YWCA of Queens

Y Evergreen Care, established in 2008, is a sought after home health care service and home health aide training program for women in the Flushing community. Its reputation has been established as a comprehensive and supportive program that offers a pathway to job readiness and employment skills. WTW seeks to address the needs and hopes of its participants to become self-sufficient and empowered.

The home health aide training program lasts two weeks and is taught in either Chinese or Korean.  The curriculum is comprehensive and includes the following:

 

 

• Government and industry policies and procedures
• Patients’ rights
• Emergency response
• Disease and infection control and prevention
• Managing symptoms
• Use of prescribed medical equipment and supplies
• Rehabilitation
• Nutrition and meal preparation
• 35 hours of health-related task training
• 40 hours of home care training, which includes 16 hours of supervised practical training

Participants must pass exams that test their knowledge and skills on a daily basis, as well as regular New York Department of Health exams and competency evaluations tests. By the end of the program, qualified students become licensed by the New York State of Education Department and receive both home health aide and personal care aide certification.