home health aide

noun

1. a worker, usually trained and state-certified, who provides care for elderly, sick, or disabled people in their own home.

Word History and Origins

Origin of home health aide¹

First recorded in 1960–65

Example Sentences

Sheri Wilkins, 60, who works as a home health aide in College Station, Texas, said she’s used the apps since 2020, and that she feels “dependent on the money.”

From Seattle Times

Hamar, who works as a home health aide, and her children were uninsured in March.

From Seattle Times

His parents were immigrants from a remote area of northern Japan — his father, Tetsuro, was a roofer, his mother, Teiko, a home health aide — who were under constant financial duress.

From Los Angeles Times

It provides support for Washingtonians who want to stay in their own homes and have a family member, loved one or a hired home health aide provide care.

From Seattle Times

“I knew a home health aide who got punched in the stomach,” said Ha Do Byon, a former visiting nurse and now a nursing professor at the University of Virginia, who has been studying violence against home health care workers.

From Washington Times