{"ref":"PA-HC-SAF-01","title":"Consumer Safety, Falls, and Safe Transfers","category":"Service delivery","summary":"Sets out how the Agency keeps consumers safe at home: a home safety check at the start of services and each year, fall prevention during visits, safe ambulation and transfer techniques and use of the consumer’s equipment, what to do when a consumer falls, and other common home hazards, with reporting of injuries and hospital transfers.","inShort":["Keep walkways clear, lights on, and the walker, phone, and call device within reach.","Use the transfer method and equipment in the service plan. Never lift a consumer’s full weight alone.","Check equipment before each use. Do not use anything broken.","If a consumer falls, do not rush to lift them. Check for injury, call 911 if hurt or unsure, then call the office.","Report every fall, near-fall, and new unsteadiness the same day."],"primaryCitation":"28 Pa. Code §611.55(c)(3)","citations":["28 Pa. Code §611.55(c)(3)","28 Pa. Code §611.55(b)(4)","28 Pa. Code §611.57(a)(1)","28 Pa. Code §51.3(g)(4)","28 Pa. Code §51.3(g)(5)","55 Pa. Code §52.25(a)(8)","55 Pa. Code §52.17","55 Pa. Code §52.3"],"federalCitations":[],"surveyorAsks":["Show me the home safety check for this consumer. When was it last updated?","What does a direct care worker do when they find a consumer on the floor?"],"forms":[{"ref":"PA-HC-SAF-01-A","title":"Home Safety Checklist"}],"headings":["Terms of Reference","1. Purpose","2. Scope","3. Definitions","4. Policy Statement (28 Pa. Code §611.55(c)(3))","5. Home Safety Check","6. Preventing Falls During Visits","7. Safe Walking and Transfers","8. Mobility and Lifting Equipment","9. When a Consumer Falls","10. After a Fall: Follow-Up and Reporting","11. Other Home Hazards","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":"pa-hca","state":"Pennsylvania","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}}