Certified Homemaker-Home Health Aides

Some typical duties of a homemaker-home health aide include helping the patient take a bath, use the toilet or bed pan, and dress. They also may prepare patient meals, do light laundering, straighten the patient's room, run errands and assist with exercise regimens.

No. New Jersey State law allows for all individuals, regardless of citizenship status, to obtain a professional or occupational license in New Jersey if all requirements for licensure are met. Individuals with undocumented status are eligible for licensure and a social security number is not required for licensure.

A New Jersey licensed Registered Professional Nurse (R.N.) designs the plan of care for the patient and delegates responsibilities to the homemaker-home health aide.

In New Jersey, homemaker-home health aides fall under supervision of the New Jersey Board of Nursing and are certified only after successfully completing a required training program, a competency evaluation and a criminal history background check. Check the Online directory of certified homemaker-home health aides to ensure the person you are considering hiring is a certified CHHA. You may also call the Board of Nursing at (973) 504-6546 to check the certification status of a CHHA.

Certified homemaker-home health aides must be employed by a New Jersey-licensed home health care services agency . A certified homemaker-home health aide may not work privately.

The Division of Consumer Affairs' Regulated Business Section regulates Health Care Service Firms in NJ. CHHAs may not work independently. They must be employed by a health care service firm and be under he supervision of an R.N.

The New Jersey Board of Nursing regulates certified homemaker-home health aides.

The New Jersey Department of Health licenses and/or regulates nursing homes and other long-term care settings and programs.