{"ref":"DC-HH-AID-02","title":"Aide Assignment, Duties, Written Instructions, and Supervisory Visits","category":"Clinical tasks","summary":"Sets out how aides are assigned, the duties the Agency allows personal care aides and home health aides, the tasks aides never do, the written instructions every aide receives, and on-site supervisory visits at least every two weeks for patients receiving skilled services and at least every 60 days for all other patients (the District minimum is 62 calendar days), with the federal annual and semi-annual observations of each aide.","inShort":["Do only the tasks in your written instructions for that patient. If asked to do something else, call the nurse.","Never give medications, do sterile procedures, make decisions for the patient, or take orders from a doctor.","A nurse visits on site at least every two weeks if the patient gets skilled care, and at least every 60 days if the patient gets only aide care.","Report changes in the patient before you leave the home. In an emergency, call 911 first.","Record every visit in your activity record and check in and out with EVV where required."],"primaryCitation":"22-B DCMR §3915.7","citations":["22-B DCMR §3911.2","22-B DCMR §3912.2","22-B DCMR §3914.3","22-B DCMR §3915.7","22-B DCMR §3915.8","22-B DCMR §3915.9","22-B DCMR §3915.10","22-B DCMR §3915.11","22-B DCMR §3917.2","22-B DCMR §3917.3","22-B DCMR §3999.1","17 DCMR §9313","17 DCMR §9315","29 DCMR §5006.8","29 DCMR §5006.11","29 DCMR §5006.12","29 DCMR §5008.3","29 DCMR §5008.4","29 DCMR §5008.5"],"federalCitations":["42 CFR §484.80(g)","42 CFR §484.80(h)"],"surveyorAsks":["Show me the written instructions for the aide assigned to this patient. Who wrote them?","Show me the supervisory visits for this patient’s aide for the last two months."],"forms":[{"ref":"DC-HH-AID-02-A","title":"Aide Care Plan and Written Instructions"},{"ref":"DC-HH-AID-02-B","title":"Aide Supervisory Visit Record"}],"headings":["Terms of Reference","1. Purpose","2. Scope","3. Definitions","4. Policy Statement (22-B DCMR §3915.7 to §3915.9)","5. Assigning an Aide","6. Written Instructions and Explaining Aide Services to the Patient","7. Duties of Personal Care Aides and Home Health Aides","8. Assignment and Delegation Rules","9. Tasks Aides Never Do","10. Supervisory Visits","11. Conducting a Supervisory Visit","12. Concerns, Deficiencies, and Extra Visits","13. Aide Reporting and Documentation","14. Responsibilities","15. Records and Compliance Monitoring","16. Staff Training","17. References","18. Related Policies and Forms","19. Approval","20. Revision History"],"version":"1.0","sample":false,"pack":"dc-hha","state":"Washington, DC","service":"Home health","guides":[{"path":"/guides/home-health-agency-policies/","h1":"What policies and procedures are required for home health agencies?"},{"path":"/guides/home-health-conditions-of-participation/","h1":"Home health Conditions of Participation: which policies each one needs"}],"agency":{"name":"Sample Agency","legalName":"Sample Agency, LLC","logo":null}}