These are the ATS keywords, credentials, and software terms that recur across current home health aide job descriptions — organized so you can scan for what your resume is missing. Placement matters as much as presence: an ATS keyword buried in a skills list ranks lower than the same term used in context inside an experience bullet.

Title variants

  • Home Health Aide
  • HHA
  • CHHA
  • Personal Care Aide
  • PCA
  • Personal Care Worker
  • Caregiver
  • Home Care Aide
  • Companion Care
  • DSP (Direct Support Professional)
  • PCW
  • PSW (UK/Canada)
  • Care Worker
  • Support Worker

Credentials

  • HHA
  • CHHA
  • CNA
  • CPR
  • BLS
  • Care Certificate (UK)
  • NVQ Level 2
  • QCF Diploma
  • CDPAP
  • IHSS

ADL skills

  • bathing
  • dressing
  • grooming
  • oral hygiene
  • toileting
  • transfer
  • ambulation
  • feeding assistance
  • meal preparation
  • medication reminder
  • personal hygiene

Transfer and mobility

  • Hoyer lift
  • Sara Steady
  • Sara lift
  • gait belt
  • stand pivot transfer
  • two-person transfer
  • wheelchair transfer
  • bed mobility
  • fall prevention
  • bed alarm
  • non-slip socks

Client populations

  • elderly
  • dementia
  • Alzheimer's
  • cognitive impairment
  • Parkinson's
  • post-surgical
  • stroke
  • traumatic brain injury
  • paediatric
  • developmental disability
  • end-of-life
  • hospice
  • bariatric
  • COPD
  • heart failure
  • diabetes

Documentation and EVV

  • electronic visit verification
  • EVV
  • Sandata
  • HHAeXchange
  • ClearCare
  • Homecare Homebase
  • PointClickCare
  • AlayaCare
  • ADL documentation
  • vital signs
  • incident report

Long-tail phrases

  • home health aide resume
  • HHA resume
  • caregiver resume
  • home care aide resume
  • home health aide cv
  • personal care aide resume
  • home health aide resume examples
  • home health aide resume 2026
  • how to write a home health aide resume
  • caregiver resume examples

Pasting these terms into your resume verbatim without matching context can read as keyword stuffing to a human reviewer, even if it passes the ATS. The full Home Health Aide resume guide shows where each category belongs and how to work it into real experience bullets.