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Home health aide, HHA, PCA, caregiver & hospice-aide resumes · Word & Google Docs

Free Home Health Aide & Caregiver Resume Templates

Free, ATS-friendly resume templates for home health aides (HHA), personal care aides (PCA), caregivers, hospice aides, and in-home / senior companions — in Microsoft Word and Google Docs. Home care hires on certification and the care setting, so each design foregrounds what a case manager or family scans for first: your HHA / CNA / PCA credential, BLS/CPR, and the daily work you know — ADLs, transfers, meds reminders, EVV charting, and whether you handle hospice, pediatric, or dementia care. Whether you're an agency HHA under an RN care plan, a hospice aide, a pediatric HHA, or a private-duty caregiver, pick the layout that matches your role.

The templates

Four home health aide designs, each in three colors.

Agency HHA for RN-directed clinical home care with EVV, Hospice & Palliative for end-of-life comfort care, Pediatric / Special-Needs for children with complex medical or developmental needs, and In-Home Caregiver for senior companion and personal-care aide roles. Every one opens in Word or Google Docs, stays on one page, and is built to be ATS-friendly.

Agency HHA — Teal
A certified home health aide layout for agency work — dark teal header band + a clinical 4-tile strip (RN care plan, daily visits, EVV charting, experience). ADLs, vitals, transfers, and case-manager reporting.
Agency HHA — Navy
The agency HHA layout in navy — for Medicare/Medicaid clinical home care with EVV charting, care plan compliance, and infection control up front.
Agency HHA — Burgundy
The clinical HHA design in burgundy — a warm take on the RN-directed home-health resume, with the same care-plan and EVV stat strip.
Hospice & Palliative Aide — Green
A hospice/palliative home health aide layout with a full-height green sidebar — CNA & HHA credentials, comfort-care skills (repositioning, oral care, bathing, vitals), and family-support focus. For hospice and end-of-life care.
Hospice & Palliative Aide — Navy
The hospice/palliative sidebar design in navy — comfort-care skills and family-support experience for aides who work with hospice RNs and grieving families.
Hospice & Palliative Aide — Plum
The hospice/palliative sidebar layout in plum — a gentle, dignified take on the end-of-life care resume, foregrounding comfort care and emotional support.
Pediatric / Special-Needs — Mint
A pediatric home health aide layout with a centered header and mint-tinted right rail — cert cards (Pediatric HHA, Infant CPR), feeding & G-tube, play-based care, and bilingual EN/ES. For special-needs and complex-care kids.
Pediatric / Special-Needs — Coral
The pediatric HHA design in warm coral — feeding, G-tube, mobility, and play-based engagement for children with complex medical or developmental needs.
Pediatric / Special-Needs — Blue
The pediatric layout in classic blue — a bright, professional take on the special-needs children's home care resume with care skills and family communication foregrounded.
In-Home Caregiver — Teal
An in-home caregiver / senior companion layout with a full-height dark teal right rail — personal care, meal prep, transfers, and gentle dementia support. For live-in and hourly caregivers.
In-Home Caregiver — Navy
The in-home caregiver design with a dark navy right rail — companion care, home & meal support, and steady dementia care for private-family and agency roles.
In-Home Caregiver — Graphite
The in-home caregiver layout with a graphite right rail — a professional, dependable take on the senior companion and personal care aide resume.
What to include

What goes on an HHA / caregiver resume.

HHAs, PCAs, and caregivers get screened on certification and daily-care skills before anything else — often through an agency ATS or Medicaid staffing system. Put the things a case manager or family looks for right up top, which is what these templates do:

  • Certification & state, up front. HHA / CNA / PCA / PCW certificate with the state, plus BLS/CPR (AHA current). Hospice-aide training, pediatric hours, and any EVV system experience (HHAeXchange, Sandata) belong here too.
  • The daily ADLs you do. Bathing, dressing, toileting, feeding, grooming, meal prep, mobility & transfers, medication reminders, vital signs, and light housekeeping. Say them by name — recruiters and parsers both filter on these terms.
  • Care setting. Agency HHA (Medicare / Medicaid, RN care plan, EVV), hospice / palliative, pediatric / special-needs, or private-duty in-home / senior companion. Different families and agencies search for different settings — matching yours to theirs is what gets you the call.
  • Specialties & soft skills. Dementia and Alzheimer's care, hospice comfort care, G-tube / trach observation, bilingual EN/ES — plus compassion, patience, reliability, discretion, and family communication.

New to home care? Lead with your training certificate, BLS/CPR, and any hospital, clinic, or family-caregiver ADL experience. The Agency HHA and In-Home Caregiver designs both work well for a first HHA or caregiver resume — replace the years with "Trained in" or "Certified in."

Make it yours

Fill it in and apply.

  1. Click Open in Google Docs to copy it into your Drive, or Download Word for the .docx.
  2. Put your HHA / CNA / PCA certification and state by your name, and your BLS/CPR near it.
  3. Name the setting exactly — agency HHA, hospice aide, pediatric HHA, or in-home / private-duty caregiver — and mirror the language from the job posting (EVV, Medicaid, hospice-RN team, pediatric).
  4. Keep it to one page, export a PDF to send and a Word copy for ATS portals (Home Instead, Comfort Keepers, BAYADA, etc.).
Common questions

Home health aide & caregiver resume FAQ

What should a home health aide / caregiver resume include?
Lead with what hiring managers screen for: your HHA / CNA / PCA certification (with state), CPR/BLS, and the care setting you know (agency, hospice, pediatric, private duty). Then the ADLs you do — bathing, dressing, toileting, transfers, mobility — plus meds reminders, meal prep, and any specialty (dementia, hospice, G-tube, EVV charting). Quantify what you can: clients per week, care plan compliance, on-time visit rate.
HHA vs. CNA vs. PCA vs. caregiver — which template?
Home Health Aides work under an RN care plan (usually agency); pick Agency HHA. Personal Care Aides / caregivers focus on companion, ADLs, and IADLs — often private-duty or in-home; pick In-Home Caregiver. Hospice aides work end-of-life comfort care alongside a hospice RN — pick Hospice & Palliative. Pediatric HHAs care for children with complex medical or developmental needs — pick Pediatric / Special-Needs. Most people fit more than one; use the closest to your day-to-day.
How do I write a home health aide resume with no experience?
Lead with your HHA / CNA / PCA training certificate and any BLS/CPR credentials, then framework work: personal care in a family setting, volunteer eldercare, or any hospital / clinic role where you did ADLs. A skills block with 'Bathing · Dressing · Toileting · Meal Prep · Medication Reminders · Vital Signs · Mobility Support' catches the ATS. The Agency HHA design works as a first-job template — replace the years with 'Trained in' or 'Certified in'.
Which certifications should I list on an HHA / caregiver resume?
The ones agencies and Medicaid screen for: HHA certificate (state-issued), CNA license, PCA / PCW certificate, and BLS/CPR (AHA current). Add hospice-aide training if you have it, pediatric-care hours for children's care, or EVV system training (HHAeXchange, Sandata) for agency work. Also include a valid driver's license and reliable transport — it matters more than people think for private-duty and community-based roles.
Which skills belong on it?
The daily-work skills: ADLs (bathing, dressing, toileting, feeding, grooming), mobility & transfers, vital signs, medication reminders, meal prep, light housekeeping, and companionship. Then specialty adds — dementia and Alzheimer's care, hospice / palliative comfort care, pediatric / G-tube / trach observation, EVV charting, HIPAA. And soft skills: compassion, patience, reliability, discretion, family communication. All four templates surface these in the right emphasis for the role.
Should an HHA / caregiver resume be one page?
Yes — one page is standard for HHA, PCA, and caregiver roles. Families and case managers scan for certifications, care setting, and skills first. Two pages are acceptable for senior caregivers with 15+ years across multiple specialties, or lead-aide / trainer roles. Every template here is built one page by default.

Home health aide, caregiver, PCA & hospice aide resume templates · Updated July 2026

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