Home Health Aide Assignment, Written Instructions, and Supervisory Visits
Sets out how a registered nurse assigns each aide to a particular patient, how the RN or therapist writes the aide’s instructions, what aides may and may not do, and how supervisory visits are made: Georgia requires an RN (or other appropriate professional) visit to the patient’s residence at least every two weeks for every patient who receives aide services, which the Agency applies together with the federal observation rules.
About this policy
- Policy number
- GA-HH-AID-02
- Version
- 1.0
- Main rule
- Ga. Comp. R. & Regs. 111-8-31-.08(d)
- Library
- Georgia home health · 56 policies
- Category
- Clinical tasks
- Sections
- 20
In short
- A registered nurse assigns you to each patient and gives you written instructions. Do only what the instructions say.
- A nurse or therapist visits each of your patients at least every two weeks, sometimes while you are there.
- Report changes in the patient the same day. In an emergency, call 911 first.
- Never accept orders from a doctor or family member. Tell the nurse instead.
- If a problem is found with your care, you will be retrained and checked again.
What's inside
20 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. 111-8-31-.08(d))
- 5. Assignment and Written Instructions
- 6. What Aides Do and Do Not Do
- 7. Reporting Changes
- 8. Supervisory Visit Schedule
- 9. Scheduling and Tracking
- 10. Content of a Supervisory Visit
- 11. Deficiencies and Retraining
- 12. Aides Provided Under Arrangement
- 13. Responsibilities
- 14. Records and Compliance Monitoring
- 15. Staff Training
- 16. References
- 17. Related Policies and Forms
- 18. Approval
- 19. Revision History
An inspector may ask
- Who assigned this aide to this patient, and where are the aide’s written instructions?
- Show me the supervisory visit notes for this aide patient for the last two months. Are they no more than two weeks apart?
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