Home health aide classes certificate programs provide courses on patient care, basic medical care, emergency response and housekeeping duties. Certificate programs usually require one semester of study in which students learn to care for residents by administering medications, cooking, cleaning, organizing household goods and assisting with personal hygiene. They also learn to take vital signs like pulse and blood pressure. 

The classes are a total of a minimum of 75 training hours that takes place over a period of around 11 days.

All certificates expire in two years if you have not had 12 hours of in-service per year.