Compiled by a multi-disciplinary team of practicing home health care professionals, this indispensable resource guides future homemakers/home-health aides through all vital aspects of the field in a simple, focused manner and teaches them to be efficient, caring members of the health care team. Covering everything from the fundamentals of anatomy and physiology to postpartum care, it offers well-organized chapters, easy-to-follow narratives, step-by-step procedures, and many concept-supporting illustrations. This book is ideal as both a primary learning tool for beginning aides as well as a handy refresher and reference for more experienced workers.