This competency-based preservice home economics teacher education module on convalescent home aide is the fourth in a set of four modules on establishing occupational programs for human development. (This set is part of a larger set of sixty-seven modules on the Management Approach to Teaching Consumer and Homemaking Education [MATCHE]--see CE 019 901-967.) Following the module objectives and overview, two units of instruction are presented: (1) problems and issues facing persons in convalescent facilities (with lessons on aging, understanding the process of death, and special needs of long term patients) and (2) practical experience and skill specialization (with a lesson on experience in a convalescent home). Each unit generally includes the following elements: objectives and overview. Lessons contain narrative summaries, suggested activities, and resources. A module pre/posttest (with answer key) concludes the document. (Workshop proceedings relating to the development of these modules are available in the ERIC system as CE 019 896-899; also available is a module on utilizing FHA-HERO as an instructional strategy to expand and strengthen the home economics instructional programs [CE 019 900].) (CT)