First Care is Both!
First-Care of New York Inc. is a licensed Home Care Service Agency as well as a licensed Home Health Aide Training Program, approved by the New York State Department of Health. First Care also is accredited by the Joint Commission with a gold Seal of approval. First Care provides Home Care services to the: Bronx, Brooklyn, Manhattan, Queens, Staten Island and Westchester County as well as offers Home Health Aide Training to qualified individuals. Training facilities are located at 2488 Grand Concourse, Suite 329, Bronx, NY. 10458 and 833 Flatbush Ave, Brooklyn NY 11226.
What type of training programs do you offer?
First Care Of New York currently offers Home Health Aide and Personal Care Aide training at the Bronx and Brooklyn and QueensTraining facilities.
What is a Personal Care Aide?
The Personal Care Aide is prepared to assist clients and families with personal care and home management. The Personal Care Aide provides services to patients whose medical conditions are stable. The Personal Care Aide works under the direct supervision of a Registered Nurse or Licensed Practical Nurse.
The Personal Care Aide qualifications will conform to NYCRR Title X 700.2
Some responsibilities include:
- Assist with care of the teeth and mouth
- Assist with care of the hair including shampooing and shaving.
- Assist with ordinary care of the nails, including washing, drying, and filing with an emery board.
- Assist with bathing in bed, tub or shower.
- Assist with feeding.
- Assist with walking, use of walker, or wheelchair.
- Assist with dressing.
- Assist with transfers from bed to chair or commode and back.
- Prepare and serve meals according to instructions.
- Change bed linen.
- Dust, vacuum, and straighten the room that the patient uses.
- Wash dishes, scour kitchen and bathroom sink.
- Maintain general cleanliness of the patient environment.
- List needed supplies.
- Shop for patient in the absence of family members.
- Launders patient’s clothes and linens in the absence of family members
What is a Home Health Aide?
The Home Health Aide is trained to provide home management, personal care and health related tasks to patients and families experiencing recent episodic or chronic health care problems. The Home Health Aide works under the supervision of an RN or LPN.
The Home Health Aide qualifications will conform to NYCRR Title X 700.2
Some responsibilities include:
- Assist with the care of the teeth and gums.
- Assist with the care of hair including shampooing and shaving.
- Assist with ordinary care of nails, such as washing, drying and filing with an emery board.
- Assist with bathing in the bed, tub or shower.
- Assist with feeding.
- Assist with toileting, use of commode, bedpan, urinal.
- Assist with dressing.
- Assist with walking, use of walker or wheelchair.
- Assist with transfers from bed to chair or commode and back.
- Prepares and serves meals according to instructions.
- Changes bed linens.
- Dusts, vacuums, and straightens the room the patient uses.
- Washes dishes, scours the kitchen and bathroom sinks.
- Maintains general cleanliness of the patient environment.
- Lists needed supplies.
- Shops for the patient in the absence of the family.
- Launders the patient’s clothes and linens in the absence of the family.
In addition, the Home Health Aide is trained on Health Related Tasks and deemed competent to performing various tasks, to list a few (performing simple measurements and tests(temperature, pulse, blood pressure, etc), assisting with preparing complex modified diets, assisting with the use of prescribed medical equipment)
What is the difference between a Home Health Aide and a Personal Care Aide?
The main differences are the amount of training that is required, the tasks they are able to perform and the condition of the patient they are servicing
Personal Care Aide is only trained based on the Homecare Curriculum a curriculum set by the Department of Health, while the Home Health Aide is trained based on the Homecare curriculum and the Health Related Tasks set by the Department of Health.
The Home Health Aide is trained on Health Related Tasks and deemed competent to performing various tasks, to list a few (performing simple measurements and tests(temperature, pulse, blood pressure, etc), assisting with preparing complex modified diets, assisting with the use of prescribed medical equipment) which the PCA cannot perform.
The condition of the patient that a PCA is servicing needs to be stable where as the patient an HHA will service is chronic in nature.
How long is your HHA/PCA training?
PCA training is currently an 8 day program. It runs from Monday to Friday 9am to 5pm each day for the 8 days. We currently do not offer evening classes or weekend classes..
HHA training is currently an 15 day program. It runs Monday to Friday 9am to 5pm each day for 15 days. We currently do not offer evening classes or weekend classes for this course.
What are the requirements to enroll in the training?
To enroll you just have to provide us with a valid ID that proves your working status here in the USA, a social security card, and one professional reference that is typed and signed. If you are not sure if you have these requirements please feel free to ask the recruiter for details. Upon receiving these documents and a completed application the person will then be signed up for an interview for training.
Do you offer job placement?
Yes! Every student that successfully completes one of our training programs (PCATP, HHATP) and meets all the agency requirements is offered to be assigned to a case.
Do you offer your employees benefits?
Yes! We offer health insurance, dental plan, accident and cancer indemnities, disability income protector and life insurance after 3 months of employment and vacation pay after a year.
Do you offer bonuses?
Yes! We have an Aide of the Month bonus of $100 (if chosen by our coordination staff) and Aide of the Year bonus of $200 (also chosen by our coordination staff) and often run various referral bonuses.
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