{"ref":"DC-HC-SVC-05","title":"Homemaker, Companion, Meals, Shopping, and Accompaniment","category":"Service delivery","summary":"Sets out how aides prepare meals and help clients eat, keep the client's living area clean and comfortable, shop for the client, provide companion services, and accompany or transport the client to appointments, work and recreation, including the written transportation and accompaniment agreement.","inShort":["Cook to the diet in the service plan, keep food safe, and stop feeding if the client chokes.","Clean only the client's own areas and laundry; no ladders or heavy cleaning.","Shop with the client's money only for the errand, keep receipts, and record it on the errand form.","Drive a client only if the office approved you and the client's agreement includes it.","At appointments the client makes the decisions; never sign forms for the client."],"primaryCitation":"22-B DCMR §9918.4(h)","citations":["22-B DCMR §9918.4(h)","22-B DCMR §9918.4(j)","22-B DCMR §9918.4(k)","22-B DCMR §9918.4(l)","22-B DCMR §9918.4(m)","22-B DCMR §9918.4(n)","22-B DCMR §9911.1(a)(2)","22-B DCMR §9911.1(c)(4)","22-B DCMR §9913.3(a)","22-B DCMR §9916.2(b)","22-B DCMR §9909.2(n)","22-B DCMR §9999.1","17 DCMR §9315.1(c)"],"federalCitations":[],"surveyorAsks":["Where is this client's diet written in the service plan (22-B DCMR §9913.3(a))?","Show me the accompaniment or transportation agreement for a client your aides drive (§9911.1(a)(2))."],"forms":[{"ref":"DC-HC-SVC-05-A","title":"Transportation and Accompaniment Agreement"}],"headings":["Terms of Reference","1. Purpose","2. Scope","3. Definitions","4. Policy Statement (22-B DCMR §9918.4(h))","5. Meals and Help with Eating","6. Living Area Tasks","7. Shopping and Errands","8. Companion Services","9. Accompaniment and Transportation","10. At Appointments and at the Client's Place of Employment","11. Charges","12. Responsibilities","13. Records and Compliance Monitoring","14. Staff Training","15. References","16. Related Policies and Forms","17. Approval","18. Revision History"],"version":"1.0","sample":false,"pack":"dc-hca","state":"Washington, DC","service":"Home care","guides":[{"path":"/guides/home-care-agency-policies/","h1":"What policies does a home care agency need?"}],"agency":{"name":"Sample Agency","legalName":"Sample Agency, LLC","logo":null}}