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Descriptor English: Home Health Aides
Descriptor Spanish: Auxiliares de Salud a Domicilio
Descriptor asistentes domiciliarios
Entry term(s) ayudantes de cuidados domiciliarios
Scope note: Personas que asisten a individuos enfermos, ancianos o discapacitados en su propio hogar, con prestación de asistencia personal y en las tareas de la casa. (Traducción libre del original: Slee & Slee, Health Care Terms. 2d ed, p202)
Descriptor Portuguese: Visitadores Domiciliares
Descriptor French: Auxiliaires de vie
Entry term(s): Aide, Home Care
Aide, Home Health
Aide, Homemaker-Home Health
Aides, Home Care
Aides, Home Health
Aides, Homemaker-Home Health
Care Aide, Home
Care Aides, Home
Health Aide, Home
Health Aide, Homemaker-Home
Health Aides, Home
Health Aides, Homemaker-Home
Home Care Aide
Home Care Aides
Home Health Aide
Homemaker Home Health Aides
Homemaker-Home Health Aide
Homemaker-Home Health Aides
Tree number(s): M01.526.485.067.350
N02.360.067.350
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D018576
Scope note: Persons who assist ill, elderly, or disabled persons in the home, carrying out personal care and housekeeping tasks. (From Slee & Slee, Health Care Terms. 2d ed, p202)
Annotation: coord IM with specific home health care (IM)
Allowable Qualifiers: CL classification
EC economics
ED education
ES ethics
HI history
LJ legislation & jurisprudence
OG organization & administration
PX psychology
SD supply & distribution
SN statistics & numerical data
ST standards
TD trends
Previous Indexing: Home Care Services (1967-1994)
Nurses' Aides (1966-1994)
Public MeSH Note: 95
History Note: 95
DeCS ID: 32195
Unique ID: D018576
NLM Classification: WY 115
Documents indexed in the Virtual Health Library (VHL): Click here to access the VHL documents
Date Established: 1995/01/01
Date of Entry: 1994/04/19
Revision Date: 2018/06/29
Home Health Aides - Preferred
Concept UI M0027844
Scope note Persons who assist ill, elderly, or disabled persons in the home, carrying out personal care and housekeeping tasks. (From Slee & Slee, Health Care Terms. 2d ed, p202)
Preferred term Home Health Aides
Entry term(s) Aide, Home Care
Aide, Home Health
Aide, Homemaker-Home Health
Aides, Home Care
Aides, Home Health
Aides, Homemaker-Home Health
Care Aide, Home
Care Aides, Home
Health Aide, Home
Health Aide, Homemaker-Home
Health Aides, Home
Health Aides, Homemaker-Home
Home Care Aide
Home Care Aides
Home Health Aide
Homemaker Home Health Aides
Homemaker-Home Health Aide
Homemaker-Home Health Aides



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