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Personal Care Tasks

Sets out how personal care assistants deliver personal care tasks safely and in line with the service plan, including bathing, toileting, grooming, dressing, eating, ambulation and transfers, home management and vital signs, what they must report, and the tasks they may not perform because they are nursing services.

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About this policy
Policy number
GA-HC-SVC-03
Version
1.0
Main rule
Ga. Comp. R. & Regs. 111-8-65-.10(1)(b)
Library
Georgia home care · 49 policies
Category
Service delivery
Sections
19

In short

  • Do only the personal care tasks in the service plan that you have been trained and found competent to do.
  • Check bath water temperature first, use the transfer method in the plan, and protect the client's privacy.
  • Take vital signs only when the plan says, and report any reading outside the limits before you leave.
  • Never give injections, do sterile wound care, give tube feedings or give medications.
  • Report changes in the client's skin, eating, mobility, mood or health to your supervisor the same day.

What's inside

19 sections. The full text comes with the One-time Policy Pack.

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  • Terms of Reference
  • 1. Purpose
  • 2. Scope
  • 3. Definitions
  • 4. Policy Statement (Ga. Comp. R. & Regs. 111-8-65-.10(1)(b))
  • 5. Before the First Visit
  • 6. Performing Personal Care Tasks
  • 7. Vital Signs
  • 8. Tasks PCAs Do Not Perform
  • 9. Medically Frail or Medically Compromised Clients
  • 10. Observing and Reporting
  • 11. Documentation
  • 12. Responsibilities
  • 13. Records and Compliance Monitoring
  • 14. Staff Training
  • 15. References
  • 16. Related Policies and Forms
  • 17. Approval
  • 18. Revision History

An inspector may ask

  • Which personal care tasks do your PCAs perform, and how do they know which tasks each client needs?
  • When do your PCAs take vital signs, and what do they do with an abnormal reading?

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