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Being a home health aide or companion can offer you a flexible work environment, with options to work in nursing homes, assisted living facilities or the patient’s home. And unlike some other in-demand professions in health care like nurse practitioners, there’s no college degree required to land some caregiver jobs (though you might be required to do training courses or complete a set number of…