Credentialing Index
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Certification for Home Care and Hospice Executives (CHCE)
This professional certification program provides national recognition to home care and hospice executives who successfully meet the requirements for education, experience, knowledge and professional conduct for the CHCE program.
Certification is a sign of commitment to your profession as a home care or hospice executive. It communicates pride in your work and dedication to being fully versed in all of the areas of executive management required to effectively run a home care or hospice agency.
Eligibility and application procedures are described in the CHCE Candidate Information Handbook
Certification for Home Care Aides
The Home Care Aide Certification Program establishes national standards for preparation of home care aides. Since its inception the program has certified over 25,00 home care aides nationwide. The program is composed of three competency-based elements
- Training: 75 hours based on the Model Curriculum and Teaching Guide for the Instruction of the Home Care Aide.
- Skills Demonstration: A comprehensive skills checklist with performance behaviors to be administered by a registered nurse.
- Written Examination: Home Care Aide Certification tests are administered on site and scored by Home Care University .
- For more information on the certification program, call certification program @ 202-547-3576, or fax 202-547-4322 or e-mail mb@nahc.org.
Accreditation Program for Home Care Aide Services
This nationally recognized accreditation program for home care aide services is designed especially for the non-Medicare certified agency that provides homemaker, personal assistance, and supportive care services to clients in their place of residence. Twelve basic standards address all aspects of the organization and include: governance, structure, community relations, fiscal management, human resource management, quality assessment, training, supervision, client rights, safety, and business ethics. These standards, described in detail in the Self-Study instrument can serve as a model for service delivery.
The program requires the organization to conduct a rigorous self -study process followed by a site visit by peer reviewers. A report of findings is reviewed by the Accreditation Commission, which determines accreditation status. The accreditation term is three years. At the end of the three-year cycle, the agency completes a new self-study process for re-accreditation.
Any agency that has employed home care aides for at least one full year is eligible to apply. Fees are scaled based on annual salaries for home care aides. For more information call Accreditation Program, 202-547-3576, or fax 202-547-4322 or e-mail mb@nahc.org.
Accreditation for Professional Nursing Services
Private Duty Accreditation was developed in 1995 to address the needs of agencies providing extended hourly care by licensed nurses or home care aides to patients in their homes. Twelve basic standards address all aspects of the organization and include: governance, structure, community relations, fiscal management, human resource management, quality assessment, training, supervision, client rights, safety, and business ethics. Specific standards exist for employee hiring and screening, supervision, evaluation, and patient care management.
Any home care organization in operation for at least one year; which has its own staff of qualified professional personnel and provides nursing services within a fifty-mile radius of the agency is eligible to apply. Fees are based on annual hours of private duty nursing services. For more information call Accreditation Program, 202-547-3576, or fax 202-547-4322 or e-mail mb@nahc.org.
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