Home Health Aide Interview Questions
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Home Health Aide interview questions shared by candidates
What kind of hours are you looking for and how many clients can you see a day
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I could only work part time in the mornings.
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8 hours per day and almost 5 clients
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8 hours per day and almost 6 clients a day
What would do if a client got upset and would not calm down.
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I told him i would just take a deep breath and step away for a few minutes!
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The only thing is that the pay rate too low for the work we do. I have seen better pay rates with other companies. Plus they would give you hours for a couple of weeks then nothing to work. They promised to have available hours for in the evening to work with me with my schedule and then told me they didn't have no clients in the evening. Might want to be ready to get a second job. Less
How do you handle stress at work
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Take a few deep breaths,clear my head and smile.
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Take a few moments to take a few deep breaths and smile.
They asked about patients and medication. They asked if you weren't authorized to manage a patients medication but the patient wanted you to , what would you do?
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I would not administer any meds to patients without authorization.
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I wrote I would not because that's a safety issue. I wrote I would call there lead nurse and ask them to provide the patient with someone who can manage the Meds or train me. Less
How do you like working with elderly?
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I love working with the elderly! I have gotten close to my Clients.
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I love working with elderly cause I enjoy helping with making there life a little easier and I learn they have a story to tell and it's very important to know alot about them and they life. Less
They wanted to copy my social security card and drivers license before the interview.
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You did the right thing, they should not have asked for this information prior to the interview. Home Instead Senior Care is not a good company to work for. They are very shady, unprofessional and do not pay their employees well. I even had an experience where they lied to me about my pay rate just because they did not have anyone to care for a client because the aide had quit on them without any notice. I agreed to work with this client until they found someone else. They promised me a certain pay rate because I would have to drive an hour to the client's house every day and because they do not pay for gas. When I got my pay check I did not get the rate that I was promised by the owner of the agency. And that same day we had a training session and they terminated me and did not give me the money that I was owed. I would advise anyone to RUN and stay away from this company. They are a bunch of Hippocrates, liars, and unprofessional individuals. They also get jealous when they find out that you have other employment. Less
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I did not give it to them as this is highly unusual for a company to ask to copy these documents "before an interview". Less
How do you handle a client being angry at you or taking their anger out on you?
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I understand that a lot of the times they're angry about their situation and it's not directly about me. Less
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"How do you handle a client being angry at you or taking their anger out on you?" 1st, I'd try and sit and talk with the client very calmly and in an adult mannar about what the problem is. 2nd, I'd try and see if I could rectify the problem. 3rd, If the problem could not be resolved, then I would get in contact with my immediate supervisor and explain what the problem was and let then deal with it accordingly. Under NO circumstances would I ever start screaming at any client, no matter what the problem was, and I sure would not just abandon then client and walk out leaving them to fend for themself. Less
