HHA Training Requirements:

The federal requirements to become a HHA include:

• Minimum 75 hours of training
• Including minimum 16 clinical hours. The trainee must complete 16 hours of classroom training before undertaking clinical training.
• 12 hours of continuing education every 12 months. The continuing education must be under the guidance of a registered nurse.

Along with the federal requirements, the state wide requirements for Indiana include:

• Have successfully completed a competency evaluation program that addresses each of the subjects listed in the state rule; and
• Be entered on and in good standing on the state aide registry

Continuing education:

Minimum 12 hours of continuing education is required every 12 months

This must be completed at the approved agency (refer to the directory link provided above to obtain list of agencies) and must cover the following areas:

• Communications skills, including the ability to read, write, and make brief and accurate oral presentations to patients, caregivers, and other home health agency staff.
• Observing reporting, and documenting patient status and the care or service furnished.
• Reading and recording temperature, pulse, and respiration.
• Basic infection control procedures and universal precautions.
• Basic elements of body functioning and changes in body function that must be reported to an aide's supervisor.
• Recognizing emergencies and knowledge of emergency procedures.
• The physical, emotional, and developmental needs of and ways to work

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