Content Outline - Home Health Aide

Sample Questions

The HHA Written Examination is comprised of seventy-five (75) multiple choice questions.

I. Role of the Home Health Aide ...................... 25%

a.  Professional boundaries and behaviours 

• Tasks and responsibilities 
• Delegated tasks 
• Moral, legal and ethical behaviour 
• Professional communication 
• Professional conduct 

b.  Data collection, recording and reporting.

II. Physical Care ................................................50% 

a.  Activities of daily living 

• Personal hygiene, grooming, and bathing
• Ambulating, transferring, and positioning 
• Toileting, and bowel, and bladder incontinence care
• Dressing
• Feeding, eating, and drinking 

b.  Basic care skills 

• Maintaining safety 
• Performing range-of-motion exercises 
• Infection control 
• Providing basic emergency care 
• Performing simple dressing changes 
• Assisting with self-administration of medication
• Assisting in activities directly supportive of skilled services 
• Assisting with routine care of prosthetic, orthotic, or assistive devices 

c.  Care across lifespan 

• Care of infants, children, adolescents, and the elderly, including those with chronic and terminal illness 
• Care for those with physical disabilities 
• When caring for a dying client, the nurse aide should:

III. Psychosocial Care .......................................13%

1. Providing care sensitive to the spiritual beliefs, culture, sexual orientation, preferences, and gender identity of the client 
2. Addressing social, emotional, and mental health needs 
3. Communicating with the client and family 

IV. Personal and Household Maintenance Activities .............. 12% 

1. Shopping in accordance with dietary guidelines 
2. Accompanying the client to appointments as required
3. Assisting with telephone usage 
4. Planning and preparing meals, and following food safety guidelines 
5. Keeping the client’s home environment in a condition that promotes health and comfort.