Medication Reminders and Assistance with Self-Administration
Sets out exactly what staff may and may not do with a client's medications: personal care assistants remind clients and assist with self-administration, licensed nurses administer medications under orders, trained proxy caregivers act only under Policy GA-HC-SVC-06, and companions do not handle medications. Covers documentation, refusals, errors and safe storage.
About this policy
- Policy number
- GA-HC-SVC-05
- Version
- 1.0
- Main rule
- Ga. Comp. R. & Regs. 111-8-65-.03(k)
- Library
- Georgia home care · 49 policies
- Category
- Clinical tasks
- Sections
- 18
In short
- PCAs may remind clients to take medication and help them take it themselves, only as the service plan says.
- You may bring the container, read the label, open it and hand the client water. The client takes the medication.
- Never choose a dose, fill a pill organizer, put medication in the client's mouth, or decide on an "as needed" dose.
- Companions and sitters do not handle medications.
- If a dose is missed, wrong or refused, or the client reacts badly, call your supervisor at once (911 if serious).
What's inside
18 sections. The full text comes with the One-time Policy Pack.
- Terms of Reference
- 1. Purpose
- 2. Scope
- 3. Definitions
- 4. Policy Statement (Ga. Comp. R. & Regs. 111-8-65-.03(k))
- 5. Who May Do What
- 6. Assisting with Self-Administration (PCAs)
- 7. What PCAs Do Not Do
- 8. Refusals, Errors and Reactions
- 9. Storage, Supplies and Disposal
- 10. Documentation
- 11. Responsibilities
- 12. Records and Compliance Monitoring
- 13. Staff Training
- 14. References
- 15. Related Policies and Forms
- 16. Approval
- 17. Revision History
An inspector may ask
- What can your personal care assistants do with a client's medications? What can they not do?
- Who fills pill organizers for your clients?
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