care from Manhattan, from Nassau County, or from elsewhere in the country, this observational reporting function is often the most practically important service the HHA provides between acute care moments.
Accompanying Clients on Outings and Appointments
Home Health Aides accompany clients to medical appointments, social activities, and outings as appropriate under the care plan. Accompanying a client from a Flushing co-op to a follow-up appointment at LIJ Forest Hills, or from a Manhasset colonial to North Shore University Hospital for a post-surgical evaluation, is a standard personal care duty when included in the care plan with prior approval.
What a Home Health Aide Does Not Do
Quick Answer — What Are the Limits of a Home Health Aide's Duties? A NYS Certified Home Health Aide does not provide skilled nursing, medical diagnosis, clinical assessment, wound care, injections, IV therapy, medication administration, physical therapy, occupational therapy, or speech therapy. These are licensed professional services. The HHA's scope is personal care and Activities of Daily Living support under the supervision of a Registered Nurse. Understanding this distinction is important both for setting accurate expectations and for understanding how non-medical HHA care interacts with Medicare, Medicaid, and long-term care insurance coverage.
An HHA employed by 7 Day Home Care does not:
- Diagnose medical conditions or symptoms
- Perform nursing assessments — the Registered Nurse performs assessments; the HHA observes and reports Administer medications, adjust dosages, or draw up injections
- Provide wound care, dressing changes, or sterile procedures
- Administer IV therapy or infusions
- Provide physical therapy, occupational therapy, or speech therapy
- Make independent care decisions outside the care plan developed and supervised by the Registered Nurse
These services are provided by licensed nurses, physicians, and therapists — professionals whose credentials and scope of practice are distinct from a Home Health Aide's NYS certification. For clients who need both skilled nursing and non-medical personal care, both services can operate simultaneously: skilled home health care under a physician's order, and non-medical HHA personal care from 7 Day Home Care under RN supervision.
What Is the Difference Between a Home Health Aide and a Nurse?
Quick Answer — Home Health Aide vs. Registered Nurse: What Is the Difference? A Home Health Aide provides non-medical personal care assistance — bathing, dressing, grooming, transfers, toileting, meal preparation, medication reminders, and safety supervision. A Registered Nurse or Licensed Practical Nurse provides licensed clinical services — nursing assessment, wound care, injections, IV therapy, medication administration, and skilled care management. At 7 Day Home Care, every HHA works under the supervision of our Registered Nurse: the HHA implements the personal care plan; the RN develops, supervises, and clinically evaluates it.
The distinction matters for families because it determines what service is appropriate for a given situation and what funding source covers it.
Non-medical HHA personal care — bathing, dressing, transfers, toileting — is funded through private pay or long-term care insurance. It is not covered by Medicare as a standalone service.
Skilled home health care — nursing visits, physical therapy, occupational therapy — is covered by Medicare following a qualifying hospitalization under a physician's order.
Many clients after a hospitalization or rehabilitation stay receive both: skilled home health services for the clinical recovery portion, and non-medical HHA personal care from 7 Day Home Care for the daily personal support that continues after skilled services conclude or during the days between skilled visits. These two levels of care are not mutually exclusive. They serve different functions and are funded differently.
What Are ADLs — Activities of Daily Living?
Quick Answer — What Are ADLs and Why Do They Matter for Home Care and Insurance? Activities of Daily Living (ADLs) are the six standard physical tasks used to measure an individual's level of functional independence. They are used by healthcare providers, insurance carriers, and home care agencies as the primary measure for determining the level of personal care support required. Most long-term care insurance policies define benefit eligibility by the number of ADLs with which the insured person requires assistance — typically two or more ADLs triggers policy benefits. If your parent requires assistance with bathing and dressing, in most cases their long-term care insurance benefit eligibility condition has already been met. Call (516) 408-0034 before making assumptions about coverage.
Bathing — assistance with showering, tub bathing, or bed bathing. Requires physical dexterity, balance, and the ability to manage tub thresholds and shower surfaces safely. Often the first ADL with which older adults require assistance following surgery, a fall, or the progression of a neurological condition.
Dressing — assistance selecting and putting on clothing including fasteners, footwear, and compression garments. Requires range of motion, grip strength, and single-leg balance during the lower-body portion of the sequence — movements directly affected by post-surgical restrictions and many neurological conditions.
Eating — assistance with self-feeding, including use of utensils and safe swallowing. HHA assistance ranges from meal preparation and plating to direct physical assistance for clients whose fine motor control or swallowing function requires support.
Transferring — safe movement between positions: bed to standing, standing to chair, chair to toilet, and in and out of vehicles. Transfers carry the highest fall risk in most home environments and are the most common physical context for falls requiring hospitalization.
Toileting — assistance using the toilet, maintaining personal hygiene, and managing related care with dignity and consistency as a standard personal care duty.
Continence — support for managing bladder and bowel function, or managing incontinence with appropriate personal care protocols when independent control is not consistently possible.
IADLs — Instrumental Activities of Daily Living
Beyond the six standard ADLs, HHAs also assist with IADLs — the tasks that support independent living in the broader environment: meal preparation, light housekeeping, laundry, medication reminders, and errand accompaniment. IADLs are typically where personal care and companion care overlap most naturally in a combined daily arrangement.
How the RN Supervision Structure Works
Quick Answer — How Does Registered Nurse Supervision Work in a Licensed LHCSA? At 7 Day Home Care, every Home Health Aide works under the supervision of our Registered Nurse. The RN develops the client's care plan through an in-home assessment before care begins, directs the HHA's duties under that plan, conducts ongoing supervisory visits, and evaluates observational reports from the HHA throughout the care arrangement. The HHA implements personal care tasks. The RN assesses, directs, and supervises. This supervision structure is required by the New York State Department of Health for all licensed LHCSA home care arrangements.
The RN home assessment — conducted before care begins and updated as the client's condition changes — is what distinguishes a licensed LHCSA arrangement from a registry placement. The assessment evaluates the client's specific condition and home environment: the bathroom configuration and transfer risk, the staircase height and railing placement, the bedroom-to-bathroom pathway, the post-surgical or neurological movement protocols from any discharge documentation, and the care tasks the HHA will be responsible for on each shift.
For post-discharge clients — returning home from NYU Langone Long Island, North Shore University Hospital, NYP Brooklyn Methodist, Jamaica Hospital, or a rehabilitation facility — the RN assessment is conducted before discharge day whenever possible, so the HHA's care plan is in place before the client arrives home.
HHA Duties After Hospital or Rehabilitation Discharge
Quick Answer — What Does a Home Health Aide Do After a Hospital or Rehab Discharge? After a hospital or rehabilitation discharge, the Home Health Aide's duties are directed by the care plan the RN develops from the facility's discharge notes — the occupational and physical therapy protocols, the weight-bearing restrictions, the specific movement sequences for a post-surgical condition, and the environmental layout of the home the client is returning to. The HHA implements those protocols in the client's actual home on the first morning back. For the Prospect Heights brownstone with its six-step exterior stoop, for the Jamaica Estates colonial with its second-floor bedroom, for the Manhasset ranch with its original 1960s bathroom — the protocols are home-specific because the risks are home-specific.
Hospitals and rehabilitation facilities whose discharge teams we coordinate with include:
NYU Langone Hospital — Long Island · Mineola, Nassau County North Shore University Hospital · Manhasset, Nassau County NewYork-Presbyterian Brooklyn Methodist Hospital · Park Slope, Brooklyn Long Island Jewish Forest Hills — Northwell Health · Forest Hills, Queens Jamaica Hospital Medical Center · Jamaica, Queens Huntington Hospital — Northwell Health · Huntington, Suffolk County Margaret Tietz Nursing and Rehabilitation Center · Jamaica, Queens Downtown Brooklyn Nursing and Rehabilitation Center · Brooklyn New Carlton Rehabilitation and Nursing Center · Brooklyn Parker Jewish Institute · New Hyde Park, Nassau County
HHA Duties and Long-Term Care Insurance
Quick Answer — Does Long-Term Care Insurance Cover Home Health Aide Services? Yes, in most cases. Most long-term care insurance policies specifically cover non-medical personal care provided by a Home Health Aide from a licensed LHCSA when the insured person requires assistance with two or more Activities of Daily Living. 7 Day Home Care manages benefit verification, claims submission, and all ongoing documentation at no charge. Call (516) 408-0034 to verify your specific policy.
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The ADL threshold: Most policies define benefit eligibility as requiring assistance with two or more standard ADLs. Bathing and dressing — the first two ADLs with which most clients require assistance — together satisfy the two-ADL threshold for most policies. If your parent needs help with the morning shower and with getting dressed, in most cases their long-term care insurance benefit eligibility condition has been met.
Elimination periods: Most policies include an elimination period — typically 30, 60, or 90 days — during which qualifying care must be received before ongoing benefits begin. Home health aide personal care from a licensed LHCSA counts toward satisfying the elimination period from the first day of service. Starting care at the point of hospital or rehabilitation discharge begins the clock immediately.
What Does HHA Care Cost in NYC and Long Island?
Quick Answer — How Much Does Home Health Aide Care Cost in New York? Home health aide care in NYC and Long Island typically starts at approximately $33 per hour with a 4-hour minimum. Overnight care starts around $330 per shift. Live-in care starts around $429 per day. 24-hour care starts around $792 per day. General reference ranges only — not a guarantee. Long-term care insurance may offset the majority of costs for eligible clients. Call (516) 408-0034 for a personalized consultation.
- Hourly HHA Care — starting around $33 per hour (4-6 hour minimum)
- Overnight HHA Care — starting around $330 per shift
- Live-In HHA Care — starting around $429 per day
- 24-Hour HHA Care — starting around $792 per day
General reference ranges only — not a pricing guarantee. Call (516) 408-0034.
When Do Families Arrange Home Health Aide Care?
Families typically contact us when a specific physical change makes independent daily function unsafe or impractical — most often a hospital or rehabilitation discharge, a fall, a progressive condition that has crossed a threshold, or the morning when a parent cannot safely manage the shower, the transfer, or the dressing routine alone.
Families often describe noticing or experiencing:
- A hospital or rehabilitation discharge — from North Shore, NYU Langone Long Island, NYP Brooklyn Methodist, or Jamaica Hospital — with a return to a home whose bathroom, staircase, or bedroom layout requires specific daily physical support the family cannot consistently provide
- A fall in the bathroom or on the interior staircase — or a near-fall the parent mentioned in passing that the family is now retrieving with urgency
- A parent managing morning bathing, dressing, and transfers alone in a way that works most days and on one specific day did not
- Progressive Parkinson's disease, post-stroke weakness, or advancing arthritis that has made daily ADL management slow, exhausting, and incrementally less safe
- The discovery that a long-term care insurance policy's benefit eligibility is defined by ADL assistance — and that their parent already meets the two-ADL threshold
Frequently Asked Questions About Home Health Aide Duties in NYC and Long Island
What does a home health aide do?
A NYS Certified Home Health Aide provides non-medical, hands-on personal care assistance with Activities of Daily Living: bathing, dressing, grooming, transfers, toileting and continence care, meal preparation, medication reminders, light housekeeping, safety supervision, and observational reporting to the RN and family. All services are non-medical and are implemented under a care plan developed and supervised by a Registered Nurse.
What does a home health aide not do?
A Home Health Aide does not provide skilled nursing, medical diagnosis, nursing assessment, wound care, injections, IV therapy, medication administration, or physical, occupational, or speech therapy. These are licensed professional services. The HHA's scope is personal care and ADL assistance under RN supervision.
Is a home health aide the same as a nurse?
No. A Home Health Aide provides non-medical personal care assistance. A Registered Nurse or Licensed Practical Nurse provides licensed clinical services. At 7 Day Home Care, every HHA works under the supervision of our Registered Nurse: the HHA implements the personal care plan; the RN develops, supervises, and clinically evaluates it. The HHA observes and reports. The RN assesses and directs.
What are ADLs and why do they matter for HHA care?
ADLs — Activities of Daily Living — are the six standard physical tasks used to measure functional independence: bathing, dressing, eating, transferring, toileting, and continence. Most long-term care insurance policies define benefit eligibility by the number of ADLs with which the insured person requires assistance, typically two or more. If your parent requires assistance with bathing and dressing, in most cases their long-term care insurance benefit eligibility condition has been met. Call (516) 408-0034.
Does Medicare cover home health aide personal care?
Not for non-medical personal care alone. Medicare covers physician-ordered skilled home health care — nursing, physical therapy, occupational therapy — following a qualifying hospitalization. Non-medical HHA personal care is funded through private pay or long-term care insurance.
Does long-term care insurance cover home health aide services?
In most cases, yes. Most long-term care insurance policies cover non-medical personal care from an HHA employed by a licensed LHCSA when the insured requires assistance with two or more ADLs. 7 Day Home Care manages benefit verification, claims submission, and ongoing documentation at no charge for all 15 carriers we work with. Call (516) 408-0034.
Does personal care from a licensed LHCSA count toward satisfying a long-term care insurance elimination period?
In most cases, yes. Personal care from a licensed LHCSA counts toward satisfying the elimination period from the first day of service. Starting care at the point of hospital or rehabilitation discharge begins the clock immediately. Call (516) 408-0034 before making assumptions about your timeline.
How quickly can home health aide care begin?
HHA care typically begins within 24-48 hours. For post-discharge situations, we coordinate with the facility's discharge team to have the HHA confirmed before the client leaves — in many cases meeting the client at the facility on discharge morning. Call (516) 408-0034.
What is the RN home assessment and what does it evaluate?
Before care begins, our Registered Nurse conducts an in-home assessment of the client's condition and home environment — evaluating bathroom configuration and transfer risk, staircase height and railing placement, bedroom-to-bathroom pathway, and any post-surgical or neurological protocols from discharge documentation. The HHA's care plan is built from the assessment. For post-discharge clients, this assessment is conducted before discharge day whenever possible.
What is a licensed LHCSA and why does it matter?
A Licensed Home Care Services Agency (LHCSA) is licensed by the New York State Department of Health to employ, credential, and RN-supervise Home Health Aides. Most long-term care insurance policies require HHA care to be provided by a licensed LHCSA for benefits to apply. A caregiver registry places independent contractors without the employment, insurance, and RN supervision obligations of a licensed agency. 7 Day Home Care is a licensed LHCSA. Every HHA is our W-2 employee.
Do Home Health Aides speak languages other than English?
Yes. Our HHA team includes speakers of Spanish, Mandarin, Cantonese, Hindi, Urdu, Bengali, Punjabi, Haitian Creole, Russian, Hebrew, Yiddish, Tagalog, Arabic, Italian, French, Portuguese, and additional languages. For clients with Alzheimer's or dementia for whom the first language becomes the dominant communication channel as cognitive decline progresses, language-matched HHA assignment is a care priority. Please specify language requirements when you call (516) 408-0034.
What happens if a scheduled HHA cannot arrive?
7 Day Home Care arranges a qualified replacement. Shifts are not left uncovered. This is a specific operational commitment of being a licensed LHCSA employer rather than a registry, where coverage gaps fall to the family to resolve.
Is this page for families or for people looking for HHA jobs?
This page is for families and clients researching what a Home Health Aide does in a home care setting. For career and employment information, please visit our Career Opportunities page.
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7 Day Home Care provides Home Health Aide personal care throughout the following communities and more. Select a location for neighborhood-specific care information.
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7 Day Home Care is a New York State licensed LHCSA (Licensed Home Care Services Agency), licensed by the New York State Department of Health to provide non-medical home health aide and personal care services throughout Manhattan, Brooklyn, Queens, Nassau County, and Suffolk County.
Every Home Health Aide is a NYS Certified Home Health Aide — our W-2 employee, background-checked, insured, and supervised by our Registered Nurse. We do not use registries or referral platforms. We do not staff aides who are not credentialed. All services are non-medical.
Our Home Health Aides speak English, Spanish, Mandarin, Cantonese, Hindi, Urdu, Bengali, Punjabi, Haitian Creole, Russian, Hebrew, Yiddish, Tagalog, Arabic, Italian, French, Portuguese, and additional languages.
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Understanding What an HHA Does Is the First Step
Families who take the time to understand exactly what a Home Health Aide does — and equally, what they do not do — make better care decisions. They match the right level of service to the right need. They know how to activate a long-term care insurance policy before the need becomes urgent. They understand that the RN supervision structure and the LHCSA license are not bureaucratic details but the specific protections that make professional home care reliable, accountable, and consistently safe.
The question "what does a home health aide do?" has a specific, practical answer. That answer is on this page.
What happens next is a phone call.
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