Title: Identify the responsibilities of a home health aide when a client dies.
Course: Home Health Aide (14053) > Section: Examining Dying, Hospice Care, and Death

Identification should include

- providing postmortem care according to the guidelines of client’s culture, hospice, and/or agency
- notifying the appropriate medical and legal authorities
- documenting the death according to agency guidelines.

Process/Skill Questions:

- What is the first step in postmortem care?
- What other steps must a home health aide take?
- When does a home health aide notify the appropriate medical and legal authorities?
- Why is documentation important when a client dies?
- What bodily changes occur after death?